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GENERAL INDEX 



Hemsley, Mr. W. B., 34, 232, 238, 301, 



434, 499, 5i- r , 530, 539, 581 ; on 

 dispersal by currents, 62 ; on 

 Caesalpinia, 184 ; on insular Legu- 

 minosae, 198-9 ; on the Pacific 

 Composite, 242, 246-7 ; on the 

 Pacific Lobeliaceae, 251, 257 ; on 

 Pisonia, 346 ; on Gnetum, 404 ; on 

 ten widely spread British plants, 

 417 ; on Rhizophora mangle in the 

 Pacific, 441 ; on viviparyin Dracaena, 

 471 ; on Brackenridgea, 569 



Heptapleurum, 263 



Heritiera littoralis, station; 43, 551 ; 



distribution, 47, 68, 375~6 ? 551, 562 ; 



buoyancy of fruits, 106, 112, 529; 



their occurrence in river-drift, 79, 



435, and in beach-drift, 437 

 Hernandia peltata, station, 551 ; ex- 

 tension inland, 49 ; distribution, 54, 

 64, 68, 562, 563 ; buoyancy of fruits, 

 109, 115, 530 ; beach-drift, 437 



Herpestis monnieria, 552, 557 



Hesperomannia, 236-7, 243-4 



Hesselman, H., on plant-dispersal, 

 282, 511 



Hibbertia, 402, 548 



Hibiscus, 21, 134, 137 



Hibiscus abelmoschus, 21, 124, 532,533 



Hibiscus diversifolius, 21, 105, 529 



Hibiscus esculentus, 21, 532 



Hibiscus tiliaceus, station, 43, 486, 498, 

 55 1 , 555-7; growing inland, 41-2, 

 419, 547, 557, 5 6 ° 5 distribution, 52, 

 486, 498, 552, 563 ; seed-buoyancy, 

 21, 105, 529, 552 ; beach-drift, 437-8 ; 

 river-drift, 435 ; sea-drift, 489 ; 

 currents, 562 



Hibiscus youngianus, 21, 533, 534 



Hillebrand, Dr., on the Hawaiian 

 flora ; introduced littoral trees, 51 ; 

 the agency of the currents, J^ ; the 

 endemism of the ferns, 224-7, 593 5 

 the Compositas, 236-47 ; the Lobeli- 

 aceae, 250-5 ; the absence of 

 Coniferae, 303 ; on Cyrtandra, 317 ; 

 other references, 231, 340, 341, 405, 

 557, 559, 56o, 576, 578, 594, &c. 



Hillebrand, Mr. W. F., 224 



Hillebrandia, 263, 394 



Hilo, 53, 213 



Hippomane mancinella (Manchineel), 

 68, 109, 498 



Hochstetter, 336 



Holland, Mr., 478, 489, 499 



Holmboe, Jens, on Silene maritima, 

 280 



Holmes, Mr., on the Fijian rainfall, 

 216, 549 



Honckeneya : see Arenaria peploides / 

 Hooker, Sir J., 198, 238, 258, 271, 344 



369, 581 

 Home, Mr., on the Fijian flora, 4', 



172, 394, 395, 42 5< 549, 592 



Horse-dung containing seeds trans- 

 ported by currents, 558 



Hottonia palustris, 536 



Hoya, 377 



Humboldt on insects in the upper air- 

 currents, 583 



Humboldt current, 480, 483, 490-5, 500, 

 597-601 



Hydnophytum, 402 



Hydrocharis, 537 



Hydrocotyle asiatica, 532, 605 



Hydrocotyle verticillata, 533-4 



Hydrocotyle vulgaris, 28, 536, 544 



Hygrophytes, 32, 515 



Hypericum, perforatum, quadran- 

 gulum, elodes, 536 



Iceland ; plants, 505 



Ilex aquifolium, 536 



Impatiens fulva, 536 



Impatiens parviflora, 536 



Incas ; bones exposed on the Ancon 



plain, 497 

 Inocarpus edulis, 108, 421, 435, 529, 



563 

 Insects in the upper air-currents, 



509-10, 514, 582-3 

 Ipomea : see Ipomcea 

 Ipomcea, 20, 76, 109, 



532-3, 546 

 Ipomcea batatas, 20, 



edulis), 532 

 Ipomcea bona nox 



speciosum), 20, 106, 



554, 55«, 605 

 Ipomcea glaberrima (Calonyction 

 comosperma), 20, 52, 57, 106, 110, 



472, 53°, 552, 555, 558, 564 

 Ipomcea grandiflora, 20, 106, 530, 531 

 Ipomcea insularis, 20, no, 532, 533, 



553, 554, 605 

 Ipomcea peltata, no, 435, 472, 



532 

 Ipomcea pentaphylla, 20, no, 533 

 Ipomcea reptans, 533 

 Ipomoea tuberculata, 20, no, 533, 556 

 Ipomcea turpethum, 20, 106, no, 532 

 Ipomcea pes-caprae ; seed-buoyancy, 

 20, 21, 83, 106, no, 121, 530, 546, 

 569 ; dispersal by currents, 56-7, 

 562 ; seeds in river and beach drift, 

 435, 437-8, 489, 55 g -9 5 distribution, 

 56, 68, 433, 488, 498, 552, 563, 564, 

 572 ; station, 43, 551, 553-6, 560; 



134, 137, 489, 

 415 (Batatas 



(Calonyction 

 no, 533, 534, 



