INDEX. 



Abrotanella, 408. 

 Absorption of moisture, 118. 

 Acfsna, 45, 54, 106, 201, 20'2, 314, 366 

 adscendens, 37, 202, 203 

 glabra, 54 

 microphylla, 201 

 ,, novae-Zelandiae, 201 

 ,, sanguisorbae, 37, 201, 202 

 Acianthus Sinclairii, 124 

 Aciphylla, 216, 239, 257, 276, 312, 316, 318, 



321 



Colensoi, 189, 318, 320 

 Monroi, 322 

 squarrosa, 318, 320 

 Traversii, 318 

 Actinotus, 314 



Adams, Mr. A. H., quoted 6, 11,414 

 Affinities of New Zealand flora, 30, 31 

 Affinities of South American flora to that 

 of New Zealand, illustrated 

 by Fuchsia, 292 

 Agathis, 58, 60, 304 



,, australis, 62 

 Aizoaceae, 50, 159 

 Aka, 280, 288 

 Akatawhiwhi, 280 

 Akatea, 282 

 Ake-ake, 225, 268, 269 

 Akiraho, 416 

 Alectryon, 55, 225 



,, excelsum, 225 

 Alpine vegetation, 22-24 

 Alps, Southern, 157 



Alpine leaf -forms, described by Ruskin, 23 

 Alseuosmia, 52, 62, 399 

 ,, macrophylla, 399 



quercifolia, 399 

 Alterations in climate, 239 

 Alterations in leaf-form, due to moist 



habitat, 241 

 Alternanthfra, 55 

 Anemone Family, 160 

 Aniseed, 322 

 Angiosperms, 43, 47 

 Angelica, 322 



geniculata, 322 

 ,, gingidium, 322 

 Angiospermae, 49 



Annuals, absence of, in New Zealand, 42 

 Antarctic element in New Zealand flora, 



25 



Antiquity of New Zealand flora, 27-30 

 Apium, 315 



,, prostratum, 315 

 Apocynaceae, 340 

 Aralia, 300, 304 



,, crassifolia, 307 



Lyallii, 300 

 Araliaceae, 50, 300 

 Archeria, 323 

 Aristotelia, 242, 244 



fruticosa, 246 



,, racemosa, 9, 42, 244, 246 

 Armstrong, Mr. J. B., referred to, 145, 300 



Arthropodium, 100 



,, candidum, 102 



cirrhatum, 100 

 Arundo conspicua, 5, 322 

 Ascarina, 56 

 Ash, New Zealand, 225 

 Asplenium, 1 



Assimilation, explanation of, 39 

 Astelia, 62, 98, 99, 100 



Cunninghamii, 21, 100 



linearis, 100 

 ,. nervosa, 100 



Solandri, 21 

 ,, spicata, 21 

 Auckland Island forest, description of, 



281 

 Australian Bottle-brushes, 146 



element in N.Z. flora, 25, 32-34 

 Avicennia, 139, 253, 351-361 



officinalis, 352 



germination of , 360 

 Azorella, 314, 315 



selago, 314 



Balanophoraceae, 149, 150 



fungoid appearance of, 149, 150 

 ,, germination of, 149 

 Beeches, 8, 10 

 Beech Forest, 130 

 Beet Family, 154 

 Beilschmiedia, 175 



Tarairi, 175 



Tawa, 175 

 Bidi-bidi, 202 

 Bindweeds, 342, 344 

 Birches, 29, 134 

 Bird-catching plant, 159 

 Bitter juice as safeguard against browsing 



animals, 244 

 Black Pine, 69 

 Blue colour, significance of, in flowers, 



348, 349 



Bolbophi/llum, 118, 120, 124 

 i pygmtBum, 21, 124 

 Boradi, 202 

 Borage Family, 346 

 Boraginaceae, 53, 346, 348 

 Botanical Introduction, 38 

 Botting Hemsley, Mr. W., referred to, 31 

 Bottle-brush Family, 147 

 Bottle-brushes, Australian, 145, 146 

 Brachycome, 410 



Sinclairii, 410 

 Brachy glottis, 348, 435, 436 



Rangiora, 347, 435 

 Bracken fern, 3, as a food, 6 

 Bramble, 196 



Bristles, as protective organs, 244 

 Broadleaf , 70, 298 

 Brown, Mr, R., of Christchurch, referred 



to, 374 

 Buchanan, referred to, 23 



444 



