INDEX 



447 



Euphorbia, 55, 224 



glauca, 224 

 Euphorbiaceae, 224 

 Euphrasia, 386 



,, zelandica, 386 



,, cuneata, 151 



Evergreen leaves in New Zealand, 9 

 Exarrhena, 346 

 Exocarpus, 55 



Experiments, Dr. Cockayne's, 240 

 Eyebright, 386 



Fagaceae, 128 



Fern country, 6 



Ferns, number of in New Zealand, 7 



Fern-trees, 9, 27 



Festuca duriuscula, 4 



Field, Mr., quoted, 140, 142 



Filmy-ferns, 7 



Findlay, Dr., quoted, 110 



Fire, origin of the Maori legend, 232 



,, method of obtaining by Maoris, 



233 



Fireweed, 246 



Fitzgerald, Mr., referred to, 115 

 Flax, New Zealand, 48 

 Flax-Lily, 102 

 Flax Tribe, 102 

 Flax Family, 218 



Flax, treatment of by natives, 104 

 Flies, pollination by, 162 

 Flora, Melanesian element in, 8 



,, differences between Australian 



and New Zealand, 33 

 Floral envelopes, 44 

 Flower, description of a, 43 

 Flower of Hades, 151 

 Flowering plants, number of in New 



Zealand, 31 



Foliage, poisonous, 435-6 

 Forest, types of, 15, 16 



,, destruction of, 12, 13 



Passing of the, by the Hon. 



W. P. Reeves, 13-15 

 Forget-me-nots, 346, 348 

 Fossil botany of New Zealand, 28, 30 

 Freycinetia, 49 



BanTcsii, 80, 202 



Frost, native trees susceptible to, 11 

 Fruits, edible, 244 



Fruit, used as food by the Maoris, 248 

 Fuchsia, 8, 9, 36, 292 

 Fuchsia Family, 290 



pollination of, 290-294 

 Fuchsia Colensoi, 293, 294 



excorticata, 201, 293, 294 



KirJfii, 290, 294 

 procumbens, 290, 293, 294 

 Fungus on birches, 230 

 Fusanus Cunninohamii, 148, 151, 335 



Gastrodia Cwnttinghamii, 122, 124 

 Gaultheria, 322, 323, 325, 326 



antipoda, 323, 327 

 ,, epiphyta, 21 



rupestris, 327 

 Gaya, 260 



Lyallii, 9, 260, 261 



Lyallii, var. ribtfolia, 261 

 Geniostoma, 336 



ligustrtfolium, 336 



Gentiana, 263, 336 



cerina, 336, 338 



client. 338 

 saxosa, 336 



verna. 338 



Gentianaceae, 53, 336 

 Gentian Family, 336 

 Gentia,ns, colour of, 162 

 Geraniaceae, 51, 215, 224 

 Geranium, 215 



,, dissectum, var. australe,2\5 

 microphyllum, 216 

 Geranium Family, 215 

 Germination of Avicennia, 360 

 ,, of Balanophoracead 149 



of Chickweed, 158 



of Cuscuta, 344, 345 



of Kauri, 62 



of Loranthus, 141 

 Gesneriaceae, 386, 388 

 Glossostigma, 368 



elatinoides, 368 

 Gloxinia Family, 386 

 Gnaphalium, 425, 432 



,, leontopodium, 432 



luteo-album, 425 



Goebel, Prof., referred to, 171, 241, 374 

 Goodeniaceae, 52, 404 

 Goodenia Family, 404 

 Grass-trees, 329 



Green flowers, number of in N.Z., 29 

 Greensill, Miss, referred to, 392 

 Griselinia, 51, 260, 298 



littoralis, 70, 298 



lucida, 21, 298 

 Groundsel, 434, 436 

 Guard-cells, 40 

 Guilds Plant, 16 

 Gum, fragrant, of taramea, 321, 322 



Kauri, 64, 66 

 Gunnera, 54, 297 



,, monoica, 297 

 Gymnospermae, 46, 49 



Haast, Sir Julius von, referred to, 23, 228, 



260 

 Haastia, 423, 424, 428, 432 



pulvinaris, 424, 430 

 Haberlandt, Dr., referred to, 38 

 Hades, Flower of, 151 

 Halophytes, 42, 155 

 Haloragidaceae, 51, 54, 295 

 Haloragis, 295 



alata, 295 



,, cartilaginea, 414 



,, erecta, 295 

 Harakeke, 6 

 Hauama, 242 

 Heath Family. 323 



Hector, Sir James, referred to, 158, 236 

 Hectorella, 158 



,. ' ctespitosa, 158 

 Hedley, Mr. C., referred to, 34 

 Hedycarya, 174 



,, arborett, 174 

 Helichrysum, 372, 430 



coralloides, 373, 432 



,, depressum, 432 



,, oraiulicejis, 432 

 selago, 430 



,, viroineum, 432 

 Hell-bind, 345 

 Hemsley, Mr. W. Sotting, referred to, 37 



