INDEX 



449 



Ligusticum, 313, 315 



carnosulum, 157, 170, 316 



Colensoi, 216 



latifolium, 315, 347 

 ,, piliferum, 316 

 Lilac, New Zealand, 186 

 Lilaceae, 50, 88, 96 

 Lily, Chatham Island, 347, 348 

 Lily, Mountain, 166 

 Lily Family, 88 

 Lime tree family, 242 

 Limosella, 296 

 Linaceae, 102, 215, 218 

 Lindsay, Dr. Lauder, referred to, 228 

 Linum, 52, 218 



,, monogynum, 162, 218 

 Litsea calicaris, 175 

 Lobelia 348,403,404 



anceps, 404 



Roughii, 157, 404 

 Lobeliaceae, 401 

 Localisation of species, 3 

 Lix.iania, 369 

 Loganiaceae, 53, 335 

 Lomaria, 7 



Looking-glass plant, 392 

 Loranthaeeae, 51, ,54, 138 

 Loranthus. 138, 139, 140, 142 



Colensoi, 142 



decussatus, 145 



Fieldii, 140, 142 



flavidus, 142 



micnintlnis, 140, 141, 144, 145 



M raw talus, 139, 142 

 Luzurut<i<i initn.iinata, 92 

 Lyallia, 158 

 Lycopods, 8, 27, 28 



Macropiper, 56, 268 



excelsum, 128 

 Madder Family, 389 

 Magnolia Family, 172 

 Magnoliaceae, 172 

 Mahoe, 233, 264, 266 

 Mahogany trees, 222 

 Mahuika, legend of, 232 

 Maire, 288, 334 

 Mairehau, 220 

 Maire-tawhaki, 288 

 Mako-mako, 246 

 Mallows, 250 



Malvaceae, 50, 218, 250, 252 

 Manawa, 352 

 Mangeao, 175 



Mangroves, 8, 253, 254, 352, 361 

 Mangrove roots, 355 



,, swamp, life in, 354 

 Manuka, 3, 12, 22, 272, 274 

 ,, Broom, 274 



rauriki, 274 

 Maori flower names, pronunciation of, 



202 

 Maori Onion, 102 



legend, of Kahikatea, 70 



legend, of Kaikomako, 232 



legend, of Tainui, 236 



lullaby, 320 



Painkiller, 172 



proverbs, quoted, 174, 176, 282, 

 284,343 



scents, 321 



traditions, 280, 286 

 Mapau. 189, 195, 332 



Maple, 195 



Family, 224 

 Mare's Tails, 295 

 Marsh Marigold, 171 

 Marvel of Peru Family, 159 

 Matai, 69, 70 

 Matipo, 332 

 Maui, legend of, 232 

 Mazus, 368 



pumilio, 368 



radicantt, 367 

 Medullary rays, 82 

 Melanesian element in New Zealand 



flora, 8 

 Melanesian affinities of New Zealand 



flora, 31, 34 

 Meliaceae, 222 

 Melicope, 220 



simplex, 220 

 ,, ternata, 220 

 Melicytus, 260, 264 



ramiflorus, 233, 264 

 Melon Family, 399 

 Mentha Cunninohamh, 365 

 Meryta, 54, 312, 436 



Sinclairii, 244 , 312, 347 

 Mesembryanthemum, 159, 239 



australe, 160 



Mesembryanthemum Family. 159 

 Mesophytes, 42 

 Metrosideros, 9, 278 



albiflora, 281, 282 



Colensoi, 281 



florida, 280, 282 



hypericifolia, 280 



lueida-, 280, 281 



robusta, 21, 282, 356 



scandens, 288 

 ,, tomentosa, 284 

 Microtis, 120, 125 



porrtfolw, 111, 125 

 Mimulus 266, 368 

 Mingi-mingi, 329, 398 

 Mint, 365 

 Miro, 68, 322 

 Mistletoe Family, 138 

 Mistletoe, 142, 144. 

 Moki-moki, 321, 322 

 Moko-mok', 246 

 Monimiaceae, 55, 174 

 Monocotyledons, 49 



,, description of, 47 

 ,, examples of, 48 

 Mountain Daisy, 418 

 Mountain Lily, 166 

 Moths, pollination by, 162 

 Movement in plants, spontaneous, 38 

 Miihlenbeckia, 9, 19, 152, 344, 401 



adpressa, 152 



axillaris, 152, 216 



complexa, 152 



Mulberry, New Zealand, 242 

 Mtiller, Baron von, referred to, 379 

 Mutation of species, 370 

 Mutation theory, de Vries, 379 

 Mutton bird scrub, 438 

 Myoporum, 54, 362, 364 



Icet um, 362 

 Myosotidium, 301, 302, 347, 348 



nobile, 168, 347 

 Myosotis, 29, 346 



australis, 346 

 ,, capitata, 346 

 ,, macrantha, 346 



spathulata, 346 



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