INDEX 



451 



i. 55, 138 



debilis, 138 



Parroquet's Beak, 210 

 Parrot's Bill, 210 

 Parsley Family, 312 

 Parsomia, 19, 53, 340 

 ,, cupsularis, 340 



heteroi>hylla, 340 

 Passifloraceae, 51, 268 

 Passiflora, 29, 268, 400 



tetrandra, 268, 400 

 " Passing of the Forest," 13 

 Passion flower, 19, 268, 400 

 Patch plants, 158, 208, 426, 428, 430 

 Pate, 233 



Pa-totara, 322, 328 

 Pea-family, 203 

 Penna.ntia, 52, 230 



,, corymbosa, 256 

 Pen-wiper plant, 178 

 Peperomia, 56, 127 



Urvilleana, 21, 128 

 Pepper-tree, 172 

 Percentage of unisexual flowers in New 



Zealand, 164 

 Periwinkle Family, 340 

 Persoonia torn, 148 

 Petrie, Mr. D., referred to, 320 (footnote), 



388 



Phebalium nudum, 200 

 Phormium, 48, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 210 

 Phormium Cookianum, 108 

 Phormium tenax, 48, 88, 90 

 Phyllocladus, 58, 60, 76 



alpinus, 78 



,, trichomanoides, 76, 78 

 Picris, 408 

 Pikiarero, 164 

 Pimelea, 162, 269, 270, 323 



arenaria, 269, 270 



longifolia, 269 



prostrata, 270 

 ,, virgata, 270 

 Pine, 8 



Pine Family, 58 

 Pink Family, 156 

 Piperaceae, 157 

 Piper, 128 



,, excelsum, 127 

 Piri-piri, 201, 320, 322 

 Pisonia. 58, 159, 348 



brunoniana, 159, 244, 347 

 Pits in Coprosma leaves, 392 

 Pittosporaceae, 189 

 Pittosporum, 45, 52, 150, 189 



cornifolium, 21, 190, 192 



crasstfolium, 194 



eugenioides, 145, 194 



Kirkii, 194 



nigrescens, 190 



obcordatum, 170, 190 



Ralphii, 195 



rigidum, 190 



tenuifolium, 189 194, 195, 322 332 

 ,, tenuifolium, var., fasiculatum, 



190 

 Plagianthus, 250, 253, 254 



betulinus, 9, 41,241, 246, 254, 256, 



258,318 



Plagianthus divaricatus, 253 254 

 Plant groups, 41 

 Plant guilds, 16 

 Plantngo, 63 

 Plant life, 38 

 Plants of shingle slips, 157, 170 



Plants, sense organs in, 217 

 Plants, sleep of, 217 

 Plants spontaneous motion in, 38 

 Plasticity of forms of plant life, 259 

 Pleurophyllum, 338, 416, 418 

 crinitum, 417 



speciosum, 302, 347, 417 

 Port caspitosa, 4 

 Podocarpus, 68, 329 



,, dacrudioides, 70 

 ferruginea, 68, 322 

 nivalis, 68, 69 

 ,, spicatus, 69 



totara, 69 

 Pohue, 343 



Pohutukawa, 9, 284, 286. 288 

 Poison of tutu, 228 

 karaka, 235 

 rangiora, 435, 436 

 Pokaka, 9 



Pollination of Catasetum, 114; Convol- 

 vulus, 343, Coprosma, 392; Cory- 

 anthes, 112 ; Earina suaveolens, 

 116; Fuchsia, 290, 294; Knightia 

 excelsa, 146 ; Melicope simplex, 

 220, 221 ; Orchids, 112 ; Phormium, 

 106 ; Pittosporum Ralphii, 195 ; 

 P. tenuifolium, 190 ; Thelymitra 

 longifolia, 115 ; Pterostylis, 118 ; 

 Utricularia, 389; Wahlenbergia, 

 403 



Pollination by birds, 106, 210, 214, 290, 388 

 by butterflies,162 

 by flies, 162 

 by moths, 162 

 by wind, 128, 392 

 Pollination, processes of, 43, 44 

 ,, cross, in Compositae, 406 



cross, in Viola, 262 

 ,, cross, in Wahlenberfjia, 403 



self, explained, 44, 263 

 ,, self, in Compositae, 407 

 self, in Thelymitra, 115 

 Polypods, 7 



Polygonaceae, 54, 151, 152 

 Polygonum, 152 



,, aviculare, 152 

 Pomaderris, 54, 225, 236, 238 

 apetala, 236, 238 

 phylictefolia, 238, 323 

 Poporo-kaiwhiri, 174 

 Poro-poro, 202, 366 

 Portulaceae, 53, 158 

 Potts, Mr., 140, 141 

 Pratia, 403 



Prickles, purpose of, 276 

 Primrose, Family, 333 

 Primrose, New Zealand, 385 

 Primulaceae, 333 

 Pronunciation of Maori flower names, 



202 



Proteaceae, 55, 56, 145 

 Pteris aquilina, 6 

 Pterostylis, 118 



Banksii, 110, 111, 126 

 graminea, 110, 126 

 Pseudopanax, 256, 257, 306, 325 



crassifolium, 306, 308, 310 

 ferox, 306 



Pua-o-te-reinga, 151 

 Pua-tawhiwhi, 280 

 Pua-wananga, 164 

 Pukatea, 174 

 Puna-weta, 188 

 Punui, 300 



