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GENERAL INDEX 



Nuphar luteum,\^ „ 

 Nymph^a alba, J ^7' *9> 5i3, 535 



Oahu, 207-8 



Oak : see Quercus 



Ochrosia ; relation of coast and inland 



species, 134, 151 ; dispersal, 152-4; 



Schumann's enumeration of the 



species, 580 

 Ochrosia parviflora, 49, 108, 152-4, 



530, 563, 580 

 Ochrosia sandwicensis, 153, 580 

 Ocimum basilicum, 568 

 Oinanthe crocata, 28, 536 

 CEnanthe phellandrium, 536 

 Oldenlandia, 605 

 Olea, 364, 508, 533 

 Oliver, Prof, 171, 178, 251 

 Oncocarpus, 265-6 ; see Additions and 



Corrections 

 Ononis arvensis, 536 

 Ophiorrhiza, 382, 383, 532 

 Orchids ; suggested dispersal of their 



seeds by insects, 509 

 Oregon drift on the Hawaiian coasts, 



58, 72, MO 557 

 Oreobolus, 271, 272, 275 

 Oreodoxa, 489 

 Osmanthus, 364 

 Osteomeles, 353, 354, 554 

 Owen Stanley range ; climate of the 



summit, 215 

 Oxalis acetosella, 536 

 Oxalis corniculata, 349, 416, 427, 536, 



604 

 Oxyria digyna, 5 1 2 



Pachyrrhizus, 412, 413, 548 



Paita (Payta), 482, 599 



Palms ; specific differentiation in 

 Borneo, 504 



Panama isthmus ; its shore plants and 

 seed-drift, 180, 498 



Panax, 263 



Pandanus, 155, 508, 517 ; relation 

 between coast and inland species, 

 134, 155-60, 166, 169, 517 ; mode 

 of dispersal, 157-60, 169; insular 

 distribution, 156-7, 160, 169, 580 



Pandanus odoratissimus ; distribu- 

 tion, 52, 53, 156, 552, 563 ; station, 

 551 ; inland extension, 41, 42, 361, 

 548-9, 553-6, 560 ; dispersal by cur- 

 rents, 53, 158 ; buoyancy of fruits, 

 109, 530, 552 ; their occurrence in 

 river-drift, 435, and in beach-drift, 

 437> 557-9 ; aboriginal food-plant, 



4i3> 427 

 Pangerango, Mount ; rate of decrease 

 of temperature with elevation, 210 



Panicum, 272, 284 



Papaver, seed-buoyancy, 535 



Papaya, 472 



Paphia, 265 



Parinarium, 108, 435, 529, 563 



Parrots, as seed-dispersers, 321, 388, 



420, 602 

 Partridges, as seed-dispersers, 284, 



356, 367, 416 

 Pastinaca sativa, 28, 536 

 Peach-stones in beach-drift, 429, 431, 



479 

 Pea-nuts in beach-drift, 479 



Peale, Mr., 355 



Pebble-swallowing by birds, 8, 159 



Pedicularis palustris, 537 



Pelagodendron, 265 



Pelea, 263 



Pemphis acidula ; station, 42, 43, 551 ; 

 distribution, 54, 68, 563 ; seed- 

 buoyancy, 108, 114, 529 



Penzig, Prof., on the beach-drift and 

 flora of Krakatoa, 180, 189, 206, 571 



Peperomia, 334, 348, 357, 4i7, 509 



Peplis portula, 536 



Perkins, Mr., on birds and seeds in 

 Hawaii, 151, 259, 275, 321, 329, 343, 

 348, 364, 595 ; on the biological 

 connection between the birds and 

 the arborescent Lobeliaceas, 255, 

 504,603 ; on the Hawaiian fauna, 505 



Perrottetia, 362 



Peru ; littoral flora, 474-6, 481-2 ; on 

 the coast climate and the Hum- 

 boldt current, 490-4, 500, 598-600 ; 

 corals, 496, 601 



Pes-capra; formation, 550 



Petrels and seed-dispersal, 242, 511, 



Peucedanum, in Hawaii, 362, 363 



Peucedanum palustre, 536 



Phaethon (Tropic-bird) and plant-dis- 

 persal, 241 



Phaseolus truxillensis, 605 



Philippi, on the shells of Chile, 496 



Phyllanthus, 309, 325, 331, 532 



Phyllostegia, 262,263, 37i, 533> 594 



Physalis angulata, 605 



Phytelephas, 489 



Phytolacca, 362, 364 



Pigeons, 356, 416, 506 ; see Fruit- 

 pigeons 



Pilea, 362 



Pilger, R., on Podocarpus and Dacry- 

 dium, 301-2 



Pimia, 265, 266 



Pinguicula lusitanica, 537 



Pinus sylvestris, 537 



Piper, 532, 568 



