INDEX. 343 



Fonrnel, recent contributions to the physical geography of Northern Africa, 



i. 115. 

 Fremont, Captain, importance of his geographical memoirs on our knowledge 



of the geography of North America, i. 37, and generally in Note ( 5 ), 



also i. 280. 



Geographical distribution of plants, laws of the, ii. 102. 



Gobi, the plateau of, i. 74, 79. 



Graminese, ii. 27, 183. 



Guaranis, a tribe inhabiting the sea-coast and rivers near the mouth of the 



Orinoco, i. 178. 



Granite, leaden-coloured rocks of, in the Orinoco, i. 188,. 

 Great basin, the elevated plain so called, between the Rocky Mountains an 



the Sierra Nevada of California, i. 44 ; forms an inland closed river 



basin, 280. 

 Gymnotus, description of its capture in South America by means of horses, 



i. 22. 



Heat in plants developed during inflorescence, ii. 175. 



Heaths, ii. 23, 145. 



Himalaya, oue of the four parallel mountain chains of Central Asia, i. 92. 



Hiongnu, i. 101. 



Hooker, Dr. J., recent determination of the elevation of the Kinchinjinga, 

 one of the highest peaks of the Himalaya, i. 93 ; on the production of 

 perfect seeds by the Ccelebogyne, ii. 51; remarks oil the geographical 

 distribution of plants in Antarctic floras, ii. 122. 



Illimani and Sorata, their height above the sea recently corrected, i. 57, 96, 



277. 



Kashmeer, valley of, i. 80. 



Kinchinjinga, one of the highest peaks of the Himalaya, its elevation recently 



determined, i. 92. 

 Kuen-liin, one of the four parallel mountain chains in Central Asia, i. 72, 90. 



Lama, alpaca, and gnanaco, three originally distinct species of animals, 

 described, i. 166. 



