LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE. 

 The Fijian species of Rhizophora . . ... Frontispiece. 



FIGURES. 



TO FACE PAGE 



Diagrams illustrating some of the causes of seed-buoyancy . . in 



Figures illustrating the development of the seed and the germinating 



process of Rhizophora and Bruguiera ... 452 — 453 



Diagrams illustrating the structure of the growing seeds of 



Barringtonia ... . . . 574 



Diagram illustrating the prevailing cloud-formations of Mauna Loa 585 



MAPS. 

 Oceania ... . 12 



The Ocean Currents ... 61 



Trade routes of the Pacific Ocean (intended to illustrate the 



distances traversed by floating seeds in that ocean) . 66 



The West Coast of South America . . . 474 



Rough plan of the Gulf of Guayaquil . 484 



