GENERAL INDEX 



613 



Ducks, as dispersers of seeds, 241, 

 277, 356, 369, 370, 375, 399> 506, 

 612-3, 514, 541 



Dusolier, M., 506 



Dwarfing of shore-plants growing 

 inland, 547 



Dysoxylum, 376 



Easter Island, 64 



Ecastaphyllum, 562 



Eclipta alba, 533, 534, 605 



Ecuador, climate of sea-border, 476, 

 483, 489-91, 493-6, 500, 597 ; influ- 

 ence of the Humboldt or Peruvian 

 current, 490-1, 493-5, 5oo> 599 ; 

 mangroves, 3, 77, 445, 448, 474-6, 

 483-go, 521, 597 ; beach-drift and 

 beach -plants, 180, 488-9 ; tempera- 

 ture of the Guayaquil estuary, 77, 

 78, 565 ; drift of the Guayaquil 

 River, 91, 435, 488-9 ; Santa Rosa 

 River, 486 ; Machala plains, 485, 

 495 ; Santa Elena coast, 483, 490, 



494, S97 

 Eeka, mountain in Maui, 208, 214, 



253 

 Eggers, Baron von, on the climate and 

 mangroves of Ecuador, 449, 450, 



476, 483-4, 487, 490, 493-S, 597 

 Ekstam, O., on seed-dispersal in 



Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla, 242, 



277, 282, 434, 511, 512 

 Elceocarpus, 334, 357-8, 389, 391, 401, 



507-9, 532 

 Elatine hydropiper, 536 

 Elatostema, 317, 383, 391, 405 

 Electrical state of the atmosphere, 



582, 588 

 Eleusine indica, 605 

 Elizabeth Island, 64 

 Embeha, 362-4, 409, 520 

 Empetrum nigrum, 511 

 Endemic genera and species, tables of, 



232, 233, 244, 252, 255, 263, 265 ; see 



under Fiji, Hawaii, Tahiti 

 Endemism : see under Species 

 English beach-drift, 429-33 ; see 



Beach seed-drift 

 Entada scandens, 176 ; station, 44, 



48, 50, 177, 182 ; distribution, 68, 



177-9, 182, 200, 499, 500, 551, 563 ; 



dispersed by currents, 179-80, 



182 ; seed-buoyancy, 82, 94, 106, 



III, 181-3, 529, 531 ; river and 



beach drift, 180, 43°, 435, 437-8, 



488-9, 499 

 Epilobium, 471, 536, 603 

 Epiphytic plants, 281 (Vaccinium) ; 



291 (Weinmannia) ; 343 (Myoporum 



and Vaccinium) ; 383 (Loranthus) ; 



402 (Myrmecodia) 

 Eranthemum, 532 

 Eriophorum, 537 

 Erodium maritimum, 33 

 Eryngium maritimum, 28, 35, 536, 



539, 543, 544, 581 

 Erythrina ; general discussion of the 



genus, 577 ; relation between coast 



and inland species, 19, 134, 141 ; 



seed-buoyancy, 107 ; seeds in river 



and beach drift, 435, 437-8, 489 

 Erythrina indica, 19, 107, 141-4, 529, 



562, 577 

 Erythrina monosperma, 20, 141-4, 



200, 533, 553-4, 578 

 Erythrina ovalifolia, 107, 577 

 Erythrina aurantiaca, 144 

 Erythrina vespertilio, 144 

 Estuaries, temperature of tropical, 78 



564 

 Etna, shadow of, 586 

 Eucalyptus, 479 

 Eugenia, 61, 134, 163, 166, 334, 349 



357, 507, 532, 603 

 Eugenia brackenridgei, 351 

 Eugenia corynocarpa, 350, 351, 532 

 Eugenia grandis, 163 

 Eugenia malaccensis, 349, 532 

 Eugenia monticola, 351 

 Eugenia neurocalyx, 350, 351 

 Eugenia rariflora, 164, 349-52, 532 

 Eugenia richii, 45, 164, 350, 529 

 Eugenia rivularis, 350, 532 

 Euonynius europaus, 536 

 Eupatorium cannabinum, 536 

 Euphorbia, 29, 478, 537 

 Euphorbia amygdaloides, 537, 605 

 Euphorbia atoto, iq6, 530 

 Euphorbia cordata, 556 

 Euphorbia helioscopia, 29, 537 

 Euphorbia paralias, 29, 31, 35, 109, 



116, 429, 431-3, 537, 543, 544 

 Euphorbia peplus, 537 

 Euphorbia segetalis, 537, 605 

 Eurya, 371-3 

 Euxolus caudatus, 605 

 Everett, Mr., 388 

 Evolution, 1 1, 227, 522 ; see under 



Adaptation, Natural Selection, and 



Species 

 Excfficaria agallocha, 43, 109, 436, 



530, 551, 563 

 Exocarpus, 271, 274-5 



FAGRiEA BERTERIANA, 42, 45, 385, 

 532, 548, 603 



Fagus, 508 

 Fanning Island, 377 



