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GENERAL INDEX 



Hemsley, Mr. W. B., 34, 232, 238, 301, 



434, 499, 511, 530, 539, S^i ; on 

 dispersal by currents, 62 ; on 

 Cassalpinia, 184 ; on insular Legu- 

 minosae, 198-9 ; on the Pacific 

 Compositae, 242, 246-7 ; on the 

 Pacific Lobeliacese, 251, 257; on 

 Pisonia, 346 ; on Gnetum, 404 ; on 

 ten widely spread British plants, 

 417 ; on Rhizophora mangle in the 

 Pacific, 441 ; on vivipary in Dracaena, 

 471 ; on Brackenridgea, 569 



Heptapleurum, 263 



Heritiera littoralis, station, 43, 551 ; 



distribution, 47, 68, 375-6, 551, 562 ; 



buoyancy of fruits, 106, 112, 529; 



their occurrence in river-drift, 79, 



435, and in beach-drift, 437 

 Hernandia peltata, station, 551 ; ex- 

 tension inland, 49 ; distribution, 54, 

 64, 68, 562, 563 ; buoyancy of fruits, 

 109, IIS, 530 ; beach-drift, 437 



Herpestis monnieria, 552, 557 



Hesperomannia, 236-7, 243-4 



Hesselman, H., on plant-dispersal, 

 282, 511 



Hibbertia, 402, 548 



Hibiscus, 21, 134, 137 



Hibiscus abelmoschus, 21, 124, 532,533 



Hibiscus diversifolius, 21, 105, 529 



Hibiscus esculentus, 21, 532 



Hibiscus tiliaceus, station, 43, 486, 498, 

 551, 555-7 ; growing inland, 41-2, 

 419, 547, 557, 560 ; distribution, 52, 

 486, 498, 552, 563 ; seed-buoyancy, 

 21, 105, 529, 552; beach-drift, 437-8; 

 river-drift, 435 ; sea-drift, 489 ; 

 currents, 562 



Hibiscus youngianus, 21, 533, 534 



Hillebrand, JUr., on the Hawaiian 

 flora ; introduced littoral trees, 51 ; 

 the agency of the currents, 73 ; the 

 endemism of the ferns, 224-7, 593 ; 

 the Compositae, 236-47 ; the Lobeli- 

 acese, 250-5 ; the absence of 

 Coniferas, 303; on Cyrtandra, 317 ; 

 other references, 231, 340, 341, 405, 

 557, 559, 560, 576, 578, 594, &c. 



Hillebrand, Mr. W. F., 224 



Hillebrandia, 263, 394 



Hilo, S3, 213 



Hippomane mancinella (Manchineel), 

 68, 109, 498 



Hochstetter, 336 



Holland, Mr., 478, 489, 499 



Holmboe, Jens, on Silene maritima, 

 280 



Holmes, Mr., on the Fijian rainfall, 

 216, 549 



Honckeneya : see Arenaria peploides 

 Hooker, Sir J., 198, 238, 258, 271, 344, 



369, 581 

 Home, Mr., on the Fijian flora, 41, 



172, 394, 395, 425, 549, 592 



Horse-dung containing seeds trans- 

 ported by currents, 558 



Hottonia palustris, 536 



Hoya, 377 



Humboldt on insects in the upper air- 

 currents, 583 



Humboldt current, 480, 483, 490-5, 500, 

 597-601 



Hydnophytum, 402 



Hydrocharis, 537 



Hydrocotyle asiatica, 532, 605 



Hydrocotyle verticillata, S33-4 



Hydrocotyle vulgaris, 28, 536, 544 



Hygrophytes, 32, 515 



Hypericum, perforatum, quadran- 

 gulum, elodes, 536 



Iceland ; plants, 505 



Ilex aquifolium, 536 



Impatiens fulva, 536 



Impatiens parviflora, 536 



Incas ; bones exposed on the Ancon 



plain, 497 

 Inocarpus edulis, 108, 421, 435, 529, 



563 



Insects in the upper air-currents, 

 509-10, 514, 582-3 



Ipomea : see Ipomcea 



Ipomoea, 20, 76, 109, 134, 137, 489, 

 532-3, 546 



Ipomoea batatas, 20, 415 (Batatas 

 edulis), 532 



Ipomoea bona nox (Calonyction 

 speciosum), 20, 106, no, 533, 534, 

 554, 558, 605 



Ipomoea glaberrima (Calonyction 

 comosperma), 20, 52, 57, 106, no, 

 472, 530, 552, 555, 558, 564 



Ipomoea grandiflora, 20, 106, 530, 531 



Ipomoea insularis, 20, no, 532, 533, 

 553, 554, 605 



Ipomoea peltata, no, 435, 472, 

 532 



Ipomoea pentaphylla, 20, no, 533 



Ipomcea reptans, 533 



Ipomcea tulsercuiata, 20, no, 533, 556 



Ipomcea turpethum, 20, 106, no, 532 



Ipomcea pes-capras ; seed-buoyancy, 

 20, 21, 83, 106, no, 121, 530, 546, 

 569 ; dispersal by currents, 56-7, 

 562 ; seeds in river and beach drift, 

 435, 437-8, 489, 558-9 ; distribution, 

 56, 68, 433, 488, 498, 552, 563, 564, 

 572; station, 43, 551, 553-6, 560; 



