INDEX. 



AbrotcnieUd, 4GS 

 Absorption of moisture, 118 

 AcfPna, 45, 54, 106, 201, '202, 314, 366 



ad.^cenflens, 37, 202, 203 



Olabra, 54 



microphylla, 201 

 ,, novae-Zelandiae, 201 



sanouisorhae, 37, 201, 202 

 Acianthus Sincluirii, 124 

 Aciphylla, 216. 239, 257. 276, 312, 316, 318, 

 321 



Colensoi, 189, 318, 320 



Mottroi, 322 



squarroso, 318, 320 



rriiversii. 318 

 Arthiotus, 314 



Adams, Mr. A. H., <iuotecl, 6, 11, 414 

 Affinities of New Zealand flora, 30, 31 

 Affinities of South American flora to tliat 

 of New Zealand, illustrated 

 by Fuchsia, 292 

 Amthis, 58, 60, .304 



australis, 62 

 Aizoaceae, 50, 159 

 Aka. 280. 288 

 Akatawhiwhi. 2H0 

 Akatea, 282 

 Al-e-iila', 225, 268, 269 

 Akiraho, 416 

 Alccinjon, 55, 225 



,, cxcelsuni, 225 

 Alpine vegetation, 22-24 

 Al]is, Southern, 157 



Al|)ine leaf-forms, described by Ruskin, 23 

 Alseuosmia. 52, 62, 399 

 ,. inacrophylla, 399 



quercifolia, 399 

 Alterations in climate, 239 

 Alterations in leaf-form, due to moist 



habitat, 241 

 Alter nantliera, 55 

 Anenione Faniil.\-, 160 

 Aniseed, 322 

 Angiosperms, 43, 47 

 A'lifielica . 322 



<ir „ i rii la fa, :^2■2 



ijiiid'hlnnn, 322 

 Angiospermae, 49 



Annuals, alssence of, in New Zealand, 42 

 Antarctic element in New Zealand flora, 



25 

 Anti(iuity of New Zealand flora, 27-30 

 Allium. 315 



prostratiirn, 315 



Apocynaceae, 340 

 Aralia, 300. 304 



,, crassifoUa, 307 



LyaUri,300 

 Araliaceae, 50, 300 

 Archcria, 323, 

 ^r/.stofe?m, 242,244 

 ,, fniticof^a, 246 



racemosa, 9, 42, 244, 246 

 Armstrong, Mr. J. B., referredsto, 145, 300 

 Arthropod ill} 11, 100 



candidum, 102 



cirrhatum, 100 

 Arundo n>nsi>ic}/a, 5. 322 

 Ascarino, 56 

 Ash. New Zealand, 225 

 Asjtleniuni, 7 



Assimilation, explanation of, 39 

 Astelia, 62, 98, 99, 100 



Cunninffhatnii, 21, 100 



linearis, 100 

 ,, nervosa, 100 

 ,, Solandri, 21 



fipicata, 21 

 Auckland Island forest, description of, 



281 

 Australian Bottle-brushes, 146 



element in N,Z. flora. 25, 32-.34 

 Avicennia, 139, 253, 351-361 



o.tficinalis, 352 

 ,, germination of, 360 

 AzoreUa, 314. 315 



srlaao, 314 



Balanophoraceae, 140. 1,50 



fungoid appearance of, 149. 1,50 

 ,, germination of, 149 

 Beeches, 8, 10 

 Beech Forest, 130 

 Beet Family, 154 

 Beilschtnii'did, 175 



Tarairi, 175 



Tawa, 175 

 Bidi-bidi, 202 

 Bindweeds, 342, 344 

 Birches. 20, 134 

 Bird-catching iflant,159 

 Bitter .iuice as safeguard against browsing 



animals, 244 

 1-ilack Pine, 60 

 Blue colour, significance of, in flowers, 



318,349 

 Bolhophyllurn, 118. 120, 124 



7n/om<Pum,21 124 



