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INDEX. 



Page. 



Mediterranean regions, no coconuts in 273 



Melanesian peoples, possibility of, in America. 29G 



Mendana, expedition of 294 



Mexico, pine forests 278 



use of "coconut apple" 290 



varieties of coconuts 339 



Mulhall, M. G., quotation from 276 



Mutation, origin of coconut varieties 339 



Negroes supposed to have been found in Pan- 

 ama 295 



unable to make long voyages 295 



Nicaragua, absence of pines from 278 



Nicholls, H. A. A., quotation from 330 



Nux indica, name for coconut 274, 280 



Oil palm, a relative of the coconut 338 



distribution 304 



importance in West Africa 280 



intolerance to shade 302 



varieties in West Africa 323 



Opuntia, introduction into Europe 274 



Orange, sweet and sour, in Santo Domingo.. 279 



Osterhout, W. J. V., quotation from 324 



Oviedo, account of black people in Panama. . 295 



account of coconut 278 



Eden's translation 279 



publications 278, 295 



referred to by De Candolle 280 



Pacaya palm, domesticated in Guatemala... 310 

 Palestine, possibilities of coconut culture. . .337,338 



Palmer, Edward, on us? of "coconut apple". 290 



Palmettos, domestication in Mexico 311 



Palms about Timbuctu, Africa 331 



development of 301-304 



domestication in ancient America 308 



habitat of different groups 303 



intolerance to shade 299-302 



of Cocos Island 291 



Palms, structure of stems 302-303 



Panama, coconuts in , before discovery 339 



coconuts in graves 288 



frizzle-haired people found in 295, 341 



Peru substituted for 279 



Peach palm cultivated by prehistoric Indians 285 



description 308-309 



domestication in South America 308 



Peanuts, introduced by Portuguese into West 



Africa 286 



introduction into Europe 274 



widely distributed in pre-Columbian 



America 275 



Pepper, capsicum, introduction into Europe . 274 



Peru, no coconuts in 279 



substitution of, for Panama 279 



Peruvian desert, extent 334 



Peruvians, knowledge of lands in Pacific 294 



Philippines, coconut industry 272 



"tuba" introduced from 290 



Pickering, Charles, account of coconuts 283 



erroneous statement 339 



mention of coconuts by Columbus 282, 283 



on the dependence of coconuts on human 



aid.. 299 



Pineapples, confused with pine trees 282 



introduced by Portuguese into West 



Africa 286 



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 Pine trees, absence from Panama, Nicaragua, 



and Costa Rica 278 



confused with pineapples 277, 282 



in Mexico 278 



Piso and Marcgrave, writings on Brazil 284, 340 



Pittier, H., coconut collected on Cocos Island. 294 



explorations 278 



observations on coconut palms in interior 



of South America 332 



observations on palms of Cocos Island . 291 , 29 



references to coconuts in Peru 307 



Plane tree , confused with platano 280 



Platano, origin of name 280 



Poinciana, an ornamental about Cairo 338 



Polynesian agriculture contrasted with 



American 289 



Polynesians, importance of coconuts among. . 288 



in America 295 



travels of 294, 295 



Pomegranates, in Santo Domingo 279 



Porter, D., quotation from 294 



Porto Pico, abundance of coconut palms.. 283-284 



Acrocomii media 313 



coconut industry 272 



coconuts in , seen by Acosta 275 



early record of coconuts 339, 340 



hat palmetto 311 



varieties of coconuts 323, 339 



Potato, introduction into Europe 274 



Preuss, P., reference to 323 



Quiros, expedition of 294 



on maritime activity of Melanesian people 296 



Rats, plague of, in Cocos Island 294 



Royal palm found to thrive at Cairo.- 337 



in Cuba 282 



in Porto Rico 312 



Roystonca borinqucna. See also royal palm. 



used in Porto Rico 312 



Rubber culture, premature expansion of 336 



' ' R uru , ' ' Peruvian name for fruit of coconut . . 287 



Safford, W. E., on coconuts in Guam 301 



on coconuts in Peru 334 



on coconuts in the Andaman Islands 298 



Salt deposits in Andes 305-307 



tolerance of coconuts to 305 



Santo Dorringo, early introduction of Euro- 

 pean plants into 279 



planting of dates in , 279 



Sarmiento, expedition of 294 



Schimper, A. F. W., reference to 301 



Seemann, B., on dependence of coconuts on 



human aid 299 



on origin of coconut 317 



Segregation origin of coconut varieties 339 



Simmonds, P. L., quotation from 298 



Sloane, Hans, on introduction of coconuts 



into America 276 



quoted by De Candolle 275 



Soconosco region of Mexico, coconuts of 339 



Sour-sop widely distributed in pre-Columbian 



America 275 



Spruce, R., on coconuts in Peru 335 



on extent of Peruvian desert 334 



on origin of peach palm 309 



