INDEX. 



445 



Tribulus, 335. 



Tridents, figured in the Indian caves, 354. 

 Trifolium Alexandrinum, 389. 



procumbens, 408. 

 Trigoneila faeniim-Graecum, 361, 381. 

 Triticum, wheat, 311, 359, 368. 



spelta, 368. 

 Tritom variegatum, the war conch, 62. 

 Trogon, 124. 

 Tropaeolum maius, 412. 



tuberosum, 231, 301. 

 TropEEolums, of the Andes of Peru, 100. 

 Tropics ; the valley of the Nile, the only 

 tropical country known to the ancient 

 Greeks and Romans, 248. 

 Tulipa, 409. 



Turkey, the domesticated bird, 301, 333, 

 343, 410. 



Turks, 246, 250. — Turkish power on the 



Euphrates, 239. 

 Turmeric, see Curcuma. 

 Turnspit, 305. 



Turtle, mutilated by sharks, at uninhabited 

 coral islands, 55. — Turtle-pens, at the 

 Feejee Islands, 160. 



Turnip, see Brassica rapa, 334. 



Tutui-nut, see Aleurites. 



Tutuila, in the Samoan Group, visited, 77. 



Typha, 339. — Used for building, by the 

 New Zealanders, 80. 



Uea, or Wallis Island, visited, 99. 



Ulmus campestris, the European elm, 381. 



Umbrellas, Chinese, 46, 127. — Umbrellas, 



are figured on the Indian monuments, 



352, 353. 



Umpqua Tribe, of Western Oregon, 39. 

 Unio ; river-mussels, used for food by the 



California tribes, 107, 108. 

 Union, or Otafuan Group of coral islands, 



noticed, 66. 

 United States, diversity of races in, 9, 185, 



272, 278. 



Upolu, in the Samoan Group, visited, 74. 

 Upsaroka, or Crow Tribe, of the Rocky 



Mountains, 43. 

 Urcna, 323, 325. 



112 



Urena lobata, 319, 325, 334. 



Urtica, a species in a Fuegian hut, 18, 



urens, 338, 408. 



dioica, 408. 



piiulifera, 408. 



nivea, 412. 

 UrticacejE, not seen in New Zealand, 81. 

 Urticac. incert., 322, 324, 329. 

 Uvaria aromatica, 402. 



Vachellia, 335, 361, 410. 



Vaitupan, or Ellice Coral Group, 66. 



Valparaiso, visited, 20, 183, 229, 272. 



Vancouver, in Northwest America, a gar- 

 den at, 310. 



Van Diemen's Land, or Tasmannia, na- 

 tives of, 142. 



Vanikoro, in the Nitendi Group, 172, 279. 



Vanilla, 411. 



Vanua-levu, in the Fecjce Group, 158. 



Varieties, among animals and plants, 305, 



Varro, quoted, 371, 394, 399. 



Vatu-lele, in the Feejee Group, an eleva- 

 ted coral island, 157. 



Vavao, natives of, 84. 



Vazimba of Madagascar, 181. 



Vegetation of different countries, 299. — Of 

 the Andes of Peru, 299. 



Vegetius, quoted, 393. 



Vcrbascum, 396. 



Verbena citriodora, see Aloysia. 

 officinalis, 408. 

 supina, 408. 



Verbesina '.' biflora, 322, 327. 



Veronica anagallis, 408. 

 beccabunga, 408. 



Vessels, of the Chinese, 48, 290.— Of the 

 Western Paumotuans, 62, 63, 288. — Of 

 the Eastern Polynesians, 84, 288. — Of 

 the Banians of Cutch, 260.— Proas of the 

 East Indies, 282, 290.— Of the Japanese, 

 288.— Of Southern Hindoostan, 290.— 

 Arab dows, 291. 



Vesuvius, 271. 



Vetch, see Vicia. 



Vi-applc, see Spondias. 



Vicia faba, 378. 



