CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Introduction .......... 1 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate 



I. Coast of Chile. Vegetation of the Heights about Valparaiso, in March . . 11 



II. Island of Sitka, on the West Coast of North America. Underwood and Swamps, in 



July ...... 14 



III. „ Woody Mountains, in July . . . . .18 



IV. Unalaschka, one of the Aleutian Islands. A Plain on the Shores of Illuluk Bay, 



and Part of the adjacent Heights, in August . . 20 



V. Island of Ualan, Caroline Archdpelago. Mangroves, in December . . 22 



VI. „ Swampy Forest, with Banyan-trees, in December . . .26 



VII. „ Vegetation of a Valley and Outskirts of Forest, in December . . 28 



VIII. „ Woody Mountains, in December . . . .33 



IX. Chain of Coral Reef of Lugunor, Caroline Archipelago. View of a Woody Coral 



Island, in February, seen from without . . .36 



X. „ View of a Woody Coral Island, in February, seen from within . 38 



XI. Guaham, one of the Marianne Islands. Forest in the Madrepore Plain of Orota 



Peninsula, in March . . . . .40 



XII. „ Lower Savana District, in March . . . . ,43 



XIIL „ Upper Savana District, in March . . ; , ,45 



