GENERAL INDEX 



Noti. — Several subjects are worked up in this index, which, on account of the 

 plan of the book, could not be treated connectedly in the text; for example, the 

 sources of bottle-drift thrown upon the Irish coast and on the Carribean shores 

 of Central America. 



Except where several references of importance are given, the figures in larger 

 type indicate the pages where the subject is treated at length, or where the most 

 important points are discussed. 



Acacia, 167, 168, 171; A. acuifera, 287; 



A. farnesiana, 166, 287 

 Acaena, 294, 500 

 Acer, 326 



Acrocomia, 3, 4, 11, 86, 91, 160 

 Acrostichum squamosum, 370, 375, 380, 

 425 



Adder -stones, name of stranded West 



Indian seeds, 21, 23 

 Adeno carpus viscosus, 408 

 iEolian rocks, in the Turks Islands and 



Bahamas generallv, 254-276, 452, 502- 



504 



Africa ; Carex and Sphagnum floras, 332- 

 358, 341-347, 356; current-connec- 

 tions, 294-312, 300-305, 311, 475- 

 477, 478 ; Uncinia, 499 



West ; comparison of littoral flora 



with that of the West Indies, 83-95, 

 141, 194, 207 ; bottle-drift, 49-53, 59, 

 67-71, 76-81, 475-477. See Sierra 

 Leone. 



East ; bottle-drift, 50, 300-305 



North ; bottle-drift on coast of 



Morocco, 51, 52, 53 



South ; bottle-drift, 63, 77 



Agassiz, A. ; on the formation of the 



Bahamas, 254-261, 269, 274-276, 503 ; 



on the early maps of the group, 264, 



275 



L. ; on the Salt Key Bank, 261, 274, 



276, 502 

 Agrostis castellana, 370, 372, 386 

 Agua do Pao, a mountain in San Miguel, 



Azores, 438 

 Aiton, 361, 493 



Alacran Shoals, plants, 187, 188, 201, 231, 

 240, 250 



Albatross ; in seed -distribution, 500 

 Alcyonarian sea-shrubs, in the Scilly 

 Islands and Norway, 21 



505 



Alder, name of Cono carpus erectus in the 



West Indies, 201 

 Aleurites moluccana, 160 

 Algaroba, 102 



Algarve (Portugal), introduction of 



Myrica faya, 434 

 Allen, E. J., Physaliae on English beaches, 



29 



J. A., on distribution, 325 



Alligators, 102, 105, 107, 175; drifted to 



the Turks Islands, 487. See Crocodiles. 

 " Alma Cummings " (derelict), its track, 



69, 72, 472 

 Alnus maritimum (Conocarpus erectus), 



201 



Alternanthera, 85 

 Amarantacese, 85 



Amazon; seed-drift, 7, 8, 13, 19, 39, 74, 

 75, 81, 128, 129, 142 ; bottle-drift from 

 off the estuary, 62, 67, 70, 71, 74, 75, 80, 

 444, 445 : plants chiefly of the estuary, 

 7, 128, 131, 133, 135, 141, 160, 212 



Ambrosia crithmifolia (A. hispida), 87, 

 172, 279-283, 288, 291, 451, 452 



America, Central; recipient of seed-drift 

 by the North and Main Equatorial cur- 

 rents, 8, 72, 73 ; seed-drift on opposite 

 coasts, 17, 19 ; bottle-drift from off the 

 shores of Europe, 48, 53, 57 ; from the 

 vicinity of the Canary and Cape Verde 

 Islands, 57, 58; from between St. 

 Paul's Pocks and the coast of Brazil, 

 50, 61 ; from off the Amazon estuary, 

 75; from between Hispaniola and the 

 Turks Islands, 466; derelict from off 

 Cape Hatteras, 50, 472 



North ; bottle-drift to Europe, 52- 



55, 66, 68; Carex and Sphagnum 

 floras, 332-358 



South ; current-connections, 294- 



312, 297, 299, 310; Carex and Sphag- 



