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GENERAL INDEX 



num floras, 332-358, 335-341, 356; 



Uncinia, 498-501 

 American genera in Macaronesia, 408, 



410, 412, 413, 416 

 Amsterdam Island; Sphagnum and 



Uncinia, 344, 346, 498, 501 

 Amulets, West Indian drift-seeds as, 22, 



24 



Anacardium occidentale (Cashew-nut), 



28, 36, 173 

 Anagallis filiformis, 480, 481 

 teneUa, 371, 377, 379-381, 387, 



402, 417, 419, 425, 479 

 Anchovy Pear. See Grias cauliflora. 

 Ancon (Peru)$ See Medanos. 

 Andira inermis (Angeleen-tree), 4, 11, 16, 



86, 88, 91, 92, 95, 150 

 Andrews, E. C, on the Australian flora, 



171, 317-319, 322, 330 

 Andropogon glomeratus, 451, 453 

 Angeleen-tree* See Andira inermis. 

 Annual Register, 277, 487 

 Anona, 174-181; A. cherimolia, 177; A. 



glabra, 181 ; A. klainii, 181 ; A. muri- 



cata (Sour Sop), 177, 181 ; A. palustris, 



4, 5, 18, 86, 90, 174-181, 194; A. 



reticulata (Custard Apple), 177 ; A. 



senegalensis, 181 ; A. squamosa (Sweet 



Sop), 177 



Antarctica, as a centre of dispersion, 309, 

 328, 330 



Antarctic latitudes (Southern Ocean); 



seed-distribution by sea-birds, 294, 



498-501 ; Carex and Sphagnum, 337- 



340, 348, 349; Uncinia, 498-501; 



bottle-drift, wreckage, and currents, 



295, 296, 299, 300, 306, 310 

 Antidote Vine.- See Fevillea cordifolia. 

 Antillean Stream, 10, 14, 19, 58, 62, 73, 



79, 463-469, 471, 481 

 Antilles, Greater; bottle-drift, 56, 57, 61, 



72, 73, 442-445 

 Lesser ; bottle-drift, 57, 58, 60, 



61, 62, 69, 71-75, 442-445 

 Antipodes Island, 348, 498 

 Antoine, 431 



Aquatic plants ; in Jamaica, 16, 104-107 ; 



in Azores, 371, 378-382, 387, 403, 405, 



407, 417, 420, 439 

 Arabis albida, 411 



Arachis hypogsea; in European beach 



drift, 28, 29 

 Araucaria, 294, 328 

 Arbutus, 408 

 Arcangeli, 405, 426, 437 

 Arceuthobium oxycedri, 360, 370, 375, 



379, 386, 401, 426; distribution of 



genus, 426 

 Arctic latitudes, bottle-drift, 484, 495 

 Arenaria serpyllifolia, 411 

 Argemone mexicana, 290 

 Argythamnia argentea, 287 

 Aridity and cold currents, 271, 272, 275 



Armeria ; maderensis, 411 ; maritima, 187 



Aroids; climbing, 16; arborescent, 455 



Arundo saccharoides, 105, 106 



Ascension Island; bottle-drift and posi- 

 tion as regards currents, 60, 67, 70, 76, 

 81, 443, 460, 474, 475, 482, 483 ; flora, 

 459, 460 



Asplenium marinum, 492 



Astrocaryum, 6, 12-14, 25-27, 37, 38, 

 86, 91, 181 



Atlantic, currents and bottle-drift, 46-82, 

 475-477; drift-rates, 65-71; general 

 results, 71 



North ; currents and bottle-drift, 



46-59; circulatory movements, 51, 

 54, 55, 71, 72, 80, 471; bottle-drift in 

 high latitudes, 484, 495; general 

 results, 71. See Gulf Stream, North 

 Equatorial, Guinea, and Counter 

 Equatorial Currents. 



South ; current-system, 59, 60, 62 ; 



bottle-drifts, 59-64, 67, 69, 70, 71; 

 current-connections with Indian and 

 Pacific Oceans, 63. See Main Equa- 

 torial, Brazilian, Guinea, and Counter 

 Equatorial Currents and Amazon 

 bottle-drift. 



Atlas, Great ; plants in the Azores, 405, 

 408 



Atriplex portulacoides, 448-450, 501 



Australia ; current-connections and bottle- 

 drift, 49, 60, 63, 140, 294-312, 297, 

 309, 310 ; differentiation of flora, 228, 

 229, 317-319; Carex and Sphagnum, 

 332-358, 347-352, 357 ; Scsevola, 227- 

 236; Acacias, 167, 171,319; Myrtaceje, 

 317; Leguminosse, 318; Eucalyptus, 

 318, 319; Uncinia, 498-501; as a 

 source of wide-ranging littoral plants, 

 171, 192, 207, 228, 229; drift-seeds in 

 South Australia, 140, 164. See under 

 West Australian Current. 



Avena marginata, 411 



Avicennia (genus), 309, 454 



nitida, 181; distribution, 86, 181, 



454 ; as a constituent of the mangrove 

 formation, 4, 10, 15, 90, 100, 106, 108, 

 109, 202, 203, 283, 289, 290, 452; 

 represented in stranded beach-drift 

 and floating estuarine drift, 10, 12, 15, 

 17, 182, 446; mode of dispersal, 4, 18, 

 86, 90, 182, 451, 452; effect of drying 

 on germinating fruit, 182; viviparous 

 habit, 4, 182 



Azevinho. See Ilex perado and I. 

 azevinho. 



Azolla, 16, 105, 107 



Azores : 



Author's sojourn, 359; his ascents of 

 Pico, 360; history of botanical 

 investigation, 361, 385; heights of 

 the islands, 364; conditions for 

 forest-growth compared with those 



