GENERAL INDEX 



513 



Dyer, W. T. Thiselton ; theory of centre 

 of dispersion in the north, 323-330, 

 332; evidence supporting it in this 

 work, Anona, 181, Chrysobalanus, 181, 

 196, Cakile, 187, Morinda, 226, Ximenia, 

 253, Carex and Sphagnum, 353 



Eagle-stones, Norse name for West Indian 



drift seeds, 21 

 Easter Island plants, 156, 246 

 Ecastaphyllum in Turks Islands drift, 



genus doubtful, 111 

 brownei, 5, 11, 12, 14, 17, 87, 88, 



92, 95, 159, 194, 197, 207, 244 

 Echites, 287 

 Echium, 408 

 Ecuador : 



Beach-drift, 17, 145, 182, 190, 209; 

 beach flora, 191, 203, 227; infiltra- 

 tion of sea-water landward, 101 ; 

 Rhizophora, 99 

 Guayas or Guayaquil River; floating 

 drift in the estuary, 3, 17, 145, 179, 

 182, 209, 212, 222, 252; vegetation 

 of estuary, 99, 178, 180, 222; 

 salinity, 100, 180 ; underflow of sea- 

 water in the estuary, 102 

 Eggers, von, on West Indian plants, etc., 



98, 201, 203, 217, 227 

 Elaeocarpus, 489 



Electric -light bulbs in beach-drift, 165 



Elliot, G. Scott ; on Cassytha filiformis, 

 192 ; on Juniper growth, 430 



" Ely " (whaler), drift of a cask, 299 



Enallagma cucurbitina, 147 



England; bottle-drift, 52, 53; West- 

 Indian drift seeds, 26, 28, 45, 123, 134 



Engler, A., southern floras, 294 



English, T. M. Savage; seed, bottle, and 

 other drift on the Cayman Islands, 8, 

 76, 130, 145, 165; Ipomcea acetosse- 

 folia, 218; Sophora tomentosa, 237; 

 Passiflora cuprea, 289 



Entada, 83, 118, 120, 133; E. poly- 

 stachya, 118 



scandens seeds (Cocoon) ; general 



treatment, 86, 91, 117 ; in West Indian 

 beach-drift, 4, 6, 11-13, 17, 117, 118; 

 in European beach-drift, 22-28, 30-36, 

 42, 45 ; in Azorean beach-drift, 37, 38 ; 

 in river-drift, 4, 119; drift seeds used 

 as snuff-boxes in Europe, 25, as tinder- 

 boxes in the Hebrides, 25, and for 

 medicinal purposes, 24; superstitions 

 concerning the drift seeds in Europe 

 and the popular names given to them, 

 21-25 



Epilobium ; dispersal by winds, 423-425, 

 439 



Equatorial currents of the Atlantic : 

 Counter Equatorial, 59, 77, 89, 91, 93, 

 94, 235, 301, 476. See under Guinea 

 current. 

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Main Equatorial; differentiated from 

 the South Equatorial, 60, 79, 474; 

 indications of bottle-drift, 8, 58, 59- 

 62, 67, 69-76, 79, 80, 442-446; as 

 a carrier of seed-drift, 7, 8, 72-78, 

 81, 84-89, 94; bearing Amazon 

 bottle and seed drift to the West 

 Indies, 7, 8, 70, 75, 76, 81, 444-446; 

 carries to the West Indies the sweep- 

 ings of both sides of the South 

 Atlantic, 73, 74, 81; mingling of 

 its drift with that of the North 

 Equatorial in the Caribbean Sea, 62, 

 73, 81 



North Equatorial; indications of 

 bottle-drift, 51-60, 57-59, 67, 69, 

 71, 72, 73-76, 79, 80 



South Equatorial; 59, 60, 62, 80, 474. 

 See above under the main current. 

 Equatorial currents of the Indian Ocean ; 



indications of bottle-drift, 301-307, 



311 



Equatorial currents of the Pacific Ocean ; 

 indications of bottle-drift, 297, 298, 

 310 



Erica arborea, Canarian and Madeiran 



Tree-Heath, 406-408, 410 

 — — azorica, Azorean Tree-Heath, 369, 



370, 373-379, 382, 386, 392, 394-396, 



398, 401, 422, 428 

 — — cinerea, 411; E. scoparia, 491; 



E. tetralix, 425 

 Ernodea littoralis, 85, 291, 453 

 Ernst, A., on the re-stocking of Krakatau, 



116, 142, 154, 190, 207, 425, 458 

 Erodium, 390' 



Erslev, on tropical seeds on the Jutland 

 coast, 37, 43 



Eryngium maritimum, 447 



Erythrsea centaur ium, 491 ; E. maritima, 

 404; E. massoni, 371, 374, 377, 379, 

 387, 402 ; E. ramosissima, 491 



Erythrina, seeds in European drift, 23, 

 25-27, 33, 208 {see Buesteen, the 

 Norse name) ; E. corallodendron, 209 ; 

 E. velutina, 209 



Estuaries; plants, 86, 88, 90, 94 (see 

 Mangroves) ; salinity and its influence 

 on station, 99-104, 110, 180; under- 

 flow of sea- water, 102, 110 



Etna, subterranean and submarine 

 streams, 497 



Eucalyptus, the question of its Australian 

 origin, 318, 319, 322 



Eucarex, 345 



Eugenia, 318, 454 



Euphorbia azorica, 384, 388, 404, 407, 



421, 428. See E. pinea. 

 buxifolia, 86, 279-283, 288, 291, 451, 



452 



canariensis (Cactoid Euphorbia) 



408, 412, 448 

 lecheoides, 286 



