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GENERAL INDEX 



Molesworth, Lord; marginal notes in 

 Martin's book on the Hebrides, 43 



Molucca Beans, old name in Scotland 

 and the islands for West Indian drift 

 seeds, 22-25, 31-33, 42, 163, 458 



Monaco, Prince of, investigations with 

 floats in the North Atlantic, 43, 47, 

 49, 51, 52, 53-56, 64, 68, 79-81, 461, 

 466, 469, 472, 483, 484 



Monarde, N., old Spanish botanist, 45 



Montevideo, bottle-drift, 71 



Montrichardia arborescens, 455 



Morelet, A., on the Azorean flora, 363, 

 365, 368-370, 374, 385, 440 



Morinda, 175, 226; M. royoc, 87, 88, 93, 

 95, 225 



Morocco, stranded bottle-drift, 51, 52, 53 



Moronobea coccinea, synonym in part for 

 Symphonia globulifera, q.v. 



Morris, Sir D. ; Jamaican beach seed- 

 drift, 7, 11, 12, 75, 112, 118, 128, 152, 

 190, 458; Sacoglottis amazonica, 28, 

 43, 133-137 ; dispersal of Uncinia, 337, 

 500 ; Orinoco and Amazon drift, 7, 75 



Moseley, Miss M., a seed of Entada 

 scandens near Boulogne, 28 



Prof. ; seed-drift off the coast of 



New Guinea, 132, 155, 190; Fernando 

 Noronha, 170, 191, 220; dispersal in 

 the Southern Ocean, 500 



Mouchoir Shoal, 255, 258, 264 



Mountains, ascending air-currents, 355, 

 425, 439 



Mucuna; problems of the distribution of 

 the genus, 133; unidentified species in 

 the Trinidad beach-drift, 13, 121, 124 



altissima, 120-123, 455, 459 



pruriens, 122, 457-459 



urens ; general discussion, 120 ; 



station, 16, 87, 91, 123 ; seeds in West 

 Indian beach-drift, 11-14, 17, 121, 

 131 ; seeds in European beach-drift, 4, 

 22, 25-28, 26, 31-36, 122, 123, 131; 

 seeds in Azorean beach-drift, 37, 38; 

 dispersal by currents, 87, 123; species 

 confused with M. pruriens, 122, 457- 

 459 



near M. urens, 87, 120 ; seeds in 



West Indian beach-drift, 11-13, 121, 

 131 ; seeds in European beach-drift, 

 26-28, 34, 122, 123, 131, and in 

 Azorean beach-drift, 37, 38 



Mueller, Baron F. von; on Acacia farne- 

 siana, 166, 172; on Juniperus com- 

 munis, 431 



Miiller, K., currents and plant-dispersal 

 in the southern hemisphere, 39, 43 



Mull, stranded West Indian seeds, 24, 31 



Murray, Sir J., quoted by Wallace, 422 



Musacese, 315 



Mushrooms, falling rates of spores and 

 dispersal by winds, 355, 423, 424, 439 

 Mutisiacese, 327 



Myrica faya; in Azores, 369, 375, 376, 

 382, 386, 392-395, 398, 401, 433, 435; 

 in Canaries, 406, 408; in Madeira, 406, 

 407, 410; means of dispersal, 417, 418; 

 long established in Portugal, 361, 433, 

 434; origin of the name, Faya, 433 



Myrsinacese, 314, 315 



Myrsine africana, 369, 370, 374-376, 380, 

 382, 383, 386, 392, 401, 406, 413, 

 434 



Myrtacese, Andrews on the development 



of the order, 317 

 Myrtus communis, 392 



Nash, G. V., plants in the Inaguas and 



in the Turks Islands, 286, 287 

 Natal, bottle-drift from off the coast to 



Brazil, 62, 63 

 Natural Order. See Family. 

 Nautical Magazine, bottle-drift data, 46, 



50, 54, 57, 66, 69, 443, 464, 474, 482- 



484, etc. 

 Navidad Shoal, 255, 258, 264 

 Neill, P., Molucca beans, 43 

 Nepenthacese, 315 

 Nerium oleander, 491, 492 

 Nertera, 294 



Neumayer, G., bottle-drift in high 

 southern latitudes, 49, 81 



"Newcastle," H.M.S., bottle-drift in 

 North Atlantic, 50 



Newfoundland, bottles thrown overboard 

 south of this region, 52, 53, 55, 66, 68 



" New York," s.s., bottle-drift, 49, 465 



New Zealand; Sphagnum and Carex, 

 332-358, 347-352, 357 ; Uncinia, 498- 

 501 ; bottle-drift and current-connec- 

 tions, 294-312, 299, 309-312 



Nicaragua, bottle-drift, 50, 57-59, 61, 

 475 



Nicker (Nickar), West Indian name of 

 Guilandina seeds, 30, 34, 140, 457 



Niger ; probability of its seed-drift reach- 

 ing not only Brazil and the West Indies 

 but also Europe, 74, 81 ; flora, 99, 131, 

 159, 194, 196, 207 



Niihau (Hawaiian Islands), Ipomcea 

 carnosa, 218 



Nipa fruticans, 128, 168 



Norfolk Island, possessing New Zealand 

 Carices, 348; current-connections, 297, 

 298 



North Cape (Norway) ; West Indian seeds 

 stranded on and doubling the cape, 36, 

 78, 81 ; stranded bottle-drift, 54, 55, 65, 

 495 



Norway; stranded West Indian seeds, 

 21-23, 27, 35, 36, 78, 81, 173; stranded 

 bottle-drift, 52, 53, 65, 495; Cakile in 

 beach-drift, 186, 188; casks from the 

 Gulf of Guinea, 76, 81, 481 ; mahogany 

 baulks from the West Indies, 40 



Notelsea excelsa. See Picconia excelsa. 



