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GENERAL INDEX 



Urban, L, references to West Indian 

 plants in his Symbolge Antillanse, 92, 

 128, 134, 144-148, 181, 184, 217, 220, 

 226, 244, 250, 426, 455-457 



Utricularia, in Jamaica, 16, 104, 105, 107 



Vaccinium; in the Canaries, 406, 408; 

 in Madeira, 407, 410; dispersal by- 

 birds, 418; V. cylindraceum, in the 

 Azores, 369, 370, 374, 375, 380, 382, 

 383, 386, 392, 401, 437 



Vaughan, T. W. ; on the formation of 

 the Western Bahamas, 254, 276, 504 ; 

 the seolian rocks of the Bahamas and 

 Bermudas compared, 273, 502 ; ocean- 

 holes, 258, 503. A bulky volume by 

 this author on reef-corals and their 

 associated phenomena is now (October 

 1916) being published by the Carnegie 

 Institution of Washington. 



Vegetable-Ivory palm (Phytelephas), 17 



Velellse, washed up on the south coast of 

 England, 29 



Venezuela; bottle-drift brought by the 

 Main Equatorial Current, 60, 61, 73, 75 



Verbascum, in Azores, 375 



Verbena officinalis, 491 



Vette Nyre (Fairy kidneys), old Norse 

 name for the stranded seeds of Entada 

 scandens, 23, 25 



Vibe, A., West Indian seed-drift in Scan- 

 dinavia, 20, 36, 41, 44 



Viburnum; in the Canaries, 405, 406, 

 408, 438; mode of dispersal, 418; V. 

 tinus, in the Azores, 360, 369, 375, 

 376, 382, 386, 392, 401, 405, 437 



Vicia sativa, 492 



Vidal, Captain; survey of the Azores, 

 365, 366; discoverer of Campanula 

 vidalii, 427 



Vigna, 252 ; V. lutea, 250, 252 ; V. luteola, 

 6, 87, 92, 250 



Vinca rosea, 290 



Viola; palustris, 371, 377, 387, 402; 



paradoxa, 411 ; teydensis, 411 

 Virgin Islands, shore plants, 116, 244, 



457 



Mary's Nut, Hebridean name of 



stranded West Indian seeds, 24 

 Visnea, 412 



Vogel, Dr., on the shore vegetation of 

 African west coast, 159, 194, 207 



Wahlenberg, G., West Indian seeds 

 stranded in northern Scandinavia, 35, 

 36, 44 



Wales, stranding of West Indian seeds 

 and fruits, 26, 30 



Walker, W. F., on the Azores, 440; the 

 original forests and the trees buried in 

 volcanic ashes, 393-397, 437; "sar- 

 gasso " weed washed up on the islands, 

 485; the Madeitan juniper, 410 



Wallace, A. R., the Azorean flora from 

 the standpoint of dispersal, 390, 413, 

 440 ; dispersal of seeds by winds, 422, 

 439; plant-stocking of Bermuda, 466; 

 survival of ancient groups of plants, 318 

 Wallace, Rev. J.,\onWest Indian seeds, 

 Wallace, Dr. J., J etc., thrown up on 

 the Orkney Islands, 22, 23, 33, 40, 41, 

 44, 131, 161-163 

 Waltershausen, S. von, on West Indian 

 seeds and drift-timber stranded on 

 Iceland, 20, 35, 41, 45 

 Warde, Mrs. H. B., 238 

 Warming, E., 45 ; seeds blown across the 

 Cattegat, 425; foliage of Juniperus 

 nana and J. communis, 431, 432 

 Warnstorf, C, Sphagnacese, 332-358, 

 411, 440 ; the connections of the Azorean 

 Sphagna, 478 

 Warren, Miss U. ; seeds of Entada scan- 

 dens on the north coast of Cornwall, 45 

 Water-hyacinth. See Pontederia. 

 Watkins, F. H., on the first salt -rakers 

 and the original condition of the Turks 

 Islands, 184, 276, 277, 487 

 Watson, H. C, on the Azorean flora, 359, 

 362, 385, 394, 440 ; the total number 

 of plants and the introduced element, 

 389-391; the vertical distribution of 

 Hochstetter and Seubert criticised, 

 362, 363, 425 ; summit plants of Pico, 

 370; aquatic plants, 378; character 

 and composition of the original forests, 

 391-393 ; beach plants of Porto Pym, 

 384 ; Campanula vidalii and the Maca- 

 ronesian Campanulas, 427, 428; dis- 

 covery of Isoetes azorica, 429, and 

 Littorella lacustris, 432; the Azorean 

 Juniper, 431 ; other references to plants 

 218, 364, 371, 434-436, 438, 492; the 

 snow on Pico, 372 

 Webb, P. B., on Dracaena draco in 



Madeira, 487 

 Webster, J. W., on the Yew of Pico, 397, 

 437, 440 



Weeds, their significance, 391, 493 

 Wells of Pico, 497 



Welwitsch, on Acacia farnesiana in the 

 Cape Verde Islands, 170 



West Australian Current; influence on 

 the climate, 272; its probable role in 

 seed dispersal, 301 



Indies; West Indian and West 



African strand-floras compared, 83- 

 95; West Indian seeds on European 

 beaches, 20-45; bottle-drift from the 

 West Indies to Europe, 52, and from 

 Europe to the West Indies, 57. See 

 the summary on p. 78 for a guide to 

 the general bottle-drift results for the 

 West Indies, also under Bahamas, 

 Caribbean Sea, Greater and Lesser 

 Antilles. 



