XII, c, 4 Broion, Merrill and Yates: Volcano Island 221 
teen years after the eruption and which were carried by wind 
was, however, greater than has been the case on Volcano Island. 
The difference in the effectiveness of water in transporting 
seeds cannot be accurately compared in the case of Volcano Island 
and Krakatau as the former is situated in fresh and the latter 
in salt water. 
Table IV . — Distribution and methods of distribution of plants found on 
Volcano Island since the eruption of Taal Volcano in 1911. 
[The indicates additions to Gates’s 1914 list ; the t indicates species of Gates’s that were not 
observed on Volcano Island in 1916-1917.] 
Species. 
Relative abund- 
ance. 
I/Iethod of distribution. 
Geographic origin 
and distribution. 
1 Very rare. 
Rare or local. 
1 Fairly common. 
Very common and widely 
distributed. 
Eaten by birds. 
Wind. 
1 Water. 
Organs for adhering. 
^ Minute seeds. 
Origin. 
Distribution. 
Eaten by animals. 
. 
c 
ct 
1 American. 
1 Asiatic. 
j Endemic. 
Indo-Malaya. 
Pantropic. 
X 
(?) 
X 
X 
X 
(?) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X" 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
■ X 
X 
Amorphophallus campan- 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
.X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
(?) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
"X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Blechnum orientale 
X 
X 
X 
X 
