Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2
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1. Front matter2. OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC BETWEEN 1896 AND 18993. PREFACE4. LIST OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN THIS VOLUME, WITH AN ENUMERATION OF THE AUTHOR’S BOTANICAL PAPERS5. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS6. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION7. CHAPTER II THE FLORAS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF DISPERSAL BY CURRENTS8. CHAPTER III THE LESSON OF THE BRITISH FLORA9. CHAPTER IV THE LESSON OF THE BRITISH FLORA (continued)10. CHAPTER V THE FIJIAN STRAND-FLORA11. CHAPTER VI THE TAHITIAN STRAND-FLORA (From materials supplied mainly by the work of Drake del Castillo)12. CHAPTER VII THE HAWAIIAN STRAND-FLORA13. CHAPTER VIII THE LITTORAL PLANTS AND THE CURRENTS OF THE PACIFIC14. CHAPTER IX THE GERMINATION OF FLOATING SEEDS15. CHAPTER X THE RELATION OF THE BUOYANCY OF SEEDS AND SEEDVESSELS TO THE DENSITY OF SEA-WATER16. CHAPTER XI ADAPTATION AND MEANS OF DISPERSAL17. CHAPTER XII THE CAUSES OF THE BUOYANCY OF SEEDS AND FRUITS OF LITTORAL PLANTS WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THOSE OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS18. CHAPTER XIII ADAPTATION AND SEED-BUOYANCY19. CHAPTER XIV THE RELATION BETWEEN LITTORAL AND INLAND PLANTS20. CHAPTER XV THE RELATION BETWEEN LITTORAL AND INLAND PLANTS (continued)21. Summary of Chapter (see end of Chapter XVI.).22. CHAPTER XVI THE RELATION BETWEEN LITTORAL AND INLAND PLANTS (continued)23. CHAPTER XVII THE STORIES OF AFZELIA BIJUGA, ENTADA SCANDENS, AND CÆSALPINIA BONDUCELLA24. CHAPTER XVIII THE ENIGMAS OF THE LEGUMINOSÆ OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS25. CHAPTER XIX THE INLAND PLANTS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS Preliminary Comparison of the Physical Conditions of Hawaii, Fiji, and Tahiti26. CHAPTER XX THE EPOCHS IN THE FLORAL HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS The Age of Ferns27. CHAPTER XXI THE ERAS OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS The Age of Compositæ.28. CHAPTER XXII THE ERA OF THE ENDEMIC GENERA (continued) The Compositæ and Lobeliaceæ (continued) The Age of the Tree-Lobelias29. CHAPTER XXIII THE ERA OF THE NON-ENDEMIC GENERA OF FLOWERING PLANTS The Mountain-Floras of the Pacific Islands as illustrated by the Non-endemic Genera30. CHAPTER XXIV THE MOUNTAIN-FLORAS OF THE TAHITIAN AND FIJIAN REGIONS31. CHAPTER XXV THE ERA OF THE NON-ENDEMIC GENERA OF FLOWERING PLANTS (continued) The Age of the Malayan Plants as represented in the Low-level Flora of Hawaii and in the Bulk of the Floras of the Fijian and Tahitian Regions32. CHAPTER XXVI THE MALAYAN ERA OF THE NON-ENDEMIC GENERA OF FLOWERING PLANTS (continued) The Age of Wide Dispersal over the Tropical Pacific (continued)33. CHAPTER XXVII THE MALAYAN ERA OF THE NON-ENDEMIC GENERA OF FLOWERING PLANTS (continued) The Age of Local Dispersal34. CHAPTER XXVII THE MALAYAN ERA OF THE NON-ENDEMIC GENERA OF FLOWERING PLANTS (continued) The Age of Local Dispersal (continued 2)35. CHAPTER XXVIII THE POLYNESIAN AND HIS PLANTS36. CHAPTER XXIX BEACH AND RIVER DRIFT37. CHAPTER XXX THE VIVIPAROUS MANGROVES OF FIJI Rhizophora and Bruguiera38. CHAPTER XXXI A CHAPTER ON VIVIPARY39. CHAPTER XXXII THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA40. CHAPTER XXXIII SEED-DISPERSAL AND GEOLOGICAL TIME41. CHAPTER XXXIV GENERAL ARGUMENT AND CONCLUSION42. APPENDIX List of Notes43. APPENDIX List of Notes (continued 2)44. APPENDIX List of Notes (continued 3)45. GENERAL INDEX