OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC BETWEEN 1896 AND 1899

[Frontispiece.

Selala (Vanua Levu, Fiji) (¹⁄₃).

Fruits with seedlings nearly ready to fall from the tree of Rhizophora mangle (shortest) and Rhizophora mucronata (longest). From Vanua Levu, Fiji. (¹⁄₄ of the true length.)

Rhizophora mangle (Vanua Levu, Fiji) (¹⁄₄).

Rhizophora mucronata (Vanua Levu, Fiji) (¹⁄₅).

OBSERVATIONS OF

A NATURALIST IN

THE PACIFIC BETWEEN

1896 AND 1899

BY

H. B. GUPPY, M.B., F.R.S.E.

VOLUME II

PLANT-DISPERSAL

London

MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1906

All rights reserved

Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,

BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND

BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

Dedication

TO THOSE NUMEROUS PERSONS TO WHOM I WAS INDEBTED FOR

GREAT KINDNESS AND ASSISTANCE DURING MY

SOJOURN IN HAWAII AND FIJI

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