Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2 / Plant-Dispersal

Chapter 4: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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A naturalist presents field experiments and observations on how plants reach and establish on islands and coasts, concentrating on seed buoyancy, mangrove and beach flora, and the roles of water and birds as dispersal agents. Geological surveys and inland excursions are integrated to explain patterns of littoral and interior vegetation, with comparative notes from different Pacific and isthmian shores. The text combines species-level observations, experimental results, and broader reflection on how changing physical conditions drive differentiation of plant and bird populations, while noting the limits of observation for explaining the ultimate origin of biological types.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE.

The Fijian species of Rhizophora	Frontispiece.


FIGURES.

	TO FACE PAGE
Diagrams illustrating some of the causes of seed-buoyancy	111

Figures illustrating the development of the seed and the germinating process of Rhizophora and Bruguiera	452-453

Diagrams illustrating the structure of the growing seeds of Barringtonia	574

Diagram illustrating the prevailing cloud-formations of Mauna Loa	585


MAPS.

Oceania	12

The Ocean Currents	61

Trade routes of the Pacific Ocean (intended to illustrate the distances traversed by floating seeds in that ocean)	66

The West Coast of South America	474

Rough plan of the Gulf of Guayaquil	484