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Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2

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Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2

Henry Brougham Guppy

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How do plants cross an ocean to colonize a bare volcanic island? In this second volume Henry Guppy follows seeds carried by currents across the Pacific, and draws a surprising lesson from the British flora too. A pioneering study of how life disperses. Trace the drifting seeds that populate the loneliest islands on earth.

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  1. 1OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC BETWEEN 1896 AND 1899
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3LIST OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN THIS VOLUME, WITH AN ENUMERATION OF THE AUTHOR’S BOTANICAL PAPERS
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. 6ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
  7. 7CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
  8. 8CHAPTER II THE FLORAS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF DISPERSAL BY CURRENTS
  9. 9CHAPTER III THE LESSON OF THE BRITISH FLORA
  10. 10CHAPTER IV THE LESSON OF THE BRITISH FLORA (continued)
  11. 11CHAPTER V THE FIJIAN STRAND-FLORA
  12. 12The Fijian Strand-flora THE INLAND EXTENSION OF THE BEACH PLANTS
  13. 13THE GROUPING OF THE FIJIAN LITTORAL PLANTS.
  14. 14THE MODES OF DISPERSAL OF THE FIJIAN STRAND-PLANTS.
  15. 15CHAPTER VI THE TAHITIAN STRAND-FLORA (From materials supplied mainly by the work of Drake del Castillo)
  16. 16Summary of the Chapter.
  17. 17CHAPTER VII THE HAWAIIAN STRAND-FLORA
  18. 18CHAPTER VIII THE LITTORAL PLANTS AND THE CURRENTS OF THE PACIFIC

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