THE LESSON OF THE BRITISH FLORA (continued)
The choice of station of the water-side plant possessing buoyant seeds or seedvessels.—Determined by its fitness or unfitness for living in physiologically dry stations.—In the internal organisation of a plant lies the first determining influence of station.—The grouping of the British strand-plants.—Whilst the Xerophyte with buoyant seed or fruit finds its station at the coast, the Hygrophyte similarly endowed makes its home at the river or pond side.—The grouping of the plants of the river and the pond.—Summary.
Pages [31-39]
CHAPTER V
THE FIJIAN STRAND-FLORA
The inland extension of the beach-plants.—The grouping of the coast-plants.—Their modes of dispersal.—The zone of change.—Summary.
Pages [40-46]
CHAPTER VI
THE TAHITIAN STRAND-FLORA
(From materials supplied mainly by the work of Drake del Castillo)