Lacks the mangroves and their associated plants.—Possesses mainly the plants of the coral beach.—Predominant agency of the currents.—Inland extension of shore-plants.—Summary
Pages [47-50]
CHAPTER VII
THE HAWAIIAN STRAND-FLORA
Its poverty.—Its negative features.—Their explanation.—The subordinate part taken by the currents.—The Oregon drift.—The inland extension of the beach-plants.—Summary
Pages [51-60]
CHAPTER VIII
THE LITTORAL PLANTS AND THE CURRENTS OF THE PACIFIC
The working value of the currents as plant-dispersers.—The relation between the currents and the distribution of shore-plants.—The clue afforded by the American plants.—Two regions of tropical shore-plants, the American and the Asiatic.—America, the home of the cosmopolitan tropical shore-plants that are dispersed by the currents.—Hawaii and the currents.—Summary
Pages [61-75]