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]