CHAPTER XIII.

BOTANICAL NOTES IN BOUGAINVILLE STRAITS.

Knowledge of Plants possessed by these Islanders--Ascent of a Stream-Course--Interior of the Forest--Up to the Summit of Faro Island--Littoral Vegetation---How a Coral Island is stocked with Trees--List of Plants--Flotation of Fruits--Weeds and Rubbish-Plants--Tuber regium pp. 280-307