THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA
The littoral floras of the West Coast of South America.—The Convolvulus
soldanella zone of Southern Chile.—The plantless or desert zone of
Northern Chile.—The Sesuvium zone of Peru.—The Mangrove zone of
Ecuador and Colombia.—The two varieties of Rhizophora mangle, the
“mangle chico” and the “mangle grande.”—The floating vegetable drift
of the Guayaquil River.—The Humboldt current and the climate of the
West Coast of South America.—The advance northward of the arid
climatic conditions of the Peruvian sea-border.—The retreat of the
mangroves.—Evidence of ancient coral reefs on the coast of Peru.—The
shore plants and stranded seed-drift of the Panama Isthmus.—Summary.
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