52 NEW ZEALAND PLANTS. 



C. teretifolium, C. capillaceum), the bog umbrella - fern, a creeping 

 club-moss, a beautiful gentian (Gentiana Townsoni), Epacris pauciflora, 

 the very rare eyebright (Anayosperma dispermum), some orchids and 

 sundews, and, of course, abundance of manuka. 



In the northern part of the North Island the heath is much richer. 

 Amongst its members are the following : A fine daisy-tree (Olearia 

 /iirfuracea), some plants of the heath family (e.g., Stypnelia fascicu- 

 lata. Dracophyllum Urvilleanum, Epacris pauciflora), a shrubby 







FIG. 20. Pomaderris Edyerleyi, a Heath-plant. Xorth Cape. 

 Lands Department.] [Photo, L. Cockayne. 



speedwell (Veronica diosmaefolia), the palm-lily (Cordyline australis), 

 and Coprosma rhamnoides. Smaller shrubs are Pomaderris ellipfx-n 

 (kumarahou), P. phylicaefolia (tauhinu), P. Edyerli-t/i (fig. 20), and, 

 smaller still, Styphelia Fraseri, a most common plant, with small 

 pungent leaves and edible yellow " berries," which is found in various 

 plant societies, from the sea-level to the alpine region in both Islands. 

 Beneath the shrubs, or in the open spaces, is a profusion of the 

 graceful club -moss (Lycopodium densum). The climbing umbrella- 



