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is composed. It runs about 200ft. above the ridge in a, 

 gradual slope, and there is no part of the sides or summit 

 bare. The open land around it may be about a hundred 

 acres, and it is distant from the lower peak about a mile. 



On the flat and rounded top the tallest plants are stunted 

 neinei {Draco2)hyllum latifolium) and clumps of Phorviium 

 colensoi ; while Gaultheria antipoda, Corokia huddlcoides, and 

 Coprosma colensoi are very stunted, and grow little higher than 

 Gleichenia dicarpa, Lycopodium varium, and L. scariosuvi. 

 In a sheltered part near the summit Dacrydium bidivillii, 

 Phyllocladus glauca, P. alpina, P. tricJiovianoides, and Podo- 

 carpus nivalis gi'ow well. 



The following is the list of plants that I observed on the 

 peak : Fuchsia excorticata, Panax sinclairi, P. colensoi, P. 

 edgcrleyi, Corokia huddlcoides, Cop)rosma lucida, C. colensoi^ 

 Celmisia incana, Gaultheria antipoda, Cyathodes empctrifolia, 

 Pentachondra piumila, Dracopliyllurti latifolium, Myrsine sali- 

 cina, Ourisia macrophylla, Phyllocladus glauca, P. alpina, 

 P. trichomanoides, Dacrydiuvb bidwillii, Podocarpus nivalis, 

 Dendrohium cunninghami, Thelymitra longifolia, Astelia 

 linearis, ArtJirojyodiwm cirrJiatum, Danthonia seviiannularis 

 var. alpina, Gleichenia' dicarpa var. alpina, Hymenophylluvi 

 nndtifidum, Trichomanes rcniforme, T. renosiivi, T. rigiduvi, 

 Lomaria lanceolata, Schizcea fistulosa, Lycopodium varium, L. 

 volubile, L. densimi, L. hillardieri, L. ccrnuum, L. scariosuvi. 



Some of these plants are not found nearer than the top of 

 Hikurangi, in the Euahine Eange — viz., Cehnisia incana, Pen- 

 tachondra pumila, Ourisia viacrophylla, Phyllocladus alpina, 

 Dacrydium bidivillii, Podocarpus nivalis, Danthonia seviiannu- 

 laris var. alpina, Orcobolus australis, Carplia alpina, Glei- 

 chenia dicarpa var. alpina. 



At the base of the peak, on the borders of the thick forest, 

 Panax sinclairi, Corokia huddlcoides, and Metrosidcros alhiflora 

 are very abundant, but I did not see them anywhere else on 

 the range. The Metrosidcros albiflora was the only rata I saw 

 on the mountain. On the day we reached the top there was 

 no wind, but, as all the shrubs had the ground hollowed out at 

 the base of the stem, it is evident that a calm is a very unusual 

 thing at the summit. The appearance of Euahine plants on 

 the summit is the more remarkable, as Maruaepuke, Kaitara- 

 kihi, and Te Aroha are respectively two or three hundred feet- 

 higher ; and it appears to me to prove that Moehau is the 

 oldest land-formation on the Cape Colville peninsula. 



From the top of the elevated dome, with its dwarfed 

 vegetation, the view over the forest that covers the m.ountain 

 is quite unimpeded. The sharp ridges and deep valleys are 

 clearly visible. 



There is no open line or even break in the vegetation, but 



