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stage the end of a projecting spur has a passage between it 

 and the mainland ; then there are islands that are left high 

 and dry at low water ; and lastly there are in some places, as 

 at Paparoa, a long line of small islands parallel to the shore 

 and distant from it perhaps two miles. Tliis all tends to show 

 the inroads that the sea has been making for ages on the 

 peninsula. The pohutu'kawa is sure to be found on any of 

 these islands, no matter how small it may be. The most 

 interesting plants that I found on the beach were Fuchsia 

 procumbens, Veronica pubescens, Pimelea urvilleana, and 

 Pisonia brunoniana. These plants, though now rare, were 

 gathered by the lirst botanists that landed on the shores of 

 New" Zealand, as their collections were, for the sake of safety, 

 confined to the sea-shore, and they appear to have done their 

 work very thoroughly. The adjectival form of the name of 

 Banks, Solander, Forster, D'Urville, Lesson, and Cunning- 

 ham is the attribute of many a plant that still flourishes on 

 the beach in unfrequented places. The fact that Salsnla aus- 

 tralis, common at Torehina, is omitted from their collections 

 appears to be a good reason for regarding it as a naturalised 

 plant. 



The open land is covered with the usual ericetal plants, 

 Pomaderris, Leptospermum, Lcucopogon, and Pteris ; and in 

 sheltered places kowhai {Sophora tetraptera), akeake (DodoncBa 

 viscosa), tupaki {Coriaria ruscifolia), karioi {Rhipogonuvi scan- 

 dens), wharangi (Jfelicope ternata), and titoki (Alcctryon excel- 

 stivi), form pretty groves. There is an abundant but apparently 

 second growth of trees over part of the limestone formation, 

 where Clcmaiis, Parsoisia, Passiflora, and Lygodium are hang- 

 ing from and interlacing mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus), titoki 

 {Aiectryon excelsum), makomako [Aristotelia racemosa), and 

 iniro {Podocarpus ferruginea). The slabs of limestone are 

 often covered with Pepcromia. 



This open land, as I have said before, is surrounded by 

 steep ridges that rise abruptly from streams that flow at their 

 base. Both sides and summit are clothed with forest that on 

 the steep inclines appears little disturbed by man or beast. 

 And the effect is often very pleasing, of a widespread mantle 

 of green of ever-vai-ying shade, extending from the stream at 

 the base to the blue sky above. Along the streams at the 

 base the plants most frequently seen were mahoe {Melicytus 

 ramiflorus), wharangi (21elicope ternata), Fuchsia cxcorticata, 

 Carpodctus serratus, hangehange [Geniostoma Ugustrifolia), 

 nikau (Areca saj)ida), whau {Entelea arborescens) , and korau 

 (Cyathea dealbata). On the steep incline the following formed 

 the greatest part of the vegetation : Mctrosideros robusta, M. 

 hypericifolia, 31. scandens, Myrtus bullata, Panax edgerleyi, 

 P. arboreum, Coprosma robusta, Brachyglottis repanda, Myrsina 

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