Tranp,. N.Z. Inst.. Vol. XL VII I. 



Plate XV 



[C. E. Fon'er(tkei\\photO. 

 Fig. 1. — Cass Plain with low tussock grassland, greatly modified by grazing. On left. 

 Ducaria totiiiuitou Raoul. Cragieburn Mountain and gorge of Eiver Cass in back- 

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Fig. 2. — Prostrate and erect varieties of Podocarpii.^ nira/is Hook, growing on stony debris 



slope at about 3,000 ft. altitude on Mount Sugarloaf. Low tussock grassland in 



background. 



[Face p. 169. 



