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alpmus, and Dracoyhyllum longifolium — will be succeeded by 

 an equally thickly - growing scrub, consisting principally of 

 various Veronicas- and Gassinia vauvilliersii, i.e., in this 

 particular portion examined the former leading shrubs will 

 be completely absent, except Gaya lyallii, represented by one 

 solitary specimen reproduced from an old plant, while a new 

 scrub will take its place, consisting mainly of species very 

 scantily represented in the old. 



Section B : A very small section on the left-hand side of 

 the West Coast Road, nearly opposite the living portion of 

 Section A, beyond the Pass Creek. This was before the fire 

 a thicket of Veronica subalpina. It is now reproducing itself 

 much as it was before. Young plants of 0-26 m. in height 

 abound, growing amongst the reniains of the burnt vegetation. 

 Close by, some dead stumps mark the former presence of 

 Phyllocladus alpinus, which, as usual, has not reproduced 

 itself. This section being extremely wind-swept, the bushes 

 only attain to a height of about 1 m. at most, so do not become 

 dense enough to hinder a growth of herbaceous plants, which 

 thrive well under the shelter, and where burnt have been 

 quickly reproduced, their growth perhaps stimulated by the 

 excess of potash. 



Section C comprises the portion of the pass between the 

 burnt Fagus forest and the creek, special attention having 

 been given to the portions near the forest. Here is only one 

 living patch, a small piece of isolated Fagus cliffortioides, and, 

 as that was not typical of the remainder, no notes were taken 

 of its contents. Dead shrubs in abundance, and a few which 

 escaped the fire, give good evidence of what the original scrub 

 consisted, and which seems to have been almost the same as 

 that described in Section A, with the .exception that Phyllo- 

 cladus formed quite three-quarters of the whole of that por- 

 tion nearest to the bush. Nearer to the creek Dracophyllum 

 was more common. 



Section C. — Plants which have appeared in the Burnt 

 Portion near the Bush since the Fire. 



1. Hypolepis millefolium, Hook. i. ; 0-30 m. in height. This 

 forms the most striking feature of the new growth, and owes 

 its origin most likely to the proximity of this scrub to the 

 forest, whose shelter would be conducive to an original fairly 

 vigorous growth of fern. 



2. Phormium cookianum, Le Jolis ; in quantity. 



3. Panax colensoi, Hook. f. ; reproduced after being burnt 

 to the ground ; 0-51 m. in height. 



4. Senecio elceagnifolius, Hook. f. ; 0-25 m. to 0-20 m. in 

 height; seedling plants in abundance. 



