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5. Aristotelia fruticosa, Hook. f. ; seedlings plentiful in 

 patches ; height, from 0-50 m. to 0-45 m. 



6. Gaya lyallii, Jack, and Hook. ; reproduced from burnt 

 stump; height, 0-35 m. 



7. Podocarpus nivalis, Hook. f. ; a few plants ; 018 m. in 

 height. 



8. Coprosma parviflora, Hook. f. ; plentiful in places ; 

 height, 0-48 m. to 0-40 m. 



9. Veronica canter buriens is, J. B. Armst. ; seedlings ; 

 0-36 m. to 0-37 m. in height ; occurs in quantity. 



10. Veronica suhalpina, sp. nov. ; seedlings ; plentiful in 

 places ; 0-30 m. in height. 



11. Cassinia vauvilliersii, Hook. i. ; seedlings; in medium 

 quantity ; 0-26 m. to 0-32 ra. in height. 



12. Coprosma cuneata. Hook. f. ; reproduced from burnt 

 stump ; scarce. 



13. Veronica salicifolia, Forst. ; only one plant observed ; 

 048 m. in height. 



14. Olearia illicifolia, Hook. f. ; in small quantity ; seed- 

 lings ; 0-14 m. in height. 



15. Coprosma serrulata, Hook. f. ; from an old plant ; 

 0"50m. in height. 



16. Coprosma ramulosa, Petrie ; in large patches ; probably 

 little damaged by fire, and may have formed considerable por- 

 tion of original undergrowth. 



17. Myrsine nummularia, Hook. f. ; also in quantity, and 

 perhaps little damaged in first instance. 



18. Phyllocladus alpinus, Hook. f. ; seedlings very rare 

 and very small. 



19. Clematis australis, Kirk ; most likely from an old 

 plant. 



Of the new vegetation, Veronica canterburiensis will most 

 likely, in time, form the greater part. It will be interesting to 

 note the struggle for existence between the fern and the 

 various seedlings. As the fern dies to the ground yearly, per- 

 haps in the end it will succumb. I did not note many of the 

 herbaceous plants in this portion of the section ; they were 

 not very abundant. Between this scrub and the creek, occu- 

 pied formerly by a scrub, not very dense, and in other parts 

 by a marsh and an alpine meadow, herbaceous plaiits are 

 now a great feature, the whole tract being now occupied by 

 a rich vegetation, conspicuous amongst which are huge patches 

 of Celmisia armstrojigii. 



Section D comprises that portion of the pass adjacent to 

 Lake Misery and the old moraine, as well as the flanks of 

 Mount EoUeston, joining at its southern limit Section C. The 

 portion near the lake forms a most instructive portion of 



