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cupressinum) , both valuable timber-trees, and the curious Phylr 



locladus trichomanaides whose flattened leaf-like .-hoots, or "clado- 

 des" look like fern leaves. Other common trees are H'< inmannia 

 sylvicola (Saxifragaceae), and BeiUchmiedia taraire, of the laurel 

 family. Weinmannia is said to be the commonest tree of New 

 Zealand. 



Many very ornamental evergreen shrubs are common, e. g., 

 Coprosma, Pittosporum, Nothopanax, and as everywhere in 



Fig. 93. — Todea (Leptopteris) superba. Tree-ferns in background. 



New Zealand, ferns are much in evidence. The tree-ferns of New 



Zealand are especially beautiful and abundant. Cyathea medtd- 

 lan's, sometimes upwards of 50 feet high, is probably unsurpassed 

 in beauty by any tree-fern. 



In the wet forests lianas and epiphytes are abundant, the latter 



including many bryophytes and ferns, as well as a g 1 many 



flowering plants, among which several orchids may be noted; 

 but these are much inferior in beauty to those of northern Aus- 

 tralia. A very common epiphyte, belonging to the lily family is 

 Astelia Solandcri whose great bunches of sword-shaped 1< 



