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ZONES AND REGIONS [Pt. Ill, Sect. IV 



viviparum, Anemone micrantha, Primula farinosa, Rheum pumilum). The 

 topmost plants are only 2-5 cm. in height. Here also above the meadows 

 comes the alpine stony desert. 



Fig. 458. Montane region of the South Island of New Zealand, lower part. In the foreground : 

 shrub of Veronica Traversii in flower. In the background : the Craigieburn Mountains, covered 

 with meadow. On the highest slopes to the right : beech-forest. From a photograph by Cockayne. 



Still richer, but with otherwise similar character, is the vegetation on the 

 Tetung-Gol (37 N., 102° E.). 



