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Macropiper excelsum (Piperacece), and in the extreme north. 

 Dysoxylum spectabile [Meliacece), Paratropkis banksii (Moracece). 

 The pahii Rhopalostylis sapida may also be included here. 



But there is also a large element of the coastal vegetation 

 the members of which are common inland plants, some even 

 ascending high into the mountains. The following are more or' 

 leis common examples, and they occur for the most part on the 

 stable dunes. 



A. Shrubs or low trees : Liliacece — Gordyline australis ; 

 Leguminosce — CarmichcElia cunninghamii {^ , Sophora micro- 

 phylla ; Violacece — Mdicytus ramiflorus ; Rhamnacece — Discaria 

 toumatou ; Epacridacece — Styphelda frazeri ; Myrtacece — Leptosper- 

 mum scoparium, Metrosideros lucida ; Rahiacece — Coprosma pro- 

 pinqua ; ThymdcBacece, — Pimdea Icevigata repens ; Compositce — 

 Cassinia fulvida, C. leptophylla, Olearia solandri. 



B. Lianes : Polygonacece — Muehlenbeckia adpressa, M. com- 

 plexa ; Pandanacece — Freycinetia banksii. 



C. Parasites : Loranthacece. — Loranthus micranthus. 



D. Herbaceous plants (excluding grasses, sedges, rushes, &c.) : 

 IridacecB — Lihertia ixioides : Liliacece — Phormium tenax, P. 

 cookianum ; Orchidacecv — Microtis porrifolia, Thdymitra longi- 

 folia ; Caryophyllacece — Scleranthus biflorus ; Rosacece — Accena 

 novce-zdandicp. ; Onagracece — Epilobium nerterioides ; Umbdli- 

 ferce — Crantzia lineata ; Scrophidariacece — Mazus pumilio ; 

 Plantaginacece — Plantago raoulii ; Compositce, — Cdmisia longi- 

 folia, Microseris forsteri, Raoulia australis. 



E. Grasses, sedges, &c. : Typhacece — Typha angustifolia ; 

 GraminecB — HierocJdoe redolens, Zoysia pungens, Poa ccespitosa, 

 Arundo conspicua ; Cyperacece — Scirpus nodosus, Schoenus con- 

 cinnus, Mariscus ustulatus, Cladium vauthiefa, Carex lucida, C. 

 appressa, C. ternaria. 



Had the coastal plants of the whole New Zealand biological 

 area been under consideration the list of plants of all denomina- 

 tions would have been greater, since many important North 

 Island coastal plants are absent, and the outlying islands possess 

 some remarkable ones peculiar to themselves. 



Before leaving the inland-coastal plants it is interesting to 

 note the stations that several occupy, both inland and on the 

 coast, as it shows the apparently wide range of conditions that 

 many can tolerate. This is more apparent than real, since it 

 can be seen without any special explanation that such seemingly 

 diverse stations frequently agree in this, that they are physio- 

 logically drv, and so their plant inhabitants can find quite a 

 congenial home on the stable dunes, for example. The follow- 

 ing will serve as examples : — 



