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SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 



[Ecoliii/ini! Biihiin/. 



meadow comes to the shore, when, in the latter case, a line of Aciphylhi Jatifnlia 

 may grow just above high water, in company with straggling patches of Cotuhi 

 lanata or C. ■plumnsn. 



Fill. '.). — Thu GiitAss Poa nuiiosisxiiiui (iKowiM; on Chastal Cj. U'f, JNIaskkh Isi.am>, ( 'akm.k' 

 Above, the fern lUechnum diiriiin. 



Where sheltered, the cliffs may be cloaked with greenery. If wet or dripping 

 with water, the endemic grass Poa rmnosissi'ma (fig. 9) hangs in thick, broad, pale 

 bluish-green sheets, the slender, rather wiry stems entangled together, while near by 



