Fig. 26.—Lichens (species of Sticta) epiphytic on the trunk of the kamahi 
(Weinmannia racemosa) in the rain-forest near Milford Sound (Otago). 
[Photo, L. Cockayne. 
Fic. 27.—The kahakaha (Astelia Solandri) growing on the vertical smooth trunk 
of the taraire (Beilschmicdia taraire) in the Waipoua Kauri Forest (North 
Auckland). The indistinct vegetation on the right is the climbing hard- 
fern (Blechnum filiforme). [Photo, L. Cockayne. 
