Fie. 35.—The prickly shield-fern (Polystichum vestitum), an important 
constituent of the undergrowth growing at the outskirts of a mountain 
southern-beech (Nothofagus cliffortioides) forest. The leaves of the fern 
are 3 feet long. Base of Big Ben (Canterbury). [Photo, L. Cockayne. 
Fie. 36.—Pahau-tea (Libocedrus Bidwillit) subalpine forest, from 3,100 feet 
altitude upwards to the subalpine scrub, at base of Mount Murray, not 
far from the source of the River Rakaia (Canterbury). 
Trans. N.Z, Inst.} [Photo, L. Cockayne. 
4**—-Plants. 
