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SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OP NEW ZEALAND. [Ecological Botany. 



meadow comes to the shore, when, in the latter case, a line of Aciphylla latifolia 

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

 lanatn or C. flnmosn. 



Pro. 9. — The Oraiw Poa ramonUiiima orowino on Coastal Cliff, Maskkd Ikland, Caunlev Hakboub. 



Above, the fern Blechnum durum. 



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

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

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



