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Aristotelia fruticosa Olea montana à Alsophila colensoi 
Geranium potentilloides Gentiana montana Hymenophyllum bivalve 
Carmiehslia flagelliformis Logania depressa » pulcherrimum 
Acæna microphylla Calceolaria repens Lomaria alpina 
Epilobium glabellum Veronica lævis » imbricata 
» melanocaulon B buxifolia » minor 
Metrosideros lucida Exarrhena saxosa Polystichum vestitum 
Coprosma foetidissima Anthericum hookeri Lycopodium varium . 
» pumi Herpolirion novs-zealandise » c 
Asperula perpusilla Calorophus minor 
(6.) The Mountainous zone, comprising an altitude of from 2,500 to 
8,500 feet, contains :— : 
Pittosporum rigidum Celmisia incana Cordyline indivisa . 
Coriaria thymifolia Wahlenbergia saxicola Scheenus pauciflorus 
Geranium brevicaule Gaultheria colensoi » concinnus 
Carmichelia nana Cyathodes colensoi Uncinia divaricata 
Epilobium linnseoides Myrsine montana » rubra 
Ligusticum aromaticum Gentiana pleurogynoides Hierochloe alpina 
Panax simplex Veronica diffusa Danthonia cunninghamii 
»  Colensoi Pimelea gnidia Hymenophyllum unilaterale 
Oreomyrrhis colensoi Fagus menziesii Leptopteris superb 
Coprosma microcarpa Pterostylis foliata Lycopodium scariosum 
n cuneata Callixene parviflora Andræa rupestris 
Olearia dentata 
(7.) The Sub-alpine zone, embracing an altitude of from 3,500 to 4,500 
feet, contains :— 
Caltha novæ-zealandiæ Euphrasia antarctica Caladenia bifolia 
Aciphylla colensoi m revoluta Astelia linearis 
Celmisia spectabilis Plantago unifolia Caltha alpina 
Forstera bidwillii » Carnosa Carex acicularis 
Cyathodes empetrifolia Fagus cliffortioides Uncinia filiformis 
Pentachondra pumila Podocarpus nivalis Agrostis parviflora var. 
Myrsine nummularia Dacrydium colensoi perpusilla 
Veronica tetragona » laxifolium " tifolia 
Ourisia cespitosa Phyllocladus alpinus Usnea melaxantha 
»  eolensoi 
(8.) The Alpine zone, or area, comprising an altitude of from 4,500 feet 
to the line of permanent snow, contains :— 
Ranunculus insignis Senecio rotundifolius Oreobolus pectinatus 
i» nivicola »  bidwilü Carex pyrenaica 
Geum parviflorum Helophyllum colensoi Uncinia scabra 
Abrotanella pusilla Dracophyllum recurvum Ehr colensoi 
Raouli: 
ia grandiflora Ve valis 
Gnaphalium (Helichrysum) Drapetes dieffenbachii 
colensoi epyrum pallidum 
ca 
. Stereocaulon colensoi 
13. After all, there are still several plants remaining unclassified, as to 
geographical distribution, habitat, or altitude, not a few of which are among 
the most noble and useful of all our vegetable produċtions. These have 
hitherto not been classed as to area or zone, from their being more or less 
