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AN EMRER sivetbed ei ae m er ee Ale WA „165 
3. Western river-bed RE wen En a Re ee a 
4. River-bed forest. ... . N N LE er 
5: North Ieland ziver-bed . 0. u en a ee 
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E a. General . rn Ber a end pe leerer 
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m 1. Low: Io Re associa 5) rl 
4 4 2. Tall tussock-steppe of Red tussock le Raoulii BE I 
4 N NIE ne ee re ee 
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F b, Notthern ‚botanical pravinte u a ne we ee 
9 e..Central ‚bilsmlasl Prormee ; 2... N ie men 
u d.: Southern "bakanical Dievinse 2 20 m 2 a ee 
Section III. The Vegetation of the High Mountains. 
Chapter . General Remarks on the High Mountain RE ee a Ya 
1. Floristic Details. . . ; ee 
2. Vertical Distribution The Belts A Vorcaieh) ET EN ey 
3. Alpine Plants at Sea-level ... . een Fe 
4. Repeopling the new ground Byg the Retreat 7 the Glsikn. a 
5. The ecological conditions of the High Mountains... . . Shan 
Chapter I. The leading Physiognomie Plants and their Growth-forms.... . 
ı. Forest Plants en ee a ee 
a. The species of Nothofagus a ae ee Re ER 
b. Libocedrus Bidwillii Hook. f. (Pinac.) Pahautea, Cedar . . .... 2 2... 
c. Phyllocladus alpinus Hook. f. (Taxae.) Mountain toatoa . . .:» 22.2... 
. The two species of Gaya (Malvac.) Mountain ribbonwood . ... 2...» 
2. Serub Plants. . a a 
a. The shrubby REN —_ "Olearia, Bensdis, Trace a a 
.b. Divaricatingly-branched shrubs . ee ee nee 
ce. The shrubby species of Veronica (Serophular. ee ee ae 
ae The species of Dracophyllum (Epaerid.). . . ee 
#3 3 Plants of Steppe, Herb- and erde or ie Formations . ee 
rn. Then es of Celmisia (Compos. ee 
Pos. ct, 
b. Aciphylla Colensoi Hook. f. and its "allies (Umbel Spin, Tramcı ve 
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