58. The Vegetation of the Sea-coast. 
c. Lianes. 
The coastal lianes, 6 in number (scramblers 4, winder ı, tendril-climber ı), 
‚are of little moment, only /fomaea palmata and Sicyos australis are high- 
climbing plants, the remainder at best straggle for a metre or so amongst 
shrubs, grasses or sedges while Te/ragonia trigyna and Fuchsia procumbens 
are often prostrate merely. The stems of the last-named are woody, those of 
the remainder though perennial are herbaceous (1 semi-woody), that of Szeyos 
being fleshy, juicy and 6 mm diam. 
Excepting Fuchsia which is more or less deciduous, the leaves are ever- 
green, broad and flat. All are thin except those of Tetragonia (fleshy) but 
those of Angelica geniculata and A. rosaefolia are waxy beneath. The 
leaves of Szcyos and the last-named are large; those of the remainder are 
rather small. 
Certain forest-lianes as coastal plants may assume Könere habits. Thus 
Muehlenbeckia complexa frequently forms a close elastic shrub-like mass of 
 cushion-form. . Freycinetia Banksiü in the Western and Fiord districts ig 
over rocky ground near the shore eu impenetrable thickets. 
Sk Herbs and semi-woody Plants including Water-plants. 
It may be here explained that the distinction between herbs and semi- 
