90 The Vegetation of the Sea-coast. 
On the face of gravel terrace near Hokitika (Western district) the members 
are, — Dicksonia squarrosa, Muchlenbeckia australis, Coriaria ruscifolia, 
Weinmannia racemosa, Fuchsia excorticata, Melicytus ramıflorus. 
10. Coastal Heath. 
Very little need be said on this head. Leplospermum scoparium, its allies 
and the species of Cassinia are the special heath plants, but the association 
is generally similar to that of dune-hollow for the same locality. On certain 
parts of Bluff Hill (South Otago), Cassinia Vawilliersii, Styphelia acerosa, 
Leptospermum scoparium, Weinmannia racemosa, Coprosma propingua and ; 
C. parviflora form the bulk of the heath. 
11. Coastal Forest. (Plate XII, Fig. 18). 
a. General. : 
Forest cannot exist under severe coastal conditions. This is well seen in 
Paterson Inlet (Stewart Island) where the arborescent shore-covering reflects 
the wind-intensity, mesophytic taxad-forest with its hygrophytic interior 
denoting the minimum and xerophytic Zepfospermum-scrub the maximum. 
(Plate I Fig. ı). 
In many places coastal-forest does not differ greatly from that of the aus 
jacent lowlands, except in the greater abundance of SAL GI AURE members 
which may form a seaward girdle. 
As already seen the coastal trees number 28, but only the following are 
at all common and some of these limited to some special part of the coast: — 
Macropiper excelsum, Pittosporum crassifolium, P. umbellatum, Corynocarpus 
_ laevigatus, Dodonaea viscosa, Entelea arborescens, Metrosideros Komadnlosa, Psenudo- 
ag Dee Lessonii, Myoporum laetum, Coprosma Baueri and Olearia Forsteri') 
r _ The special coastal-tree associations are most in evidence in the Northern 
province. and become ‚less marked the ‚further er one en Few ie {hi 
E oastal trees are abseh he Ra übe of a forest frequent 
. wind-tolerating - and more or less spray-enduring s jecii 
ei plus serratus, Pittosporum temuifolium, Pennantia corym 
racı mosa, Melicytus ramiflorus, sn scopariun Meir, 
sel inia littoralis, ee \ ; ” 
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