148 The Plant Formations. 
species.‘) Montane Nolhofagus-forest occurs also at Mount Somers and on the 
Malvern Hills. 
Fiord district. 
On the W. of the Divide the forest is chiefly Nothofagus Menziesü- 
Dacrydıum cupressinum and is typical rain-forest with a great abundance of 
Hymenophyllaceae, bryophytes and lichens. Nothofagus cliffortioides descends 
in places to sea-level. Phyllocdadus alpinus, Gaya Lyalli and Dracophyllum 
longifolum are common, also there are the usual shrubs &c. of the W. includ- 
ing, — Hedycarya arborea, Ascarina lucida, Suttonia divaricata, Coprosma foeti- 
dıssima, C. Banksii and C Colensoti. 
Fig. 38. He eli ge forest giving place to fissock-teppe where exposed to excessive 
wind. Near soure . Poulter, Canterbury, at junction of Eastern and Western distriets. 
Photo L, Cockayn 
To the E. of the Divide, there are far fewer taxads, nor do these ever 
dominate. N. Mensziesii is the leading tree. N. Solanderi is common in some 
localities. N. fusca forms. pure: associations (Fig. is 
South-Otago district. 
Nothofagus-forest occurs abundantly in gullies throughout the montane belt. 
N. Menziesii is the commonest association. The undergrowth &c. is similar 
in Din tö that of lowland taxad-forest of the district. In the S. of the 
NV. fusca may oecur in some of the pieces of forest between that at Glentui and Mt. Grey, 
but at fahren is lacking. 
