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248 : The Plant Formations of the High Mountains. 
‚misia, especially C. intermedia, will be dotted about. Different species of 
Gentiana, according to the locality, may be abundant. Many of the following 
are frequent plants of the association: — Zlierochloe Fraseri, Calamagrostis 
 setifolia, Oreobolus pectinatus, Carpha alpina, prostrate Leptospermum scoparium, 
Aciphylla crenulata (Western district), A. Townsoni (North-western district), 
Gaultheria depressa, G. perplexa, Styphelia empetrifolia, Pentachondra pumila, 
Gentiana bellidifolia, G. patula, G. Townseni (North-western and N. of Western 
districts), G. lineata (Southland), Forstera sedifolia, Donatia novae-zelandiae, 
Celmisa glandulosa (an abundant and characteristic plant), Senecio scorzoneroides 
and S eu faetaie 4 
6. Aquatic Associations. 
ere are comprised associations of running and still water including those 
of ushes, but excluding those of dripping rocks. The aquatic plants of the 
high mountains number .only ı1 belonging to 8 families and genera. 
Where ‚streams flow swiftly Algae and perhaps a moss or two are present, 
their presence on stones marking the normal depth of the water‘). The chief 
. seological difference between ‚mountain and lowland streams is the much lower 
NESBIeRNE> A the former in. many cases. The most characteristic species is 
 Montia : 
able "wäter an on ir wei Br 
Aattened wo to ne soil exchuding other plants. In man, 
s, the water with, or without excess of lime, there 
