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Plate 111.

No. 1. Interior of Kapiti forest not far from sea, showing stony nature of ground, lack of undergrowth, and trunks of Corynocarpus læevigata and Dysoxylum spectabile.

Photo., L. Cockayne.

No. 2. Interior of forest of Stephen Island, showing spreading limbs of Dysoxylum spectabile, the result of frequent wind. The slender upright stems are Macropiper excelsum.

[Photo., L. Cockayne.