New Zealand plants and their story . as Cook Strait. In gardens subtropicalplants similar to those cultivated in the Auckland Botanical Districtsgrow vigorously. As in the district just dealt with, so, too, in the Egmont-Wanganui Botanical District certain trees—, Libocedrus Doniana,Metrosideros tomentosa, and the puriri {Vitex lucens)—find a southernlimit. On the coast west of Mount Egmont the shore-koromiko(Veronica elliptica) has its northern limit. Except one or two plantsof Mount Egmont, which need further study before a definite pro-nouncement can be made, only the fine herbaceous gr
New Zealand plants and their story . as Cook Strait. In gardens subtropicalplants similar to those cultivated in the Auckland Botanical Districtsgrow vigorously. As in the district just dealt with, so, too, in the Egmont-Wanganui Botanical District certain trees—, Libocedrus Doniana,Metrosideros tomentosa, and the puriri {Vitex lucens)—find a southernlimit. On the coast west of Mount Egmont the shore-koromiko(Veronica elliptica) has its northern limit. Except one or two plantsof Mount Egmont, which need further study before a definite pro-nouncement can be made, only the fine herbaceous groundsel, SenecioTurneri (a species closely related to S. latifolius), and Veronica salici-folia var. longeracemosa appear to be confined to the district. Indeed,the characteristics of the district are negative rather than positive,and based rather on the vegetation than on the flora. For example,the vegetation of river-gorges briefly described in Chapter V is acharacteristic feature. The original forest was probably very largely. Fig. U2.—Muriori iiyurc thrrr iumir- uu liail. 1 ij i|ii-trL-L- (Corynucarpuslaevigata). Lowland forest of Chatham Islands. [Photo, L. Cocldi/ne.
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