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Dracophyllum longifolium, Hook, f.; in quantity. Veronica canterburiensis, J. B. Armst.; in large quantity. Veronica odora, Hook, f. Olearia nummularifolia, Hook. f. Coprosma cuneata, Hook, f.; from burnt stump. Aristotelia fruticosa, Hook, f. Gaya lyallii, Jack, and Hook. Phyllocladus alpinus. Hook. f.; one plant unburnt. Coprosma; ciliated variety. Podocarpus nivalis, Hook. f. Olearia illicifolia, Hook. f.; from old stump. Veronica salicifolia, Forst. Gaultheria rupestris, Br. Portions of this patch contain, very few seedlings, the ground being occupied by Coprosma serrulata, Lomaria procera, and Phormium. Regarding C. serrulata, see remarks in Section E. Although the plants are not coming up so closely as in many places, there is no reason to doubt but that in time they will form, a dense mass, unless the growth of Phormium should prove too much. Part of the new scrub at the base of the moraine is already one dense mass of Veronica subalpina and Cassinia, averaging 0.52 m. in height. At the margin of the lake, on the north side, is a flat patch of peaty ground covered with unburnt dwarf scrub, consisting of Veronica odora, 0.90 m. in height; Dacrydium laxifolium, Hook, f.; and Dacrydium bidwillii, Hook. f.; together with a few plants of Coprosma propinqua, A. Cunn. A continuation of this was burnt, and Veronica odora has since appeared in large quantities. Behind this is also another example of Veronica reproducing itself to the exclusion of all other shrubs. Proceeding up the face of the moraine towards its summit the following were noted as having appeared since the fire:— Veronica subalpina, sp. nov. (ined.); in large and close-growing patches, 0.60 m. in height. Olearia illicifolia, Hook. f.; at times. Senecio elæagnifolius, Hook. f.; plants here and there. Coprosma serrulata, Hook. f. Phyllocladus alpinus, Hook, f.; one or two seedlings noted, and these were among the very few seen during the taking of these notes. Olearia colensoi, Hook, f.; the only plant of this species noted in this locality. Panax colensoi, Hook, f.; Dracophyllum longifolium, Hook, f.; Phyllocladus alpinus, Hook, f.; Coprosma cuneata, Hook, f.”: a few plants spared by the fire.