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Fig. 7. — Rock from which the Franz Josef Glacier had receded in process of colonization by plants. The dark patches are a moss which forms a seed-bed; the small "island" of plants consists of the tree-tute (Coriaria arborea) —the tallest—and in front of this the southern-rata (Metrosideros lucida), and at the base the thong-fern (Asplenium flaccidum). [Photo, L. Cockayne.

Fig. 8.—Head of Franz Josef Glacier as seen from the R. S. Low Rocks on the Baird Range. The ice-capped peak on the Divide towards the centre on the right is Mount Tasman. [Photo, E. Teichelmann.