206 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



Obs. This species approaches very near to G. humile {Cham, et 

 Schlecht. in Linncea, 1825, p. 226.) a native of South America, the 

 fruit of which is, however, described as being pubescent. DC. Prodr. 

 iv. p. 604. 



Quid Galium umbrosum, Sol. Ms. in Forst. Prodr. n. 500, absque descr. ? 

 ex Nova Zelandia. 



3. Coprosma, Forst. 

 (Pelaphia, Banks et Sol.) 



470. C. lucida; foliis ovatis utrinque acuminatis, pedunculis axillaribus 

 compositis, floribus subcapitals, antheris exsertis. DC. Prodr. iv. p. 578. 

 Forst. Prodr. n. 138. Poem. etSch. Syst. Veg.xi.p. 210. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. 

 Zel.p. 262. Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norf. p. 60. 



New Zealand (Northern Island).— 1773, G. Forster. (Middle Island), 

 Bay of Islands, on the banks of rivers. — 1826, A. Cunningham. 

 Obs. An species plures hie confusse sunt ? 



471. C. fcetidissima, foliis ovato-oblongis angustis confertis glabris, flori- 

 bus solitariis terminalibus sessilibus (inter folia conferta) antheris exsertis. 

 Forst. Prodr. n. 138. A.Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel.p. 261. DC. Prodr. iv.p. 578. 

 Rcem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. vi. p. 210.— C conferta. A. C. Mss. 1826. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). Queen Charlotte's Sound. — 1773, G. 

 Forster. (Northern Island,) Alluvial banks of rivers, Bay of Islands. — 

 1826, A. Cunningham. 



472. C. propinqua, foliis lanceolato-oblongis obtusissimis glabris, floribus 

 solitariis paucis ad apicem ramulorum subsessilibus, ramis brachiatis virgatis 

 strictis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In shaded woods, Wangaroa. — 1833, 

 A. Cunningham. 



Obs. Closely allied to the preceding, but the flowers are less 

 crowded, and its leaves are smaller. 



473. C. rotundifolia, foliis obovato-subrotundis obtusis subacuminatisve 

 petiolatis subtus ramulisque virgatis pilosis, floribus axillaribus aggregatis 

 pedicellatis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In dry woods at Wangaroa, bearing 

 "red drupne." — Dec. 1833, R. Cunningham. 



474. C. rhamnoides, foliis (parvis) obovato-rotundatis obtusis petiolatis 

 glabris margine revolutis tenuissime ciliatis, petiolis ramulisque villosis, flo- 

 ribus axillaribus solitariis, ramis brachiatis rigidis patentibus dependentibus 

 deflexis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Banks of the Keri-Keri river. — 1834, 

 R. Cunningham. 



475. C. gracilis, foliis (parvis) ovato-oblongis petiolatis obtusiusculis mar- 

 gine revolutis utrinque glabris, floribus axillaribus solitariis pedicellatis, ra- 

 mulis erectis gracilibus villosis. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). — 1773, G. Forster (fide examplar absque 

 fructificatione in Herbario Banks, conservatur). (Northern Island,) a slender 

 shrub, in alluvial soil on the banks of the Keri-Keri river, &c, Bay of 

 Islands, — 1834, R. Cunningham, bearing red berries in December. 



