Cheeseman. — On the Genus Coprosma. 229 



DIVISION C. — Erect, rarely prostrate shrubs. Leaves small 

 or of medium size, ■|--2 inches loug. Flowers termiuating leafy 

 branchlets, always solitary (except the males in 0. linariijolia 

 and sometimes iu C.fcetidissima). 



Height 6-15 feet ; leaves linear or 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, -^-l-l inch ; 

 stipules sheathing ; male flowers in 

 terminal 3 - 5-flowered fascicles ... 24. dinar iifolia. 



Slender, 6-15 feet high, extremely 

 foetid when bruised ; leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, rather thin, -1-2 inches; 

 male flowers large, \ inch, some- 

 times fascicled ... ... ... 25. C. fcetidissima. 



Slender, 3-8 feet high ; not foetid ; 

 leaves ^--f inch, oblong, obtuse or 

 retuse, rather thin ; flowers ^-^ 

 inch ... ... ... ... ... 26. C. colensoi. 



Stout, much branched, 4-10 feet high ; 

 leaves ^--f inch, linear -obovate, 

 obovate-oblong, or cuneate-oblong, 

 obtuse, coriaceous ... ... ... 27. C. cuneata. 



Slender, leafy, erect, 5-10 feet high ; 

 leaves \-^ inch, linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, flat, thin ... ... 28. C. microcarpa. 



Stout, erect or prostrate, 1-4 feet high ; 

 leaves ^-^ inch, linear-lanceolate, 

 concave, coriaceous... ... ... 29. C depressa. 



DIVISION D. — Stems short, prostrate, and rooting. Leaves 

 small, xjj-^ inch long. Flowers solitary, terminal. 



Leaves linear-oblong to rounded -ob- 

 long or obovate ; male corolla large, 

 curved, tubular, ^-^ inch long ... 30. C. repens. 



Leaves linear-oblong or linear-obovate, 

 often hairy. Male corolla small, 

 narrow below, campanulate above, 

 •|^-^ inch long ... ... ... 31. C. petriei. 



1. C. grandifolia, 



Hook, fil., Flora Nov. Zeal., i., p. 104; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 112; C. 

 latifvlia, Col., MSS. ; Pelaphia lata et F. grandifolia, Banks et Sol., 

 MSS. ; Bonabea australis, A. Eich., Flora Nouv. Zel. 



North Island. — Common throughout, from the North Cape 

 to "Wellington. Altitudinal range from sea level to 2,600 feet. 



South Island. — Ivelson, common in lowland districts, both 

 in the eastern and western portions of the Province, T.F.C, 



