Cheeseman. — On the Genus Coprosma. 231 



obovate, oblong-lauceolate, or elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, obtuse, 

 apiculate or acute, gradually narrowed into sbort stout petioles, 

 pale glossy-green. Peduncles 1-2 inches long, trichotomously 

 divided. Flowers numerous, in fascicles at the ends of the 

 divisions of the peduncle. Calyx present in both sexes, but 

 limb very inconspicuously toothed. Male corolla i inch long, 

 broadly tubular ; female rather shorter and narrower. Drupe 

 ^-^ inch long, oblong or oblong-obovoid, obtuse, yellowisli- 

 orange. 



C. lucida varies considerably in habit. When growing in 

 the open it usually forms a dense round-topped shrub ; but when 

 met with as undergrowth in the forest it is much more sparingly 

 branched, and the branches are much longer and spread more. 

 It is allied by its inflorescence to C. grandifolia, but is at once 

 recognised by its very different foliage and habit. From 

 C. robusta it is removed by its paler obovate more coriaceous 

 leaves, which dry a yellowish-green, and not blackish-brown as 

 in that species ; and by the longer peduncles and more open 

 inflorescence. The drupe is also much larger and much more 

 pulpy and juicy than that of 0. robusta. Tlaere is no danger of 

 its being confounded with any other of the large-leaved species. 

 In the " Handbook" the leaves are erroneously described as 

 membranous, probably from becoming thin when dried. In the 

 fresh state they are always coriaceous. 



3. C. serrulata. 



Hook, fil., MSS. ; Buchanan, Trans. N.Z. Inst., iii., p. 212 ; Kirk, I.e. x., 



App. p. XXXV. 



South Island. — Sub-alpine localities, but not very common. 

 Nelson, slopes of Mount Arthur and Mount Peel, 3,000 to 4,000 

 feet, T.F.C. Canterbury, mountain districts above 2,000 feet, 

 J. B. Armstrong ! ; Arthur's Pass, Waimakariri Glacier, moun- 

 tains near Lake Tekapo, T.F.C. Otago : Mount Ida, 2,000 to 

 3,000 feet ; Mount St. Bathans, 2,000 to 3,000 feet ; Mount 

 Tyndall, 4,000 feet, D. Fetrie ! ; Dusky Bay, on the mountains, 

 A. Reischek ! 



A robust, leafy, sparingly-branched dwarf shrub, 1-4 feet 

 high, perfectly glabrous in all its parts. Branches few, stout, 

 straggling ; old bark white and papery. Leaves coriaceous, 

 1-2-1 inches long, oblong-obovate, broadly obovate, or nearly 

 orbicular, rarely narrower and elliptical-oblong, obtuse or apicu- 

 late, narrowed into a short broad petiole ; margins thickened, 

 minutely serrulate ; veins reticulated, very conspicuous on the 

 under-surface. Stipules very large, triangular, margins ciliated. 

 Inflorescence dicecious. Males : in axillary 3-7-flowered fascicles. 

 Calyx apparently wanting. Corolla ^-^ inch long, between 



