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sometimes solitary, but more generally in twos or threes on 

 short lateral branchlets. Males : True calyx wanting, but one 

 or more involucels closely invest the base of the corolla. Corolla 

 ^-^ inch long, bell-shaped, 4-lobed. Stamens, 4. Females : 

 Calyx adnate to the ovary, limb minute, 4-5-toothed. Corolla 

 tubular, 4-partite. Drupe oblong, }-^ inch long, yellowish- 

 white, translucent. 



This species has much resemblance in foliage and habit to C. 

 rotundifolia, but differs altogether in the flowers and fruit, which 

 clearly place it in the same section as the two preceding plants. 

 It seems to have been originally discovered by Mr Colenso in 

 some locality in the North Island ; but I have myself only seen 

 Mr. Petrie's specimens, collected in Otago. Mr. N. E. Brown 

 informs me, however, that Mr. Colenso's specimens exactly 

 match Mr. Petrie's. 



21. C. virescens. 



Petrie, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xi., p. 426. C. divaricata var. pallida, Hook, fil., 

 Flora Nov. Zeal., i., p. 107 ; non. C. divaricata, A. Cunn. 



North Island. — Wairarapa Valley, Colenso. (No. 333 in 

 Herb. Kew.) 



South Island. — Otago : vicinity of Dunedin ; Otepopo, etc., 

 D. Petrie! 



A compact glabrous shrub, 6-12 feet high. Branches 

 numerous, slender, interlaced ; bark greenish. Leaves in pairs 

 on opposite twigs, spathulate, obtuse, glabrous, membranous, 

 i--^ inch long. Flowers solitary or in fascicles of two or three, 

 terminating short lateral branchlets. Males: True calyx 

 wanting, but the usual involucels formed of depauperated leaves 

 and their stipules present. Corolla campanulate, deeply 4- 

 lobed, ^ inch long. Females: Calyx-limb indistinctly 4-toothed. 

 Corolla tubular, deeply 4-lobed, smaller than in the males. 

 Drupe oblong, ^ inch long, greenish-white or yellowish, trans- 

 lucent. 



A very distinct species, but perhaps more closely allied to 

 C. rubra than any other. I give the North Island locality on 

 the authority of Mr. N. E. Brown, who informs mc that Mr. 

 Colenso's specimens agree very well with Otago ones collected 

 by Mr. Petrie. 



22. C. acerosa. 



A. Ounn., Prodr., p. 20?; Hook, fil.. Flora Nov. Zeal., i., p. 109 ; Handbk. 

 N.Z. Flora, p. 118 ; Raoul, Choix des Plantes, p. 46. 



North and South hlauds. — Common throughout, from the 

 North Capo to Stewart Island, and also in tlie Chatham 

 Islands. Altitudinal range from sea-level to 4,000 feet. 



A depressed, often excessively branched wide-spreading bush, 

 1-5 feet high. Branches numerous, spreading, trailing, or 



