Cheeseman. — On the Genius Coprosma. 247 



two involncels similar to those of the male fascicles. Calyx 

 limb with 4-5 large oblong erect lobes. Corolla ^ inch long, 

 tubular. Drupe broadly oblong, ^ inch long, pale and semi- 

 transparent, with blueish streaks, crowned by the persistent 

 calyx lobes. 



The long sheathing stipules form a conspicuous, though 

 variable, character for this species. In several respects it 

 approaches C. pro}nnqua and C. ciinninghamii. I have already 

 pointed out its differences from the first of these ; and C. 

 cunninghamii is easily separated by its larger paler foliage and 

 more numerous flowers, the females of which have not the long 

 calyx lobes of C. linariifolia. In exposed mountainous locaU- 

 ties the habit becomes more compact, and the leaves shorter, 

 broader, and more coriaceous, thus showing an approach to 

 C. cuneata. 



25. C. foetidissima. 



Forst., Prodr., No. 138; D.C., Prodr., iv., p. 578 ; A. Rich., Flora Nov. Zel., 

 p. 261 ; A. Cunn., Prodr., ii., p. 206 ; Hook, fil., Flora Antarct., i., p. 

 20; Flora Nov. Zeal., i., p. 105; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 116; Eaoul, 

 Choix des Plantes, p. 46. C. affinis, Hook, fil.. Flora Antarct., i., p. 21. 



North Island. — Chiefly in hilly and mountainous localities, 

 but not common to the north of the East Cape, although 

 extending as far as the Thames Goldfields. 



South Island. — Abundant throughout, especially in the 

 interior. 



Auckland and Campbell Islands. — Plentiful, Sir J. D. Hooker 

 and others. Altitudinal range from sea-level to 5,000 feet. 



Usually a slender, sparingly branched shrub or small tree, 

 6-15 feet high, but occasionally attaining a greater size, and in 

 the Auckland Isles reaching 20 feet, with a trunk 1^ feet in 

 diameter (Hook, fil., " Flora Antarctica") ; intensely foetid when 

 bruised or while being dried. Branches slender, terete or 

 tetragonous, glabrous or the very young ones minutely puberu- 

 lous ; bark pale. Leaves variable in size and shape, + - 2 inches 

 long, |- - f inches broad, usually oblong, but varying from linear- 

 oblong or linear-obovate to rounded oblong or broad-ovate, 

 obtuse, acute, or retuse, narrowed into rather long and slender 

 petioles, rather membranous, or in some varieties coriaceous ; 

 margins flat ; veins indistinct or few and diverging. Stipules 

 short and broad, cuspidate, often puberulous, margins ciliate. 

 Flowers sessile, terminatmg the branchlets. Males: solitary 

 or two or three together; rather large, ^-f inch long, often 

 decurved. Calyx minute, cupular, irregularly 4-lobed, not 

 always present, closely invested at its base by one or two 

 cupuliform involucres composed of modified leaves and their 

 stipules. Corolla campauulate, di\ided about half-way down 



