Cheeseman. — On the Genus Coprosma. 233 



4 - 5-lobed. Females : Peduncles smaller and more slender 

 than in the males, and heads smaller, rarely more than 3-6- 

 flowered. Calyx-limb minute, truncate or obsoletely 4-toothed. 

 Corolla smaller and narrower than in the males. Drupe oblong 

 or ovoid, ^-^ inch long, yellowish-orange. 



I doubt whether there is any real distinction between this 

 species and C. petlolata. From C. robusta it is separated by its 

 stouter and closer habit, more obtuse, and much more fleshy 

 and glossy leaves, with recurved margins, by the smaller heads 

 of flowers, and by the rounder fruit. 



C. baueriana is more frequently seen in cultivation than any 

 other species, chiefly on account of its very handsome glossy 

 foliage and compact habit. States having the leaves variegated 

 with white or yellow are not uncommon, and have been intro- 

 duced into European gardens. It forms an excellent hedge, and 

 as it is not easily afl'ected by exposure to salt spray or drifting 

 sand, is very suitable for planting in exposed places near the 

 sea. Thus, at Taranaki, luxuriant garden hedges composed of 

 it may be seen in situations open to the full force of the westerly 

 gales. 



At Maketu, in the Bay of Plenty, there exists a grove of 

 this species, which the Maoris state had its origin from the skids 

 which were used in pulling ashore the Arawa canoe, on its 

 arrival in New Zealand with the first Maori immigrants. It is 

 said that the skids were brought in the canoe fiom Hawaiiki, but 

 the acceptance of this statement is rendered difficult by the fact 

 that C. baueriana is not known to occur anywhere in Polynesia, 

 or, indeed, out of New Zealand, save at Norfolk Island. 



5. C. petiolata. 



Hook, fil., Journ. Linn. Socy., i., p. 128 ; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 113. C. 

 baueri, F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Austr., ix., p. 69, non G. baueriana, 

 Endl. 



North Island. — Tapotopoto Bay, North Cape. T. Kirk 

 (" Trans. N.Z. Inst.," i., p. 143) ; Castle Point, Wellington, 

 Co/e»6o (" Handbook "). 



Kermadec Islands. — McGillivray. 



Also found in Lord Howe's Island and Norfolk Island. 



"With this species I am imperfectly acquainted. According 

 to Sir Joseph Hooker it is distinguished from the preceding by 

 the leaves being less fleshy, and by the young foliage and 

 branches being covered with a miiiute pubescence. But C. 

 baueriana often has the young branches covered with a minute 

 velvety pubescence, and the leaves vary in texture. Sir F. 

 Mueller, in his " Fragmenta" (vol. ix., p. 69), unites both species, 

 and probably this is the correct view to take. 



