Oheeseman. — On the Oenus Coprosma. 241 



16. C. ciliata. 



(Hook, m., Flora Antarct., i., p. 22 ; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 115.) 

 Auckland and Campbell Islands. — Abundant (" Flora Antarc- 

 tica "). 



I am not acquainted witli tliis species, and can therefore add 

 nothing to Sir J. D. Hooker's description. The flowers and 

 fruit are unknown, and I am not sure that the plant will not 

 prove to be a variety of C. imrvifiora, mountain forms of which 

 often have ciliate leaves. 



17. C. parviflora. 



Hook, m., Flora Nov. Zeal., i., p. 107 ; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 116. C. 

 viijrti Hi folia, Hook, fil.. Flora Antarct., i., p. 21 ; Flora Nov. Zeal., i., 

 p. 108 (var. a. only). 



North and South Islands. — Abundant throughout, both m the 

 lowlands and on the mountains. 



Auckland Isles. — Sir J. D. Hooker, 

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



A stout, erect, leafy shrub, 4-12 feet high. Branches stout 

 or slender, much divided ; brauchlets often arranged in a 

 horizontal plane, densely pubescent, sometimes quite shaggy ; 

 bark light grey. Leaves usually close set, fascicled on short 

 lateral branchlets, ^-f inch long, y^^-i inch broad, obovate, 

 linear-obovate, or linear-oblong, obtuse and roimded at the tip, 

 more rarely acute, coriaceous, flat or margins slightly recurved, 

 glabrous, or the petiole and midrib slightly puberulous, or sur- 

 faces and margins ciliate with scattered soft hairs, gradually 

 narrowed into short petioles, veins not conspicuous. Flowers 

 solitary or 2-4 together. Males : True calyx wanting, but two 

 minute 4-toothed involucels present at the base of the flower. 

 Corolla T^o~8 ii^cli long, broadly campanulate, 4-5-partite 

 almost to the base. Stamens, 4-5. Females: Calycine involu- 

 cels present as in the males. Calyx-limb minutely 4-5-toothed. 

 Corolla rV~ ife inch, much narrower than in the males, and not 

 so deeply cleft. Drupe globose, \- k inch diameter, white or 

 yellowish-white, translucent. 



A well-marked and distinct species, which, though varying 

 within certain limits, can always be distinguished from its allies 

 by its leafy habit, pubescent branches, obovate or linear-obovate 

 coriaceous leaves, and semi-transparent globose drupe. There 

 are three main forms : the first, which may be considered the 

 type of the species, is rather stout and closely branched, with 

 moderately pubescent branches and obovate or linear-obovate 

 coriaceous leaves, which are nearly glabrous. This form is 

 found both in the lowlands and on the mountains. The second, 

 which is common in many places on the mountains of Nelson 



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