Cheeseman. — On the Genus Coprosma. 237 



11. C. spathulata. 



A. Cunn., Prodr. ii., p. 207 ; Hook, fil, Flora Nov. Zeal., i., p. 106 ; Handbk. 

 N.Z. Flora, p. 114; Baoul, Choix des Plantes, p. 46. Pelaphoides 

 rotundijlora, Banks et Sol., MSS. 



North Island. — Abundant in forests from the North Cape to 

 the Upper Waikato. Altitudinal range from sea-level to 

 1,000 feet. 



A small shrub, rarely more than 5-6 feet in height. Branches 

 few, slender and straggling, very young ones finely puberulous. 

 Leaves rather distant, very variable in size, from ^ to 1^ inch 

 long ; blade orbicular or broadly oblong, obtuse, retuse, or 

 emargiuate, coriaceous, quite glabrous, suddenly narrowed into 

 a narrow winged petiole which may be longer or shorter than 

 the blade. 8tipules triangular, cuspidate. Male flowers in 2-3- 

 flowered axillary fascicles or solitary. Calyx deeply 4- 5-lobed, 

 invested at its base by an involucel composed of a pair of 

 depauperated leaves and their stipules. Corolla campanulate, 

 i-J inch long, 4-5-lobed to the middle, lobes revolute. Stamens 

 usually 4. Females usually solitary, but occasionally fascicled. 

 Calyx-limb deeply 4-lobed, lobes erect, acute. Corolla rather 

 smaller and narrower than in the males, funnel-shaped. Drupe 

 globose, -J-^ inch diameter, black and shining when fully ripe. 



Allied to C. arhorea, from which it is easily separated by the 

 small size, different habit, smaller foliage on longer petioles, 

 fewer flowers, and by the larger black fruit. The leaves are 

 often a bronzy colour, shining and polished on the upper 

 surface. 



12. C. rotundifolia. 



A. Cunn., Prodr., ii., p. 206 ; Hook, fil., Flora Nov. Zeal., i., p. 108 ; Hand- 

 book N.Z. Flora, p. 114 ; Eaoul, Choix des Plantes, p. 46. C. rufescens, 

 Colenso, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xviii., p. 261. 



North and South Islands. — Common in alluvial soils at 

 moderate elevations, from the North Cape to Invercargill. 

 Altitudinal range from sea-level to 1,500 feet. 



A large laxly-branched shrub, 6-12 feet high. Branches 

 llong and slender, widely-spreading, irregularly and sparsely 

 jbranched, the young ones densely pubescent or almost villous 

 jtowards the tips ; bark greyish-brown. Leaves in distant 

 'opposite pairs, i-l inch long, usually orbicular, but varying to 

 broadly- oblong or ovate-oblong, cuspidate or abruptly acute, 

 rarely obtuse, very thin and membranous, more or less pubes- 

 cent and ciliate, especially on the margins and on the veins 

 below, veins finely reticulated ; petioles short, villous. Flowers 

 in axillary few or many-flowered fascicles, rarely solitary. 

 Males: True calyx absent, but in its place one or two mem- 

 branous involucels composed of a pair of depauperated leaves 

 and their stipules. Corolla broadly campanulate, j^ - i inch 



