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species is very plentiful, not only is the drupe almost as often red as black, 

 but it is frequently of a deep-orange colour. I have watched these plants 

 for a good many years, and am convinced that the red and orange drupes 

 are permanent, not changing to black when dead-ripe. 



7. Coprosma tenuicaulis Hook. f. var. major Cheesem. 



This variety, which I originally discovered in the Manukau County, 

 occurs sparingly in damp lowland woods. 



8. Coprosma rhamnoides A. Cunn. 



Both varieties vera Cheesem. and divaricata Cheesem. are abundant. 

 Intermediate forms also occur which are difficult of discrimination. 



9. Coprosma sp. ined. 



Mr. H. B. Matthews has in his garden a Coprosma which differs from any 

 yet described. It was found along with C. Baneri Endl. growing on a rock 

 on the west coast. It forms a dense spreading shrub, closely appressed to 

 the ground. Male plant only seen. 



10. Dracophyllum latifolium A. Cunn. var. Matthewsii Carse var. nov. 



Frutex habitu D. latifolio, sed in omnibus partibus minor. Kami 

 graciliores, non vert-icillati. Folia similes sed minora, 10-30 cm. longa, 

 12-25 mm. lata. Panicula 10-28 cm. longa, semper pendula. Flores 

 minores, minus densae, rubro - purpureae vel nigro - purpureae. Capsula 

 2 mm. diam. 



Hab. — Dry ridges in hilly forests in the county. 



This neinei, which was discovered by Mr. H. B. Matthews, whose name 

 I have much pleasure in associating with it, bears a general resemblance to 

 D. latifolium, but is in all respects smaller. It occurs as a shrub or small 

 tree, rarely more than 15 ft. in height. The branches, which in the type 

 are usually whorled and more or less dichotomously divided, issue irregularly 

 from the trunk; they are much more slender, and, in comparison, longer. 

 At the extremities where the tufts of leaves occur they are only i~i in. in 

 diameter. 



The leaves are 4-12 in. long and |— 1 in. wide at the broadest part. 



The panicles are 4-12 in. long, always drooping. The rhachis and its 

 branches are yellow-green in colour, as also are the sepals. The petals are 

 purplish-red or almost black ; the anthers white, tinged with pink. 



These marked differences, as well as the fact that its flowering period is 

 from September to October, distinguish this plant from the type. 



11. Dracophyllum Sinclairii Cheesem. 



On ancient landslide, Tauroa, H. B. Matthews. 



This is a somewhat rare plant in this district. What may prove to be a 

 variety of it occurs in a kauri forest near Peria. It is a shrub or small tree, 

 12-30 ft. high, with much narrower leaves. 



12. Dracophyllum Urvilleanum A. Rich. var. filifolium Cheesem. 



On open ridges in forests and on moorlands, Kaiaka, Kaitaia, Peria, 

 Tauroa. 



13. Chenopodium triandrum Forst. 

 On rocks near the sea, not common. 



