Oliver. — Vegetation of the Kcnnaclec Islands. 171 



Distinguished by the large broad leaves, racemes shorter than the leaves, 

 and very short corolla-tubes. 



Mr. Cheeseman includes this species under F. salicifolia in the " Manual 

 of the N.Z. Flora," with the note that it is perhaps a distinct species. 



This plant was formerly fairly plentiful, but has been almost killed out 

 by goats, and is now found only on clifTs and other places inaccessible to 

 those animals. 



Inland cliffs, landshp (Denham Bay), Sunday Island. 



Endemic. Resembles F. macrocarpa of New Zealand, differing prin- 

 cipally in the shorter racemes and corolla-tubes. 



MyOPORACEyE. 



Myoporum laetum, Forst. f. 



Ngaio scrub, coastal rocks, forest, gravel flat, Mariscus slopes, landslip 

 (Denham Bay), buffalo-grass meadow, pohutukawa forest (crater), Simday 

 Island. Ngaio scrub. Herald Islets. Macauley Island (Cheeseman). 



New Zealand. 



RUBIACE.E. 



Coprosma petiolata, Hook. f. 



This species occurs in Denham Bay forest as a small tree, 4-6 m. tall, 

 with a leaning stem covered with rough, dark-grey bark. Head rounded, 

 foliage moderately dense. Leaf-lamime of male plant 29 x 18 mm., 

 32 X 20 mm., 34 x 20 mm. ; of female plant usually larger, 45 x 20 mm., 

 50 x 24 mm., 52 x 25 mm. 



Flowers May to September. Ripe fruit January to May. 



Fruit usually three in a cluster ; reddish ; variable in size and form ; 

 smaller ones ovoid, 7x6 mm., 9 x 7-5 mm. ; larger ones compressed, more 

 or less distinctly 2-lobed, 10 x 10 mm. 



Coastal rocks and cliffs, inland cliffs (rare), dry forest (Denham Bay, 

 rare), landslip (Denham Bay), Sunday Island. Coastal rocks and chffs. 

 Herald Islets. Macauley and Curtis Islands (Cheeseman). 



Endemic. Closely alhed to C. Baueri, Endl., of Norfolk Island, Lord 

 Howe Island, and New Zealand ; and to C. chathamica, Cockayne, of the 

 Chatham Islands. 



Mr. Cheeseman (1 ; p. 168) records C. Baxieri from the Kermadecs. I 

 did not see it, though I searched in the places indicated. I would suggest 

 that the young large-leaved branches of C. petiolata were mistaken for it, 

 and recommend that until authentic specimens are obtained the name be 

 crossed off the list of plants inhabiting the Kermadec Islands. 



Coprosma acutifolia, Hook. f. 



Flowers May to September. Ripe fruit January to May. 

 Forest, landshp (Denham Bay), pohutukawa forest (crater), Sunday Island. 

 Endemic. Closely alUed to C. Iceviyata, Cheeseman, from Rarotonga ; 

 and resembles C. tenuifolia, Cheeseman, from New Zealand. 



CuCURBITACEtE. 



Sicyos australis, Endl. 



Ngaio scrub, forest near the coast, Mariscus slopes, Sunday Island, 

 Scrub, Meyer Island. 



Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, New Zealand, Austraha, Polynesia, 

 cosmopolitan. 



