Griselinia. | CORNACE. 239 
long, obliquely ovate or oblong, rounded at the tip, very unequal- 
sided at the base, bright yellow-green, glossy, very thick and 
leathery; petiole short, stout. Panicles axillary or subterminal, 
much branched, 3-6in. long; rhachis and pedicels pubescent. 
Flowers minute, greenish; females apetalous. Berry iin. long, 
fleshy, dark-purple, usually 1-celled. Seed solitary.— A. Cunn. 
Precur. n. 639; Raoul, Choiz, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 98; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 105; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 41; Students’ Fl. 225. 
Scopolia lucida, Forst. Char. Gen. t. 70. 
Nort anp Sours Istanps: Not uncommon in woods from the North Cape 
to the Bluff. Puka., October-November. 
2. G. littoralis, Raoul, Choi, 22, t. 19.—A round-headed tree 
30-50 ft. high; trunk short, irregular, gnarled or twisted, 2-5 ft. 
diam. ; bark rough, furrowed. Leaves 1-4in. long, ovate or ob- 
long-ovate, rounded at the tip, less unequal-sided at the base 
than in G. lucida and sometimes almost symmetrical, pale yel- 
lowish-green, thick and coriaceous, veins obscure ; petiole rather 
slender, 4-lin. long. Panicles axillary, 1-3in. long, smaller than 
in G. lucida and sometimes reduced to a simple raceme; rhachis 
and pedicels pubescant. Flowers minute; both male and female 
with petals. Berry +in. long, oblong. Seed solitary.— Hook. 
j. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 105; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 42; Students’ Fl. 2265. 
Pukateria littoralis, Raowl in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. iii. 2 (1844) 
120. 
NortH AND SourH Isitanps, Stewart IsLAND: From Mount Tutamoe 
(Northern Wairoa) and the Little Barrier Island southwards, but rare and 
local to the north of the Hast Cape; abundant in the South Island. Sea- 
leve] to 3500 ft. Kapuka; Papawmu; Broad-leaf. October-November. 
Timber strong, close-grained and durable; frequently used for house-blocks, 
fencing-posts, &c. 
OrpER XXXVI. CAPRIFOLIACEZ:. 
Erect or climbing shrubs or small trees, rarely herbs. Leaves 
opposite, seldom alternate, simple or rarely pinnate, usually exstipu- 
late. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or irregular. Calyx-tube 
adnate to the ovary; limb 3-5-toothed or -lobed. Corolla gamo- 
petalous, epigynous, rotate or funnel-shaped or tubular; limb often 
irregular or 2-lipped; lobes 4-5, imbricate, rarely valvate. Stamens 
4-5, inserted on the tube of the corolla and alternating with its 
lobes, equal or unequal. Ovary inferior, 2—5-celled (rarely 1-celled), 
usually crowned with an epigynous disc; style long with a capi- 
tate stigma, or short and 2—5-lobed; ovules 1 or more in each cell, 
pendulous, anatropous. Fruit usually a berry or drupe, rarely a 
capsule, 1- or many-seeded. Seeds with copious albumen; embryo 
usually minute, radicle superior. 
