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narrowed into a short stout petiole, coriaceous, dark-green and 
shining above, paler beneath; margins sometimes slightly recurved. 
Peduncles short, stout, simple or branched, bearing dense many- 
flowered glomerules. Male flowers: Calyx minute, cupular, obso- 
letely 4—5-toothed or quite truncate. Corolla campanulate, 1+ in. 
long, 4—5-lobed. Females: Much smaller, 1-4in. Corolla tubular, 
shortly 3-5-lobed. Drupes crowded, oblong to ovoid, ++ in. long, 
yellowish- or reddish-orange.—Choix de Plantes, 23, t. 21; Hook. f. 
Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 105; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 113; Cheesem. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 234; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 233. C. coffeeoides, 
Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi. (1889) 87. 
Var. angustata, Kirk, l.c.—Leaves smaller, 3-2in. long, }+-3in. broad, 
linear-oblong or lanceolate. Includes var. parva, Kirk, l.c. 
NortH AnD SovutH Isntanps, CHATHAM IsLANDS: Abundant throughout, 
ascending to 2500 ft. Karamu. August—October. 
The most generally distributed of all the New Zealand species. 
9. ©. Cunninghamii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 113.-—-A large 
sparingly branched shrub 6-15ft. high; bark pale; branches 
ascending. Leaves erect, 4—2in. long, linear or linear-lanceolate, 
acute or subacute, gradually narrowed into a short stout petiole, 
flat, coriaceous. Flowers sessile in 8-12-flowered glomerules or 
terminating short arrested branchlets. Males: Calyx minute, 
cupular, truncate or obscurely lobed. Corolla campanulate, $-} in. 
long, 4—5-lobed. Females smaller and less numerous. Calyx- 
limb 4-5-toothed. Corolla tubular, 3-5-lobed. Styles very long 
and slender. Drupe broadly oblong, in. long, pale and translu- 
cent.—Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 234; Kaork, 
Students’ Fl. 233. C. foetidissima, A. Cunn. Precwr. n. 471 in 
part (non Forst.). 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps, CHATHAM IsLaNnDs: Not uncommon in lowland 
districts, especially in rich alluvial soils. Mingimingi. August-September. 
Very closely allied to C. robusta, but distinguished by the linear leaves, 
fewer flowers, and translucent fruit. Intermediate states are not uncommon, 
and are often difficult to place in the absence of fruit. 
10. C. acutifolia, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn, Soc. i. (1857) 128.— 
A glabrous shrub or small tree 8-20 ft. high; bark pale; branches 
slender, spreading. Leaves 14-4in. long, lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, acuminate, narrowed into a slender 
petiole +-4 in. long, thin and membranous; veins finely reticulated. 
Peduneles slender, longer than the petioles, simple or trichoto- 
mously divided; branches ending in little fascicles of 2 or 3 flowers. 
Male flowers rather large, tin. long. Calyx minute, cupular. 
Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, 4-5-lobed. Female flowers smaller 
and fewer. Calyx-limb with 4-5 linear teeth. Corolla tubular, 
3-5-lobed. Drupe oblong, tin. long, reddish-orange.—Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 114; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. (1888) 169; Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 233. 
