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13. C. spathulata, A. Cunn. Precwr. n. 479.—A small sparingly 
branched shrub 2-5 ft. high, rarely more ; branches slender, young 
ones puberulous. Leaves rather distant, variable in size, 4-14 in. 
long; blade orbicular or broadly or transversely oblong, obtuse or 
retuse or emarginate, suddenly contracted into a narrow winged 
petiole longer or shorter than the blade, coriaceous, glossy ; mar- 
gins recurved; veins few. Stipules triangular, cuspidate. Flowers 
sessile, axillary, solitary or in 2-3-flowered fascicles. Males: 
Seated in an involucel composed of a pair of depauperated leaves. 
and their stipules, drooping. Calyx deeply 4-5-lobed. Corolla 
campanulate, +in. long, 4—d-lobed to the middle, lobes revolute. 
Stamens usually 4. Females generally solitary, smaller and nar- 
rower than the males. Calyx-limb deeply 4-toothed, teeth acute. 
Corolla tubular, deeply 3-4-lobed. Drupe globose or nearly so, 
tin. diam., black, very rarely red.—Raoul, Choix, 46; Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. i. 106; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 114; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xix. (1887) 237; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 234. 
Nortu Istanp: Abundant in lowland forests from the North Cape to the 
Upper Waikato. August-September. 
Allied to C. arborea, from which it is easily separated by the small size,, 
straggling habit, smaller leaves on longer petioles, fewer flowers, and solitary 
black fruit. The leaves are often a bronzy colour, shining and polished on the 
upper surface, 
14. C. rotundifolia, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 473.—A laxly branched 
shrub 4-12 ft. high; branches long and slender, widely spreading, 
irregularly and sparsely branched, the young ones densely pubes- 
cent or almost villous towards the tips; bark greyish - brown. 
Leaves distant, 1-lin. long, usually orbicular, but varying to 
broadly oblong or ovate-oblong, cuspidate or abruptly acute, rarely 
obtuse, thin and membranous, more or less pubescent and ciliate, 
especially on the margins and veins, finely reticulated; petioles 
short, villous. Flowers sessile, in axillary few- or many-flowered 
fascicles, rarely solitary. Males: Calyx wanting. Corolla 7 in. 
long, broadly campanulate, deeply 4-lobed. Female flowers smaller 
and narrower. Calyx-limb minutely 4-toothed. Corolla tubular, 
3-4-lobed. Drupe globose or broader than long, often didymous, 
Zin. diam., red— Raoul, Choix, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 108; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 114; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 
937; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 235. C. rufescens, Col. in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xviii. (1886) 261. 
NortH anp SoutH Istanps: Abundant in damp forests, by the side of 
rivers, &c. Sea-level to 2000 ft. September—October. 
The spreading habit, broad membranous leaves, villous branchlets, small 
fascicled flowers, and small globose or didymous red drupes are the best marks of 
this common species. C. areolata is distinguished by its fastigiate habit, 
smaller acute leaves, and black drupe; C. tenuicaulis by being more glabrous,. 
by the much smaller leaves, and by the black drupe; while C. rubra is at once 
