Coprosma. | RUBIACEA). 253 
growing in exposed places; young shoots more or less 
clothed with a short white pubescence. Leaves +-3in. long, 
$+in. broad, very variable in shape and texture, orbicular or 
broadly ovate to narrow-oblong, in some varieties with lanceolate 
-or linear leaves mixed with the broader ones, rounded retuse or 
acute, abruptly narrowed into a very short petiole, coriaceous or 
almost membranous, glabrous or puberulous beneath; veins re- 
‘ticulated, evident except in the more coriaceous forms. Flowers 
axillary, solitary or in 2-3-flowered fascicles, involucellate. 
Males: Calyx wanting. Corolla campanulate, j4,in. long, 4-5- 
lobed to below the middle, lobes often recurved. Females smaller 
-and narrower. Calyx-limb truncate or obsoletely toothed. Corolla 
tubular, deeply 4-cleft; lobes narrow, revolute. Drupe globose, 
-¢in. diam., usually bright-red or reddish-black, rarely quite black.— 
Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 239; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 
.236. Two main forms are distinguishable as follows :— 
Var. a, vera.—Teaves orbicular or broadly ovate, obtuse, often coriaceous. 
—C. rhamnoides, A. Cunn.; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.i. 107; Handb. N.Z. FI. 
116. C.concinna, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi. (1884) 330. C. orbiculata, 
Col. l.c. xxii. (1890) 465. 
Var. b, divaricata-—Leaves broadly ovate, oblong-ovate, or oblong, acute 
-or subacute, rather thin. Narrower leaves, linear or lanceolate, often mixed 
with the broader ones.—C. divaricata, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 476 (not of Hook. f.). 
-C. heterophylla, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii. (1886) 263. ? C. gracilis, 
A, Cunn. Precur. n. 475. 
NortH AnD SoutH Istanps, Stewart Istanp: Abundant throughout, 
-ascending to 3000 ft. August-October. 
An exceedingly variable and puzzling species, for a fuller account of which 
‘reference should be made to my revision of the genus, published in the 
“Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,’’ Vol. xix. (p. 239). 
18. C. ciliata, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 22.—A much-branched 
bush 4—10 ft. high, sometimes forming almost impenetrable thickets; 
‘branches stout or slender, lax or dense, young ones villous with 
rather rigid hairs; bark pale, almost white. Leaves tufted on 
short lateral branchlets, +—-2in. long, oblong or oblong-obovate, 
rarely narrower and linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, narrowed 
into a very short petiole, flat, rather membranous, under-surface 
slightly pubescent, margins and petiole ciliate ; veins obscure, not 
reticulated. Stipules broad, acute, villous. Flowers unknown. 
Drupe (only a single specimen seen) subglobose, + in. diam., black. — 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 115; Kirk, Students’ Fil. 237. 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS, ANTIPODES Istanp: Abundant, ascend- 
ing to 1000 ft. 
Apparently closely allied to C. parviflora, but its exact position cannot be 
determined until good flowering and fruiting specimens have been obtained. 
19. C. parviflora, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 107.—An erect much- 
branched leafy shrub 4-15 ft. high; branches stout or siender, often 
‘Spreading in a horizontal plane; branchlets densely pubescent or 
