Coprosma. | RUBIACEH. 255 
21. C. Buchanani, 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiv. (1892) 
424.—A much and closely branched shrub 5-10ft. high; branches 
numerous, ascending, younger ones finely pubescent ; bark reddish- 
brown. Leaves distant, 4-lin. long, broadly oblong or obovate, 
obtuse or minutely apiculate, narrowed into a short pubescent 
petiole, rather coriaceous, puberulous and minutely ciliate when 
young, margins thickened. Stipules deltoid, acute, minutely 
ciliate. Male flowers unknown. Females axillary, solitary or in 
2-3-flowered fascicles, involucellate. Calyx-limb minutely 4-—65- 
toothed. Corolla narrow-campanulate, 4—5-lobed to the middle ; 
segments acute, recurved. Styles stout. Fruit unknown.— 
Students’ Fl. 239. 
NortH Istanp: Wellington—Near Cape Terawhiti, Buchanan, Kirk ! 
October. 
Apparently a very distinct species, the true affinities of which cannot be 
determined until the male flowers and fruit have been observed. 
22. C. crassifolia, Col. Excurs. North Is. 75.—A much- 
branched rigid shrub 4-12ft. high; branches divaricating, exces- 
sively stiff and rigid, often interlaced ; branchlets glabrous or 
minutely puberulous; bark reddish-brown or _ greyish-brown, 
uneven and fissured on the branches, smoother on the twigs. 
Leaves +-3in. long, rarely more, broadly oblong or obovate to 
-orbicular, rounded at the tip or retuse, abruptly narrowed into 
a very short petiole, usually thick and coriaceous, often glaucous 
beneath; margins thickened; veins obscure. Flowers involucellate, 
solitary or more rarely in 2-3-flowered fascicles. Male flowers: 
Calyx wanting. Corolla 4+in. long, campanulate, 4-partite almost 
to the base. Stamens 4. Female flowers: Calyx-limb minute, 
truncate or obsoletely toothed. Corolla tubular, 4-4 in. long, 
deeply 4-lobed. Drupe +in. long, subglobose or broadly oblong, 
yellow, sometimes white and translucent.—Cheesem. wn Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 242; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 238. C. pendula, 
Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi. (1889) 84. 
NorrH Aanp SoutH Istanps: From Hokianga southwards to Otago, but 
often local. Sea-level to 1200 ft. Septem ber-November. 
Best distinguished by the excessively stiff and rigid habit, almost glabrous 
branchlets, rounded coriaceous leaves, and subglobose yellow fruit. Mr. Colenso’s 
C. pendula has much thinner leaves, but is not otherwise different. 
23. C. rigida, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 248. 
An erect shrub 5-15 ft. high; branches divaricating, stout or 
slender, open or much interlaced, glabrous or the very young twigs 
puberulous ; bark reddish- or purplish-brown. Leaves in opposite 
pairs on short lateral branchlets, +-2in. long, obovate or oblong- 
spathulate, rounded or retuse, gradually narrowed into a short 
petiole, coriaceous or almost membranous, quite glabrous; veins 
