260 RUBIACER. [Coprosma. 
ingly foetid when bruised or while being dried. Branches slender, 
glabrous, or the very young ones minutely puberulous. Leaves vavri- 
able in size and shape, 14-2 in. long, +~?in. broad, usually oblong, 
but varying from linear-oblong or -obovate to rounded oblong or 
broad-ovate, obtuse or acute or retuse, abruptly narrowed into a 
rather long and slender petiole, slightly coriaceous or almost mem- 
branous; margins flat; midrib distinct; lateral veins obscure. 
Stipules short, cuspidate. Flowers sessile, terminating the branch- 
lets. Males solitary or 2-3 together. Calyx often wanting, when 
present minute, obscurely 4-toothed. Corolla 4—2in. long, cam- 
panulate, 4-5-lobed to the middle, rarely 8-10-lobed. Stamens the 
same number as the lobes. Females solitary, erect, +-4in. long. 
Calyx-limb truncate or obscurely toothed. Corolla tubular, 3-4- 
lobed. Drupe 4in. long, oblong or ovoid, red or yellowish-red, some- 
times pale and translucent.—A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 261; A. Cunn. 
Precur.n. 471; Raoul, Chow, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Antarct.i. 20, t. 18; 
Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 105; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 116; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 242. 
C. affinis, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 21, t. 14. C. repens, A. Rich. FI. 
Nouv. Zel. 264 (not Hook. f.). C. pusilla, Forst. Prodr. n. 513. 
C. sagittata, Coi. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxi. (1899) 270. 
NortH AND SoutH IsLANDs, CHATHAM ISLANDS, STEWART IsLAND, AUCKLAND 
AND CAMPBELL IsLANDS: Abundant from the Thames goldfields and Raglan 
southwards. Sea-level to 4500 ft. Karamu ; Hupiro. August—October. 
Easily distinguished by the oblong leaves, large terminal flowers, and hor- 
ribly disagreeable odour when bruised. 
33. C. Colensoi, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 117.—A small and 
slender erect or rarely procumbent open or closely branched shrub 
2-8 ft. high; bark pale-brown or whitish; young branches puberu- 
lous. Leaves opposite or fascicled on short lateral twigs, yellowish- - 
green, very variable in size and shape, 4-14 in. long, linear-oblong or 
linear-obovate to broadly oblong or obovate, rarely narrower and 
linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or retuse, narrowed into rather 
slender petioles, coriaceous or almost membranous; margins flat, or 
recurved in the coriaceous forms; veins indistinct. Flowers ter- 
minating the branchlets, solitary on short decurved peduncles, involu- 
cellate. Males: Calyx wanting. Corolla tin. long, campanulate, 
4-lobed. Females: Calyx-limb minutely 4-toothed. Corolla 4in. 
long, tubular, 4-lobed; lobes revolute. Drupe }-+in. long, oblong, 
dark-red.—Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 248; Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 248. C. myrtillifolia var. linearis, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. i. 108. C. Banksii, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxx. (1898) 433. 
Norru Isuanp: Mountainous districts from the Thames goldfields and Te 
Aroha southwards; not common. SourH Istanp: Western portion of Nelson 
Province and Westland to the West Coast sounds. Stewart Is~anp: Abundant. 
Usually from 1500 ft. to 3500ft., but descends to sea-level on Stewart Island. 
November—January. 
A well-marked species, easily recognised by the terminal solitary flowers on 
decurved peduncles. 
