262 RUBIACER. [Coprosma. 
36. C. microcarpa, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 110.—A leafy 
shrub 1-10ft. high; branches slender, close-set, divaricating, 
pubescent, lenty 6 bark ee? Leaves in pairs on short lateral 
branchlets, +4 in. long, #,—;4, 1m. broad, spreading, linear or linear- 
lanceolate, aerihe. flat, veinless, dark- brown when dry, not coria- 
ceous ;_ stipules short, ciliate. Flowers minute. Males: Calyx 
cup-shaped, 4-toothed. Corolla broadly bell-shaped, 4in. diam., 
4-partite; lobes narrow, acuminate, long. Females: Calyx-limb 
short, tubular, 4-toothed. Corolla ;4,in., tubular or _—— shaped, 
4-clett + way down. Drupe very ‘small, globose, ;4,in. diam.— 
Handb. ‘NZ. Fl.118; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 244. ? C. margarita, Col. 
in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 594. 
NortH Istanp: Ruahine Mountains, Colenso! Olsen! SourH Isuanp: 
Nelson— Upper Maitai Valley, Graham River, 7. #. C. Westland—Ahaura 
Plain, Kirk! Canterbury—Oxford Forest, Kirk ! 
The above description is that given in the ‘‘ Handbook,”’ but without access 
to the type specimens, which are in the Kew Herbarium, it is impossible to say 
whether the plants from the localities cited are really identical with Hooker’s. 
species or not. 
37. C. depressa, Col. ex Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 110.—A small 
closely branched usually prostrate bush 1-4ft. high; branches 
leafy, trailing or prostrate, younger ones puberulous; bark greyish. 
Leaves usually in opposite fascicles, 4-4 in. long, +4-;4 in. wide, 
linear-lanceolate or narrow linear- oblong, rarely linear - obovate, 
acute or obtuse, narrowed into a rather short petiole or almost 
sessile, suberect or patent or recurved, rigid and coriaceous, some- 
what concave, glabrous or the margins minutely ciliate; veins 
indistinct. Stipules short, broad, ciliate. Flowers terminating the 
branchlets, solitary, sessile, involucellate. Males: Calyx wanting. 
Corolla ;,-4in. long, campanulate, 4-partite. Females: Calyx- 
limb 4-toothed. Corolla tubular, #,in. long, 4-lobed. Drupe 4 in. 
diam., glohose, orange-yellow.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 118; Cheesem. in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 250; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 245. 
Norru Istanp: Lake Taupo and Ruahine Mountains, Colenso! Ruapehu, 
Kirk ; Rangipo Plain, Petrie! Mount Egmont, 7. F. C. SourH Isnanp: 
Mount Arthur Plateau, 7’. #. C.; mountains above the Otira Valley, Petrie! 
Arthur’s Pass, Cockayne, T. F. C.; Kurow Mountains, Petrie ! 2500-5000 ft. 
December—January. 
Very close to C. cuneata, but a much smaller and more slender plant, with 
smaller and narrower leaves. It also approaches some states of C. acerosa yar. 
brunnea, but that is a stouter and more rigid plant, with dark bark and narrower 
leaves. 
38. C. repens, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 22, t. 164.—A small 
glabrous creeping species, often forming broad matted patches. 
Branches 2-18in. long or more, prostrate and rooting, stout or 
slender, sometimes almost flaccid; bark greyish. Leaves usually 
close-set, rarely distant, $4 in. long, linear-oblong or linear-obovate 
to broadly oblong or broadly obovate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed 
