Coprosma. | RUBIACES. 263 
into very short broad petioles or almost sessile, bright-green, coria- 
‘ceous, spreading or suberect; margins thickened. Stipules short 
and broad, obtuse, glabrous or ciliate. Flowers greenish-white, 
solitary, terminal. Males: Large for the size of the plant, 4-3 in. 
long. Calyx minute, cupular, 4- or 8-toothed. Corolla tubular, 
often curved, 4-—8-toothed or -lobed. Stamens 4-8. Females 
smaller, +4in. long. Calyx-limb 4-8-toothed. Corolla tubular, 
4-8-lobed to about 4 way down. Styles 2 or 4, rarely 3 or 5. 
Drupe globose, }in. diam., red or orange-yellow.— Fl. Nov. Zel. 
1.110;, Handb. N.Z. Fl. 119; Cheesem. an Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. 
(1887) 250; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 245. C. pumila, Hook. f. Fl. 
Antarct. 11. 543; Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 110; Handd. N.Z. Fl. 119. 
C. perpusilla, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii. (1890) 466. 
NortH anp SoutH Isnuanps, StEwArRT ISLAND, AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL 
IsnAnps, ANTrPODES ISLAND, MaAcqguarrig IsuAND: Abundant in mountain dis- 
tricts from the Kast Cape southwards; ascending to 6000ft. on Mount Egmont 
and in the Southern Alps, descending to sea-level in the Auckland Islands, 
ke. December—January. 
Easily distinguished from all other species, except C. Petriei, by the small 
size and creeping and matted habit. From C. Petriez it is separated by the 
larger and broader always glabrous leaves, much longer tubular male flowers, 
and smaller drupe. 
39. C. Petriei, Cheesem. im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii. (1886) 316. 
— Stem prostrate and creeping, usually forming broad matted 
patches; branches 6-18 in. long, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves 
usually close-set, erecto-patent, ;4-+1in. long, linear-oblong or 
linear-obovate, acute or obtuse, narrowed into short petioles or 
sessile, often concave, rigid and coriaceous, veinless, glabrous or 
sprinkled over with short white hairs on both surfaces. Flowers 
solitary, terminating short erect branchlets, involucellate. Males: 
Calyx wanting. Corolla 4+—4in. long, tubular at the base, cam- 
panulate above, 4-lobed. Females smaller, about } in. long. 
Calyx-limb irregularly toothed. Corolla broadly tubular, deeply 
4-lobed. Drupe large, globose, $-4in. diam., variable in colour, 
dark-purple or bluish-purple, sometimes pale and translucent.— 
Kurk, Students’ F'l. 246. 
SourH Isntanp: Not uncommon in mountain districts from Nelson to 
Foveaux Strait. Descends to sea-level at the mouth of the Waitaki River, 
ascends to over 4000 ft. in the Southern Alps. . November—January. 
Hasily separated from C. repens by the shape of the male corolla and much 
larger drupe. 
2. NERTERA, Banks and Sol. 
Small slender creeping perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, 
glabrous or sparsely pilose. Stipules small, interpetiolar. Flowers 
solitary, axillary or terminal, sessile or very shortly pedicelled, 
hermaphrodite. Calyx-limb truncate or very obscurely 4-toothed. 
Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, 4—5-lobed ; lobes valvate. Stamens 
