GENERA AND SPECIES. 107 ° 
11. Leaves opposite ; ovule 1 in each cell. 
Fruit a berry-like drupe. Shrubs. 
Flowers in axillary cymes; ovule laterally attached Canthium 
Flowers in small terminal heads ; ovule erect ... Coprosma 
Fruit dry, capsular, 2-valved ; 1 ovule in each cell. 
Fruits connate in heads ; ‘ovule erect. Herbs ... Opereularia 
Fruits connate in umbels; ovule erect aA Pomax 
Fruits in er but not connate; ovule ieeerally 
attached .. a ie site Ae see .. sSpermacoece 
1m. Leaves whorled, rarely reduced to one pair ; 
fruit dry, 2-lobed, indehiscent, 1 ovule in 
each cell. Weak herbs with quadrangular 
stems. 
Corolla funnel-shaped with a distinct tube, at least of the 
staminate flowers ; flowers more or less unisexual ... Asperula 
Corolla rotate without any conspicuous tube an .. Galium 
Oldenlandia. 
Dwarf perennial ; leaves linear ; stipules small, toothed _ ti//aeacea 
Dentella. 
Prostrate or creeping herb, flowers solitary ; stipules 
scarious.... aes aR tor nei amt ... repens 
Canthium. 
Glabrous shrub ; leaves broadly ovate, very rigid ... latifolium 
Coprosma. 
Rigid shrub; leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, scabrous 
above Ae ree de ba: Fe he .. hirtella 
Opercularia. 
Peduncles erect ; leaves linear; seeds obtusely angled. 
Usually erect, scabrous-pubescent ; heads globular 
on long stalks... ate ne af! is ... seabrida 
Peduncles recurved ; seeds broad. 
Small procumbent ; leaves ovate ; seeds smooth, fur- 
rowed along the inner side ; stamens 3 to 4 ... Ouata 
Diffuse or wiry; leaves small, oblong-lanceolate or 
almost linear ; seeds somewhat wrinkled, with 2 
prominent ribs on the inner face ; stamens 2 .. Uariad 
Pomax. 
Somewhat shrubby and dwarf, more or less hairy; leaves 
ovate to lanceolate ee “is ies ee ... umbellata 
