PuatE 76.—COROKIA BUDDLEOIDES. 
Famiry CORNACE4. | [Genus COROKIA, A. Cunn. 
Corokia buddleoides, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 579: Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 237. 
The subject of this plate was first collected by that enthusiastic botanist 
and explorer Allan Cunningham in the Bay of Islands district in the year 1826. 
Recognizing that it constituted a new genus, Cunningham gave it the name of 
Corokia, which is an adaptation of its Maori name korokio, or more correctly 
korokio-taranga; and it was published under that title in his “ Precursor,” 
issued in the years 1838-39. Cunningham attributed to his plant dicecious 
flowers and white petals, both of which statements are erroneous, the flowers being 
always perfect, and their colour yellow. The plant was collected by Mr. Colenso 
shortly after his arrival in the colony, and an excellent drawing, prepared from 
specimens forwarded by him, was published in the “Icones Plantarum” in the 
year 1843. Since then it has been observed by all botanists who have examined 
the vegetation of the northern portion of the North Island; in fact, it is common 
in forests from Kaitaia and Mangonui southwards to the Bay of Plenty, and 
probably to the East Cape, the most southern locality from whence I have seen 
specimens being inland from Opotiki. It is most plentiful at a little elevation 
above the sea, and was noted by Mr. Kirk on the summit of Mount Tarawera, prior 
to the eruption of 1886, at an altitude of 3,400 ft. 
Corokia buddleotdes is a handsome much-branched slender shrub 10 {t. or 12 ft. 
in height. The pale-green leaves, with their silvery-white under-surface, and the 
bright-yellow starlike flowers, render it an attractive plant, and it is somewhat 
curious that it has not found its way into gardens in the northern portion of the 
Dominion. It is easy of cultivation, of quick growth, and comes into bloom while 
comparatively young. It might well be planted in the place of many far less 
suitable exotics. 
Prare 76. Corokia buddleoides, drawn from specimens collected on the Waitakerei Ranges, near 
Auckland. Fig. 1, unexpanded flower (x 3); 2, expanded flower (x 3); 3, peltate hair (enlarged) ; 
4, section of calyx and ovary (x 3); 5, portion of corolla laid open, showing the scales at the base of 
the petals (x 5); 6 and 7, front and back view of anther (x 8); 8, scale (x 10); 9, ripe fruit (x 2) ; 
10, longitudinal section of fruit (x 2). 
