Rubiacee. | FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 105 
A low, branching, small tree or large shrub, with stout, thick, whitish branches, and very broad, often fleshy, 
leaves, which vary a good deal in texture, and are black when dry. Leaves 14 inch long, seldom 2 inches, often 
much smaller, suddenly contracted into short thick petioles, broadly oblong, rounded or obovate, with recurved 
margins, thick veins, and a rounded or retuse apiculate upper extremity. Peduncles stout, simple or rarely 
branched, shorter than the petioles. Flowers densely capitate; heads unisexual, dicecious? of very many sessile 
flowers. Calyx obscurely four-lobed, very inconspicuous. Corolla with a short tube, and four spreading oblong 
lobes. Stamens four; anthers broadly oblong; filaments stout. Styles stout. Berry generally obovate, the seeds 
obscurely thickened or keeled at the back.—The New Zealand specimens are of a much more succulent and stout 
habit than those of Norfolk Island; but I find no difference in the flowers or fruit, which latter varies extremely in 
size, from that of a large pea to a small pepper-corn. 
4. Coprosma robusta, Raoul; frutex v. arbuscula glaberrima ramosa foliosa, foliis 2-3 unc. longis 
petiolatis ovalibus elliptico-oblongis lanceolato-ellipticisve acutis valde coriaceis siccitate atro-fuscis, pedun- 
culis brevibus robustis articulatis, floribus plurimis confertis, calycis limbo brevissimo obscure 4-lobo, 
corolla breviter campanulata 4-loba, baccis confertis. Raoul, Choix de Plantes, p. 23. t. 91. C. fostidis- 
sima, 4. Cunn. Prodr. pro parte. 
Haz. Throughout the Islands, abundant ; from the Bay of Islands, Cunningham (sub nom. C. lucida), 
etc., to Akaroa, Raoul. (Cultivated in England.) 
A large, leafy, erect, stout, woody shrub, everywhere quite smooth and glossy. Leaves 2-3 inches long, very 
coriaceous, dark brown when dry, on short petioles, generally elliptical oblong, but often elliptic lanceolate or 
obovate oblong, blunt or acute. Stipules broadly triangular. Peduncles rarely longer than the petioles, stout, 
jointed, seldom branched, with connate stipules at the joints, as in all the species. Flowers densely crowded at 
the joints, sessile, forming together heads } inch across.  Calya-limb very short, truncate, obscurely four-lobed. 
Corolla campanulate, four-lobed above the middle, 2-8 lines long. Anthers linear-oblong. Styles slender. Berries 
the size of a large pepper-corn, bright red, very crowded. Seeds usually long, elliptical oblong.—A very distinct 
species, as are the three preceding, though each is so variable in itself, that it is not easy to distinguish one till 
familiar with the rest. 
$ b. Erect, seldom prostrate shrubs or small trees. Leaves small (seldom 1 inch long), broad. Flowers sessile 
or nearly so, solitary or few together. (In C. feetidissima the leaves are sometimes narrow, and 13 inch 
long ; in C. spathulata the leaves are often larger. For C. propinqua and cuneata, see the following section.) 
5. Coprosma ‚fetidissima, Forst.; frutex v. arbuscula ubique glaberrima, ramis cortice pallido ramu- 
lisque ultimis glaberrimis, stipulis late ovatis acutis seepe apice subulatis submembranaceis deciduis, foliis 
3-13 unc.) anguste v. late obovatis oblongisve obtusis acutisve in petiolum sublongum angustatis, floribus 
magnis sessilibus solitariis; d' cal. minimo truncato obscure 4-lobo, corolla tubuloso-campanulata (4 mme) 
4—8-fida lobis erectis, stamina sub-5, antheris lineari-elongatis coroll «equilongis; 2 cal. ore truncato 
obscure 4-lobo, corolla campanulata infra medium 4-fida lobis linearibus recurvis marginibus papillosis, 
stigmatibus crassis $ unc. longis, baccis carnosis rubris. Forst. Prodr. DC. Prodr. A. Rich. Flora. Fl. 
Antarct. p. 20. t. 13. 
Var. 8; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acutis. C. affinis, FU. Antarct. 
Var. y; foliis anguste lanceolato-oblongis, ramis decumbentibus prostratisve. C.? repens, 4. Rich. 
Fl. Nov. Zeal. ? 
Var. ò; parvula, ramis gracilibus, foliis 1-1 unc. longis. 
Has. Mountains of the Northern Island, Colenso. Abundant in the Middle and Southern Islands, 
Forster, ete. Nat. names, “ Karamu” and “ Karangu," Colenso. 
A plant chiefly of the Middle and Southern Islands, which may almost be identified by its abominable smelt 
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