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108 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [ Rubiacee. 
foliosis pubescentibus, foliis plurimis parvis (4 unc.) uniformibus obovato-spathulatis lineari-obovatisve 
obtusis breve petiolatis glaberrimis subcoriaceis, floribus minimis; masc. calyce brevi obscure 4-lobo, corolla 
4-partita lobis lineari-oblongis, staminibus 4; foem. calycis tubo ovoideo glaberrimo limbo breviter tubu- 
loso 4-lobo, corolle tubo brevi campanulato lobis 4 lineari-elongatis, baccis majusculis. 
Has. Throughout the Islands. Bay of Islands and east coast; common in fir-woods, etc. Middle 
Island, Otago and Bluff Island, Zyall. 
A stout, erect, rigid shrub, 4—7 feet high, with spreading, flat branches, very much divided; ramuli spreading 
laterally, pubescent, leafy, woody. Leaves uniform in size, numerous, $ inch long, linear-oblong or spathulate, 
sometimes almost cuneate, blunt, on very short petioles, rather coriaceous. Flowers as small as in C. rhamnoides 
and similar, but the males have a distinct though short four-lobed ealyx, and the tube of the female corolla is 
shorter. Berries (in Dr. Lyall’s Middle Island specimens) globose, size of a pea; seeds with a rib down the back.— 
Difficult to distinguish by words, but a different-looking plant from the two former, being very leafy, with leaves 
uniform both in size and form. The male flowers, too, have an evident calyx. 
11. Coprosma rotundifolia, A.Cunn.; frutex erectus, diffuse ramosus, ramis gracilibus divaricatis me- 
diocriter foliosis ultimis petiolisgue villoso-pubescentibus, foliis membranaceis 1 unc. longis ovato-rotunda- 
tis orbiculatisve cuspidatis in petiolum angustatis puberulis glabratisve siccitate undulatis atro-fuscis subtus 
pallidioribus, floribus parvis solitariis 2-3-nisve ; masc. corolla campanulata 4-5-fida lobis tubo longioribus 
linearibus calyce spurio 4-lobo suffulta, staminibus 4-5 ; feem. calycis limbo obscure 4-lobo brevissimo, 
corolla ut in masc., baccis parvis didymis, seminibus orbicularibus valde convexis. 4. Cunn. Prodr. 
Has. Northern Island, Banks and Solander; Bay of Islands, etc., abundant, Cunningham, ete. 
A branching bush, 3—6 feet high, moderately leafy, with slender, spreading, round branches, the ultimate ones 
villous with short hairs or pubescence. Leaves 4-14 inch long, very membranous and crumpled when dry, rounded 
or oval, narrowed into a slender petiole 2-4 lines long, more or less pubescent with scattered hairs, always end- 
ing suddenly in a sharp point. Flowers small, solitary or few together. Male:—Caly 0, except the four- 
lobed cup-shaped bract formed by the confluence of a pair of stipules (as in C. rhamnoides, etc.). Corolla bell- 
shaped, four- to five-cleft below the middle into as many narrow lobes. Stamens four or five. Female :-—Calyx 
tube globose; limb very obscure, four-lobed. Corolla as in the male plant. Berry red, very small, 3—4 lines broad, 
of two rounded lobes. Seeds broad and rounded.—A. very distinct species, with the flowers of C. rhamnoides, but 
very different foliage, and a derry unlike any other of the genus I am acquainted with. 
12. Coprosma myrtillifolia, Hook. fil.; fruticosa, erecta, ramis divaricatis cortice pallido ultimis pu- 
berulis, foliis parvis (1-2 unc.) coriaceis breve petiolatis elliptico-ovatis oblongis lineari-oblongis lineari- 
busve obtusis retusis emarginatisve, floribus solitariis rarius fasciculatis (pro planta) majusculis; masc. ra- 
mulo subelongato pedunculatis cernuis, corolla late campanulata calyce spurio suffulta 4-5-fida lobis 
brevibus elongatisve, staminibus 4; fom. calycis tubo ovoideo limbo tereti subelongato ore truncato ciliato 
inzequaliter 4—5-lobo, baccis globosis. 77. Antarct. p. 21. 
Var. ß. cuneata; depressa v. prostrata, foliis lineari-cuneatis apice rotundatis v. emarginatis retusisve. 
Var. y. linearis; foliis anguste lineari-oblongis obtusis retusis emarginatisve. 
Has. Northern Island; in mountainous districts, Colenso. 
A small, erect shrub, 3-5 fect high, with rather stiff, strong, divaricating branches, pubescent at the apices, 
covered with a pale bark. eaves 2-2 inch long, variable in width, linear-oblong, or broadly oblong or obovate, 
coriaceous, smooth and glossy, blunt or notched at the apex. Flowers rather large for the size of the plant, gene- 
rally solitary, peduncled on the short curved branchlets. Male:—Calyw 0, except the cuneate stipules forming a 
four-lobed cup. Corolla broadly bell-shaped, with four long or short pubescent lobes. Female :—Calyx tube ovoid ; 
limb shortly tubular, truncate; mouth ciliated, obscurely lobed. Berry globose.—Originally described from Lord 
