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Auckland’s Island specimens, which were not found in flower, and differ from Mr. Colenso’s only in being more 
pubescent on the ramuli. It is closely allied to C. cuneata, of Lord Auckland’s Group, to which the var. 8 may 
belong, and is hence intermediate between this section and the following. The flowers of C. myrtillifolia itself, 
and of var. y, are smaller than those of C. cuneata. 
$ c. Erect or prostrate shrubs. Leaves small, less than 1 inch long, narrow, more or less linear, generally more 
than twice as long as broad. Flowers sessile or nearly so, solitary or fascicled. (See C. myrtillifolia and 
C. foetidissima in section b.) 
13. Coprosma propingua, A. Cunn.; erecta, virgata, ramis fastigiatis divaricatisve, ramulis puberulis, 
folis (2-13 unc.) longis submembranaceis anguste lineari-elongatis lanceolatisve rarius elliptico-lanceolatis 
acutis acuminatis v. rarius obtusis in petiolam brevem angustatis subtus nervosis rarius aveniis, stipulis 
breviter ovatis elongatisve, floribus ramulis abbreviatis confertis solitariisve; masc. confertis, corolla calyce 
spurio submembranaceo suffulta late campanulata breviter 4-loba; foem. confertis v. solitariis, calycis tubo 
ovoideo limbo tereti breviter tubuloso 4-lobo glaberrimo, corolla profunde 4-fida lobis lineari-oblongis, 
bacca ovoidea calycis tubo coronata v. nuda. C. propinqua e£ C. foetidissima, 4. Cunn. Prodr. 
Var. a; folis majoribus latioribus, floribus fasciculatis, corolle lobis latiusculis, calyce 2 tubuloso 
4-lobo. 
Var. 8; minor, foliis brevioribus, floribus ut in a, corolle lobis lineari-oblongis, calyce 2 insequaliter 
4-lobo.  Pelaphia parvifolia, Banks e£ Sol. MSS. 
Var. y. linarufolia; folis anguste lineari-elongatis, stipulis longe connatis, floribus 9 solitariis, calyce 
4-lobo, lobis linearibus persistentibus, corolle lobis anguste linearibus. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands; abundant on the east coast especially, Cunningham, etc.; Chat- 
ham Island, Diefenbach. 
A tall, generally erect shrub, with fasciculate or spreading, smooth, twiggy branches, and puberulous branchlets. 
Leaves very variable in length and breadth, 1-12 inch long, very narrow, linear or lanceolate or linear-oblong, acute 
or acuminate, rarely blunt, narrowed into a short petiole, black when dry, paler below, with usually a few conspi- 
cuous nerves. Flowers crowded, rarely solitary, rather large for the genus, 13-2 lines long. Male :-—Calyx 0, 
except the membranous connate stipules forming a four-lobed cup; corolla broadly campanulate, four-lobed ; lobes 
short, blunt. Female :—Calyz tube ovoid; limb elongated, cylindrical, truncate, four-lobed or four-partite, quite 
smooth, sometimes of four linear leaflets. Berries generally crowded, ovoid, sometimes terminated by the calyx. 
—A very variable plant in foliage, and somewhat in the size of the flowers and berries. The var. y I had thought 
a distinct species, from the solitary flowers, long sheathing tube of the connate stipules, narrow lobes of the corolla, 
and long, linear, coriaceous calyx lobes; but I find all these characters gradually giving way when many spe- 
cimens are examined. 
14. Coprosma acerosa, A. Cunn.; frutex ramosissimus, ramis divaricatis ultimis puberulis, cortice 
pallido, foliis subfasciculatis ericoideis acerosis brevibus (4 unc.) angustissime linearibus obtusis superne 
convexis subtus canaliculatis coriaceis glaberrimis, floribus parvis solitariis; masc. corolla calyce spurio 
membranaceo suffulta late campanulata 4-loba lobis late ovatis; foem. calycis tubo ovideo limbo truncato, 
corolla late campanulata limbo 4-fido lobis latis, baccis parvis rotundatis. A. Cunn. Prodr. Pelaphia, 
Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern, Middle, and Southern Islands. Bay of Islands and east coast; salt marshes, eto., 
Cunningham, Colenso, Sinclair, ete. New River, Southern Island, Herb. A. Richard. Nat. name, “ Tatara- 
hake,” Colenso. 
One of the most distinct species of the genus, which may be readily recognized by its heath-like leaves; it 
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