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Gen. I. COPROSMA, Font. 
Mores diclines v. polygami. Cahjcis tubus ovatus; limbus superus, 1-5-dentatus. 
v. subcampanulata, limbo 4-5-lobo. Stamina 4-5, iino corolla? inserta; nlamentis longe exsertis ; antli. -ris 
lineari-oblongis, connectivo ultra loculos producto. Ovarium 2-4-loculare ; Ioculis 1-ovu! 
fjliforinibus, elongatis, exsertis, uudique piloso-stigmatiferis. Bacca ovoidea \ , g 
2 (rarius plura), plano-convexa. Embryo axi albuminis cornei orthotropus; radicuhi tereti, hilo proxima ; 
cotyledonibus foliaceis. — Frutices scqA-^'um j ■*, /nihil u vurii ; lloribus vir'uhbus, 
sessilibus v. pedicellatis, solitariis v. in cajiitula pcdnncidaia dis/josilis; baccis rubris, stppe edulibu*. 
This is eminently a Polynesian genus, the species of which arc excessively variable; the majority of them in- 
habit New Zealand, where they constitute one of tin- largest genera of llowering plants. I In few \ 
are also Tasmanian. — Shrubs, sometimes creeping; small, ami alpine, with evergreen, often fictul, tohagc. ami deci- 
duous stipules. Flowers solitaiy or capitate, sessile or pedieelled, axillary, ineonspicnous, white or greenish, oltcn 
unisexual. Cafyx-tuhe adnate with the ovary, its limb free, tour- or live-lobed. Corolla funnel-shaped, tubular or 
campanulate, with four or five valvate lobes, and a long or short tube. Orary Iwo-celled, rarely iour-eelled. with 
two long, exserted, filiform styles, covered throughout their length with stigmatie liairs. Shnimm lour to nine 
filaments inserted at the base of the tube of the corolla, asserted, flexuose. Antien Iniear, pe n du loua, the con- 
nective produced into a short point at their apex. Berry usually red, two-celled, two-seeded, rai 
Seeds with horny albumen, plano-convex. (Name from the fetid odour of - 
1. Coprosma hirtella (Lab. FL Nov. Holl. i. 70. t. 95); fruticosa, robusfa, foliis rigide conacci> 
petiolatis obovatis lanceolatisve cuspidatis superne scaberulis, stipulis late ovatis, capitulis nxillaribus, llori- 
bus 3-10 subsessilibus tetrameris.— Nob. in i ' ■"» ; />(,'. Pmdr. iv. 57S. C. cuspidi- 
folia, DC. I. c {Gunn, 10.) 
Hab. Abundant in rocky places throughout the Colony.— (Fl. Dec.) [v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia : New South Wales and "Victoria. 
A rigid, evergreen shrub, 3-5 feet high, growing in unisexual clumps. Branches angled, strict, woody, 
scabrous. Leaves very coriaceous, 1-H inch long, obovate or lanceolate, very rigid, cuspidate, scabrous above, nar- 
rowed into a short petiole. Stipules broadly ovate, often cleft into several teeth. Flowert aggregated in small. 
axillary hi ads. Berries red or amber-coloured. 
2, Coprosma Billardieri (Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 465) ; fruticosa, ramulis puberulis 
gracilibus virgatis subdistiche ramulosis ssepe spinescentibus, foliis parvis ovatis oblongis lanceolatisve 
acutis utrinque glaberrimis submembranaceis, floribus solitariis tetrameris. — C. microphj 
MSS. Canthium quadrifidum, Lab. FL Nov. Ho/L i. t. 94. Marquisia Billardieri, DC 
(Gunn,2\d.) 
Hab. Common by the banks of streams in a rich soil, m shaded ravines and dense h.n - 
name, " Native Currant,"— (Fl. Nov.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia, from Port Jackson to Victoria. 
A slender. ■ twi^y shrub, G-12 led high, upon wliieli tlie only a-nianian ep.p iy a 
orchid. Gunnia, is generally found at Emu Bay. / divancatmir. 
somewhat distichous, often spineseent. Isace* numerous, extremely \ariabie m M/.e and -aape. 4 -l inch long, 
shortly petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, membranous, quite glabrous. Flower* small, 
solitary, axillary. Berries red, not unpleasant, of the size of a small currant. 
ia (Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 465) ; frutex erectus robustus ramosus, 
