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XXXVIII. EtJBIACEAE. 



[Coprosma. 



0. Branchlets densely pubescent: — 



Leaves oblong to obovate, oiliate . . . . . . . . . . 20. G. ciliata. 



Leaves obovate or linear-oblong. Flowers all solitary . . . . 21. C parviflora. 



d. Branchlets glabrous or glabrate, except in C. Kirkii. Leaves orbicular to obovate, or linear : — 

 Branchlets rigid, divaricating, often interlaced. Leaves orbicular, cori- 

 aceous. Flowers solitary or geminate . . . . . . . . 22. C. crassifolia. 



Branchlets divaricating. Bark reddish. Leaves orbicular or obloug- 



spathulate, Jin.-f in. long, glabrous. Stigmas very slender . . 23. C. rirjida. 



Branchlets ascending. Leaves obovate, §in.-lia. long, pubescent. 



Stigmas robust . . . . . . . . . . . . 24. C Buchanani. 



Branchlets divaricating. Leaves round, oblong, or orbicular, Jin.-|in. 



long, membranous . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. C. rubra. 



Branchlets slender, intricate. Leaves ovate- or elliptic-spathulate, 



membranous, Jin.-Jin. long .. .. .. .. ..26. C. virescens. 



Branches flexuous, interlaced. Leaves narrow-linear, Jin.-Jin. long, 



^in. wide, often fascicled. Male flowers solitary or fascicled . . 27. C. acerosa. 



Twigs strigose, pubescent. Leaves fm. long, j^iu. broad. Female 



flowers solitary. Drupe globose, -^m. in diameter . . . . 28. C. margarita. 



Branches divaricating. Leaves linear-oblong, Jin. -Jin. long, j'jjin. wide. 



Male flowers solitary or fascicled . . . . . . . . 29. C. propingua. 



Decumbent or prostrate. Twigs pubescent. Leaves fin.-fin. long, 

 fascicled. Female flowers in 3-5-flowered fascicles on abortive 

 branchlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30. C. Kirkii. 



B. Flowers usually terminating leafy branches ; females solitary ; males solitary or rarely 



fascicled. 



Erect. Branchlets slender. Leaves linear-lanceolate ; petioles short, 

 glabrous. Male flowers in 3-5-flovvered fascicles 



Erect. Branchlets stout, setose. Leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, 

 sparingly oiliate 



Branchlets very slender. Leaves oblong, ovate, or obovate, membranous, 



distant. Male flowers solitary or in 2-3-flowered fascicles 

 Erect or prostrate. Leaves linear, obovate, or oblong. Peduncle short, 



decurved 



Prostrate. Leaves coriaceous, retuse or emarginate, with thickened 

 erosulate margins 



Erect. Branches rigid. Leaves numerous, coriaceous, linear or cu- 



neate-oblong or obovace-oblong, Jin.-Jin. long 

 Erect. Branches very slender. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, Jin.- 



Jin. long, membranous 



Erect or prostrate. Leaves Jin.-Jin. long, linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, 

 concave 



III. Stems pbostbate and eootinq. Leaves small. Flowees solitaby, tebminal. 

 Leaves glabrous, narrow-oblong or obovate. Male corolla tubular . . 39. C. repens. 



Leaves linear-oblong or obovate, hairy. Male corolla shorter, narrowed 

 below 



40. G. Petriei. 



1. C. macrocarpa, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z.I, xx. (1887) 147. A robiist 

 glabrous shrub, 5ft.-12ft. high. Bark dark-brown. Leaves subcoriaeeous, 

 glossy-green, 4in.-7in. long, liin.-3^in. broad, broadly ovate-oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, subacute or apiculate, slightly thickened at the margins, rather 

 suddenly narrowed into a short petiole ; veins conspicuous. Stipules large, 

 loosely sheathing, truncate. Flowers not seen. Fruit very large (immature), 

 4in.-lin. long, sessile or on short pedicels, in 3-7-fruited axillary fascicles or 



