Co'prosma.] XXXVill. RUBIAGEAE. 231 



short racemes, broadly oblong, rounded at both ends, or sometimes nearly 

 orbicular. 



THREE KINGS Islands : Cheeseman I 1887. 



A noble species, with fruit twice the size of that of C. grandifolia. Both leaves and fruit 

 show a near relationship to C. grandifolia, especially in the venation of the former, but the arrange- 

 ment of the fruits is nearer that of 0. rohusta. My thanks are due to Mr. Cheeseman for the only 

 specimens I have seen of this fine plant. 



2. C. grandifolia, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 104. A sparingly-branched 

 shrub, 6ft.— 15ft. high. Branches naked below. Bark brown. Leaves mem- 

 branous, not shining, 4in.— Sin. long, liin.— 3in. broad, broadly oblong, obovate- 

 oblong, acute or rarely acuminate, narrowed at the base ; petioles slender, 

 Jin.— lin. long. Peduncles lin.— Sin. long, trichotomously branched. Flowers 

 sessile, in terminal or lateral 2-bracteate fascicles ; male fascicles very dense. 

 Oalyx minute in both, but the corolla of the male is funnel-shaped, of the 

 female tubular, very narrow. Drupe sin. long, broadly oblong, rounded at 

 both ends, orange-red. — Handbk. 113. C. autumnalis, Col. in Trans. N.Z.I, 

 xix. (1886) 263. Ronabea australis, A. Rich., PI. N.Z. 365. Pelaphia grandi- 

 folia, Banks and Sol. MS. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : from the Three Kings Islands and the North Gape to Awatere 

 and the Valley of the Butler. Ascends to 2,800ft. Menono. Kanono. Baurekau. April to June. 



3. C. lucida, Forst., Char. Gen. 138. Glabrous, erect, 2ft.-15ft. high. 

 Leaves 2in.— 5in. long, obovate oblong-obovate or lanceolate-obovate, acute 

 subacute or apiculate, narrowed into the short petiole, coriaceous, shining. 

 Peduncles lin.— 2in. long, trichotomously divided. Calyx minutely 4— 5-toothed 

 both in male and female. Corolla 4— 5-lobed ; male broadly tubular ; female 

 narrower and shorter. Stamens 4 or 5. Styles three or four times longer 

 than the corolla, filiform. Drupe iin. long, orange-red. — DC, Prod. iv. 378 ; 

 A. Rich., Fl. N.Z. 262; A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 470; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 104; 

 Handbk. 112. Pelaphia laurifolia, Banks and Sol. MS. 



Var. obovata. Erect, branches slender, strict. Leaves l^in.-3in. long, obovate or oblong- 

 obovate, obtuse, subcoriaceoas, not shining. Peduncles shorter, with fewer flowers. 



Throughout the colony, from the Three Kings to Stewart Island. Ascends to fully 3,000ft. 

 Var. ohovata : Great Barrier Island and Gape Colville ranges. Karaviu. Karangu. Sept. to Nov. 



Easily distinguished from C. grandifolia by the coriaceous obovate shining leaves and smaller 

 flowers. 



4. C. Baueri, Endlich., Iconog. Gen. PI. t. iii. X shrub or small round- 

 headed tree, from 1ft.— 20ft. high, glabrous except the young shoots, which are 

 sometimes minutely pubescent. Branchlets stout, terete, or obscurely tetra- 

 gonous. Leaves almost fleshy, broadly oblong or ovate or nearly obovate, 

 narrowed into the short slender petiole, rounded or retuse at the tip ; margins 

 often recurved, glossy. Stipules broad, acute, minutely toothed. Peduncles 

 axillary, about as long as the petioles. Male in dense terminal heads; calyx 

 very small, minutely 4-toothed ; corolla campaaulate, usually 4-lobed. Female : 



