332 XXXVIII. EUMAOBAE. \Coprosma. 



peduncle exceeding the petioles in fruit, simple or trichotomous ; heads 

 3— 5-flowered ; calyx-limb truncate or minutely 4i-toothed ; corolla short, 

 tubular, 4-toothed, Drupe broadly ovoid, iin.— iin. long, orange-yellow. — 

 C. Baueriaha, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 106; Handbk. 11.2; Cheesem., Trans. 

 N.Z.I, xix. 232; T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 62. C. lucida, End!., Prod. Fl. 

 Ins. Norf. n. 117. C. return, Hook. f. in Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. 415. Pelaphia 

 retusa, Banks and Sol. MS. 



NOETH and SOUTH Islands : on sea-cliffs. Prom the KERMADEC Islands, the Three Kings 

 Islands, and the North Cape to Marlborough and Greymouth. CHATHAM Islands, H. H. Traverse 

 Also in LORD HOWE'S Island and NORFOLK Island. Naupata. Angiangi. Mamangi. Sept. 

 to Nov. 



The stipules of this species and some others secrete a watery fluid, which serves to protect 

 the buds. 



?'Var. oblongifolla. Branches very stout, rigid, densely pubescent or almost pilose. Leaves 

 glabrous or glabrate, linear- oblong-spathulate, about lin. long, Jin.-Jin. wide, rounded at the tips, 

 gradually narrowed into very short petioles, rather fleshy ; midrib pubescent. Flowers and fruit not 

 seen. NORTH Island : Tapotopoto Bay, Gillies and Kirlc. 



5. C. petiolata, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. i. (1857) 128. A 

 shrub or small tree, 10ft.— 30ft. high, with spreading branches. Young shoots 

 and petioles pubescent. Leaves glabrous and pubescent, about 2in. long, lin. 

 broad, broadly elliptical-oblong or oblong-spathulate, rounded above, narrowed 

 into a slender petiole, almost coriaceous; petiole and midrib pubescent. Sti- 

 pules deltoid, short. Peduncles and flowers as in C. Baueri, but the latter 

 rather smaller. — C. Baueri, F. Muell., Fram. Phyt. Fragm. Austr. ix. 69 (not 

 of Endl.) . 



KERMADEC Islands, Gheeseman. NORTH Island : maritime rooks south of Castlepoint, 

 Golenso. CHATHAM Islands, Gox ! Also on LORD HOWE'S Island and NORFOLK Island. 

 Karamu. 



I have not seen the flowers of this species, which difiers from C. Baueri in the narrower, thin, 

 almost coriaceous leaves and short pubescent petioles and branohlets. Mr. Cox states that on the 

 Chatham Islands it forms a large portion of the forest, sometimes with a trunk 2ft. in diameter, and 

 often hollow. My attempts to find Colenso's plant near Castlepoint have been futile. 



6. C. serrulata, Hook. /., MS. ex Buck, in Trans. N.Z.I, iii. (1870) 



212. A sparingly-branched glabrous shrub, 1ft.— 3£t. high, rarely more. 



Branches stout, erect or inclined. Bark white when old. Leaves |in.-2in. 



long or more, iin.— l^in. broad, coriaceous, shining, varying from broadly 



obovate to oblong-obovate or orbicular-spathulate, rounded at the apex, obtuse 



or apiculate, narrowed into a very short broad petiole, minutely serrulate. 



Stipules very large, persistent, acute or apiculate, with toothed or ciliated 



margins. Male flowers in 3-6-flowered axillary fascicles ; calyx ; corolla 



4— 5-lobed, campanulate; stamens 4—5. Female: solitary or in 2— 3-flowered 



fascicles ; calyx-teeth minute ; corolla long and tubular; lobes 3—5, very short. 



Drupe iin. long, broadly oblong. — T. Kirk in Trans. l^J.Z.I. x. App. xxxv. ; 



Cheesem., I.e. xix. 231. 



SOUTH Island : not uncommon in the Alps from Mount Arthur to mountains above Dusky 

 Sound, bui; local in some districts. 2,000ft. to 4,500ft. Nov., Dec. ' 



Distioguished from all other species by the apparently serrulate leaves. 



