Coprosma.] xxxvill. eubiaceae. 233 



7. C. robusta, Raoul in Arm. Sc. Nat. ii. (18J-4.) 121 ; Choix de PI. 23, 



t. 21. A stout erect glabrous shrub, 2ft.— 12ft. high, with pale-brown shining 



bark. Leaves numerous, close-set, coriaceous, glossy, lin.-5in. long, Jin.— 2in. 



broad, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, acute subacute or obtuse, narrowed into a 



short petiole; margins often faintly recurved. Stipules shortly deltoid, acute. 



Peduncles short, stout, simple or branched. Flowers densely capitate. Male : 



calyx minute, truncate or minutely 4— 5-toothed ; corolla campanulate, 4—5- 



lobed. Female : smaller ; corolla tubular, 4— 5-lobed ; lobes narrow, often 



spreading. Drupes crowded, iin. long, deep-red or golden-yellow. — Hook, f., 



Fl. N.Z. i. 105; Handbk. 113. C. coffaeoides, Col. in Trans. N.Z.I, xxi. 



(1888) 87 ! Pelaphia laeta, Banks and Sol. MS. 



Var. angustata. Leaves linear-oblong-lanoeolate, lin.-2iu. long, Jin.-Jiu. broad, less coria- 

 ceous. Not uncommon. 



Var. paFira. Leaves Jin.-fin, long, oblong, more membranous. SOUTH Island: Queen 

 Charlotte Sound, Banks and Sol. ! Kaikoura Mountains, T. K. 



From the Three Kings Islands to Southland; Chatham Islands: Travers ! Cox! Ascends 

 to 2,300ft. Common. Earamuramu. Eakaraumu. Karamu. Sept. to Nov. 



Some forms approach C. Cunninghamii in the foliage, but are easily distinguished by the 

 more numerous flowers and red or yellow fruits. 



8. C. Curminghamii, Hook, f., Handbk. 113. A large shrub or small 

 tree, 6ft.— 15ft. high. Branches ascending. Bark pale-brown. Leaves erect, 

 distant or crowded, iin.-2in. long, iin.— jin. broad, linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 flat, acute or subacute, narrowed into the short petiole, scarcely coriaceous. 

 Flowers sessile in 3— 10-fiowered axillary glomerules or terminating short 

 abortive branchlets. Male : calyx minute, 4-toothed, truncate ; corolla cam- 

 panulate, ^5-lobed. Female : smaller and less numerous ; calyx-limb 4^5- 

 toothed ; corolla tubular, narrow, with 4—5 acute usually spreading lobes ; 

 styles very long and slender. Drupe subglobose, iin. long, translucent. — 

 Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z.I, xix. 234. C. foetidissima, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 471 

 (in part) ! 



NORTH Island : not infrequent in lowland districts, but rather local. SOUTH Island : in 

 many localities in Marlborough and Nelson ; less frequent in Westland, Canterbury, and Otago. 

 CHATHAM Islands, Dieffenbach. Mingimingi. July, Aug. 



Distinguished from all the larger species by the linear leaves and translucent fruits. 



9. C. acutifoliaj Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. (1857) 128, A 

 glabrous shrub or small tree, with slender branches. Leaves Iin.— 2iin. long, 

 oin.— Iin. broad, membranous, ovate or ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, acute 

 or shortly acuminate, narrowed into the slender petiole. Stipules short, broad, 

 deciduous. Peduncles exceeding the petioles, very slender, simple or tricho- 

 tomously branched. Male in 3-flowered fascicles ; calyx minutely 4-toothed ; 

 corolla-tube broadly funnel-shaped, with 4—5 spreading lobes ; stamens 4—5. 

 Female : peduncles simple or branched, usually with a terminal 3-flowered 

 fascicle and 3 lateral flowers ; calyx shortly 4-toothed ; corolla tubular, limb 

 4— 5-lobed, spreading ; styles rather stout. Drupes (immature) fin. long, nar- 

 rowed at both ends. — Handbk. 114; Cheesem., I.e. 235 ! 



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