334 XXXVIII. EtJBIACEAE. [Coprosma. 



SUNDAY Island, KERMADEC Group, McGUlivray, Cheeseman ! July, Aug. 

 The membranous acute or acuminate leaves distinguish this plant from its nearest allies. I 

 am indebted to Mr. Cheeseman for specimens. 



10. C. tenuifolia, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z.I, xviii. (1885) 315. A 

 sparingly-branched shrub, 8ft.-18ft. high. Bark pale or white. Leaves mem- 

 branous or rarely subeoriaeeous, glabrous or rarely the midribs and petioles 

 hairy below, l^in.— 4in. long, |in.— liin. broad, ovate oblong-ovate lanceolate 

 oblong -lanceolate or elliptic - lanceolate, acute or acuminate; petioles very 

 slender. Stipules broadly deltoid, ciliate when young. Male flowers sessile 

 on 2— 4-flowered axillary or terminal fascicles, with a cupular involucel at the 

 base ; calyx ; corolla broadly funnel-shaped ; limb spreading or shortly re- 

 curved ; filaments elongated, pendulous. Female not seen. Fruits ovoid or 

 oblong, about ^in. long, sessile in fascicles of 3, 8, or more on short lateral 

 branches. 



NORTH Island: East Cape, Banks and Sol., Bishop Williams! Lee! Urewera Country, 

 E. Best! Ruahine Range, Colenso, T. K. Near Woodville ; Karioi, Ruapehu, Waimarino, and 

 upper portions of the Whanganui and Rangitikei Vallejs as far south as Hunterville, common, T. K. 

 Karioi and Mount Pirongia, Auckland ; Mount Bgmont Range and Stratford, Taranaki ; Cheeseman ! 



This species has a close general resemblance to C. rohusta, but ia distinguished by the almost 

 membranous pale-green leaves and small glomerules of male flowers. 



11. C. arborea, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, x. (1877) 4.20. A small 

 narrow- or round-headed tree, 15ft.— 30ft. high. ; trunk 6in.— 18in. in diameter. 

 Branchlets slender, puberulous near the tips. Leaves lin.— 2in. long, iin.— lin. 

 broad, ovate-spathulate or almost orbicxilar-spathulate, obtuse or rounded at the 

 apex, rarely retuse, abruptly narrowed into winged petioles, iin.— fin. long, 

 usually reddish below. Stipules short, deltoid, ciliolate. Flowers sessile, 

 forming densely-crowded spherical heads at the tips of arrested axillary shoots, 

 or less frequently of larger branchlets. Male : calyx 4— 5-lobed, lobes ciliate ; 

 corolla very short, broadly campanulate, cleft into 4-5 acute lobes ; stamens 

 4—5. Females in 4— 10-flowered glomerules ; flowers shorter and smaller. 

 Drupes forming dense closely-packed heads, broadly oblong or almost globose, 

 Jin. in diameter, translucent, at length black. — Cheesem., I.e. xix. 236 ; 

 T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 132. 



NORTH Island : from the North Cape district to the Hauraki Gulf and Lower Waikato • sea- 

 level to 1,300ft. Oct., Nov. 



In habit, colour, and general appearance this fine species resembles Myrsine Urvillei. With 

 the exception of C. petiolata, it is the tallest species of the genus, and one of the most distinct. 



12. C. Spathulata, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 479. A sparingly-branched 

 shrub, lft.-5ft. high, rarely more. Young branches puberulous. Bark pale. 

 Leaves usually distant, coriaceous, glossy, iin.-Hin. long, orbicular or broadly 

 ovate, rounded retuse or emarginate, abruptly contracted into a narrow winged 

 petiole longer or shorter than the blade ; margins recurved ; veins few, obscure. 

 Stipules cuspidate, deciduou.s. Plowei-s sessile, axillary, solitary or in 2—3- 

 flowered fascicles. Male : drooping, seated iu an unequally 4-lobed involucel • 



