Coprosma.] xxxviii. eubiaceae. 237 



Stipules deltoid, acute. Flowers not seen. Drupes solitary, sessile or nearly 

 sessile on the younger lateral shoots, deep-red. — C. pubens, Petrie, I.e. xxvi. 

 267 (not of A. 'Gray). 



SOUTH Island: not uncommon in the mountains of Westland and Canterbury. Kelly's 

 Hill, Petrie I Arthur's Pass ; mountains above Bealey, T. K. 



The dried fruit cannot be distinguished from that of C. rhamnoides, of which it is probably a 

 mountain form. 



18. C. turbinata, Col. in Trans. N.Z.I, xxiv. (1891) 389. A much- 

 branched shrub, 8ft.— 9ft. high, with shining red-brown bark. Branches sub- 

 erect ; branchlets slender, puberulous at the tips. Leaves obovate, 2—3 lines 

 long, rather distant, very obtuse, subcoriaceous ; veins obscure. Stipules blunt, 

 glabrous. Flowers numerous, solitary, or 2—3 together. Male : involucel 

 glabrous, lobes 4, two longer than the others, obtuse ; corolla 4-cleft, segments 

 acute, recurved. Female not seen. Fruits lateral, solitary, turbinate, 1— li 

 lines long, yellow when ripe. Peduncles short, stoutish. 



NORTH Island : woods south of Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, Golenso. 



I have not seen specimens of this plant, which appears to be related to 0. rhamnoides, differ- 

 ing essentially in the turbinate fruit. 



19. C. obconica, n. s. Erect, 4ft.— 5ft. high or more. Primary 

 branches divaricating ; branchlets numerous, dense, interlaced. Bark pale. 

 Twigs pubescent or puberulous. Stipules narrow, acute, pubescent, fugacious. 

 Leaves mostly fascicled on very short arrested branchlets, sessile or minutely 

 petioled, oblong or narrow -oblong, iin.— jin. long, ^^in.— j'^in. broad, obtuse or 

 minutely apiculate, coriaceous, glabrous; margins thickened and recurved; 

 veins obscure. Flowers involucellate, terminating short abortive branchlets, 

 solitary or rarely geminate. Peduncles decurved, much shorter than the 

 corolla. Male : calyx shortly funnel-shaped, teeth deltoid ; corolla broadly 

 funnel-shaped, 4-cleft for half its length, segments ovate, recurved. Female : 

 calyx ; corolla tubular, slightly ventricose at base, teeth short, straight ; styles 

 very long. Drupes sessile or on very short decurved pedicels, broadly obconic 

 or obcordate, compressed laterally, y^gin.— gin. broad ; margins rounded, yel- 

 lowish-white, almost translucent. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson : Wairoa Gorge, Bryant and Kirk. Aug. 



The drupes of this curious plant are broader than long, and cannot be mistaken for those of 

 any other species. I am greatly indebted to my friend W. H. Bryant, who has kindly forwarded 

 better specimens than those we collected together. 



20. C. ciliata, Hook. /., Fl. Antarc. i. 22. A spreading shrub, 4ft.-10ft. 

 high, forming thickets. Branches lax or dense, stout or slender. Bark very 

 pale or nearly white, furrowed. Young shoots villous with rigid hairs. Leaves 

 tufted on short arrested branchlets, iin.-fin. long, pubescent beneath, oblong, 

 linear-oblong or slightly obovate, rounded at the apex or subacute, flat, mem- 

 branous, narrowed into a short petiole ; margins ciliated ; petioles pubescent or 

 hairy; veins obscure, not reticulated. Stipules short, broad, acute, villous. 



