242 XXXTIII. EUBIACEAE. {^Coprosma. 



short lateral branches. Males not seen. Females in 3— 6-flowered fascicles ; 

 calyx-teeth 4^ minute ; corolla narrow-campanulate, 4-lobed. Immature drupes 

 oblong. — -Plagianthus linariifolius , Buch. in Trans. N.Z.I, xvi. t. 34, f. 1. 



NOKTH Island: Auckland: Tapotopoto Bay, April, 1867, T. K. Whangakea: coast between 

 Tom Bowline's Bay and Hooper's Point, near Ahipara, Gheeseman ! South. Head of Hokianga 

 Harbour, T. K. Near Tauranga, T. K. Taranaki : near Opunake, T. K. 



This is distinguished from all other narrow-leaved species by its peculiar habit, pubescent 

 branohlets, and fascicled leaves. Its nearer affinities, so far as can be determined at present, appear 

 to be with 0. propinqua and C. Gunninghamii. Some of the Opunake specimens have broader 

 leaves, and may be different. 



31. C. linariifolia, Hook, f., Handbk. 118. A much-branched shrub or 



small tree, 4ft.^20ft. high. Branches slender, spreading, but not divaricating. 



Bark greyish-brown. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves never fascicled, \m.— 



liin. long, iin.— Jin. broad, linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, suddenly 



narrowed into a short slender petiole, flat, almost membranous ; veins obscure. 



Upper stipules connate, produced into rather long puberulous sheaths, 



ciliolate at the mouth. Flowers at the tips of terminal or lateral branchlets 



involucellate. Male : in 2— 5-flowered involucrate fascicles ; calyx ; corolla 



l^in.— Jin. long, 4— 5-lobed for half its length, lobes revolute. Female: solitary; 



calyx-limb 4— 5-lobed, lobes linear - oblong, erect ; corolla j\jin.— ^in. long, 



tubular, lobes short, acuminate. Drupe oblong, broad, Jin.— Jin. long, pale 



and translucent, ultimately black. Calyx-lobes persistent. — Cheesem. in Trans. 



N.Z.I, xix. 246 ; T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 95. C. propinqua, var. y. Hook, f ., 



Fl. N.Z. i. 109. 



NOBTH and SOUTH Islands : from the upper part of the Thames Valley southward to 

 Otago. Sea-level to fully 2,500ft. Oct. 



This species approaches C. Gunninghamii and C. propinqua, but is distinguished from both 

 by the slender graceful habit, acute leaves, and long oalyx-lobes of the female flowers. 



32. C. Solandri, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xxix. (1896). Apparently a 

 much-branched shrub. Branches as thick as a goose-quill, rigid, obscurely tetra- 

 gonous ; branchlets numerous, short, erect. Bark pale or whitish, setose. 

 Leaves sessile, very coriaceous, laxly imbricating, linear-lanceolate, about Jin. 

 long, x^oin. broad, acute or apiculate, sparingly ciliate, erect ; midrib sunken on 

 both surfaces. Stipules loosely sheathing, setose, ciliate. Drupes solitarv, 

 terminal, seated in an involucel formed of 2 reduced leaves with their stipules, 

 globose-ovoid, j-^in.-y^gin. long, crowned with the acute connivent ciliate calyx- 

 lobes. 



NOBTH Island : East Cape district. Prom the Banksian Herbarium, British Museum. 



This fine species is related to C. linariifolia and C. Colensoi, from both of which it differs in 

 the stout tetragonoua branohlets and sessile erect imbricating coriaceous leaves. Its aflfinities, how- 

 ever, cannot be fully determined in the absence of flowers. 



33. C. foetidissima, Forst., Char. Gen. 138. Usually a slender sparingly- 

 branched or twiggy shrub, 6ft.-] Oft. high, but occasionally forming a small 

 tree 20ft. high, rarely with trunk 1ft. or more in diameter. Branches slender, 

 ascending, flexuous, interlaced ; young branchlets puberulous, Bark pale-red 



