Net-tera.] XXXVlll. EUBIACEAE. 247 



Drupe depressed. — Gaert., Fruct. i. 26; Pet. Thouars, Fl. Trist. d'Acun. 42, 

 t. 10 ; DC, Prod. iv-. 451 ; A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 481 ; Hook, f., Fl. Antarc. 

 i. 167; Fl. N.Z. i. 112; Handbk. 120; Benth,, Fl. Austr. iii. 431. N. repens, 

 Ruiz and Pav., Fl. i. 60, t. 90. N. raontana, Col. in Tran.s. N.Z.I, xxviii. 

 (1895) 595. Coprosma nertera, F. Muell., Fragm. ix. 186. Cunina Sanfuentes, 

 Clos. in Gay Fl. Chili, iii. 203, t. 34. Gamosia granaterms, Mut. in L. fil. 

 Supp. 29. 



NORTH Island : Ruahine Range (OZscn), Colenso (if my identification be correct). SOUTH 

 Island: from Cook Strait to Foveaux Strait. STEWART Island, T. K. AUCKLAND Islands, 

 Hook. f. Sea-level to 3,000ft. Oct. to Jan. 



Originally discovered by Banks and Solander in Queen Charlotte Sound. Distributed over 

 the entire area of the genus except the East Indian Archipelago. I have not seen specimens of 

 Golenso's plant. 



2. N. Cunninghamii, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 112. More slender than 

 N. depressa. Stems often red, filiform or almost axillary. Leaves narrow- 

 ovate, rounded at the base, acute. Stipules acute. Calyx-limb 4-toothed. 

 Corolla broadly funnel-shaped. Stamens usually erect. Drupe smaller than 

 in N. depressa, spherical, crimson. — Handbk. 120. N. papulosa, Col. in Trans. 

 N.Z.I, xxviii. 595. 



NORTH Island : most plentiful in atony river-beds, but often local ; from the Bay of Islands 

 southward. Great Omaha, Te Whau, and_ Auckland, T. K. Taupo Plain, Colenso. Tongariro, 

 H. Hill. Wellington, T. K. Oct. to Jan. Also in the Philippine Islands. 



3. N. dichondraefolia, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 1 12, t. 28a. Stems 3in. to 

 2ft. long, slender, creeping, hairy or villous. Leaves dull-green, membranous, 

 hairy and slightly hispid above, glabrate or glabrous below, broadly ovate, 

 cordate or rounded at the base, acute or apiculate ; petiole as long as the blade, 

 slender. Stipules acute. Flowers and fruit similar to those of N. depressa, 

 but rather larger. — N. gracilis, Raoul in Ann. Sc. Nat. III. ii. (1864) 121. 

 Geophila dichondraefolia, A. Cunn., Precurs n. 482. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : common in forests from Mangonui to the Blufi. STEWART 

 Island. Ascends to 2,300ft. Oct. to Dec. 



4. N. ciliata, «. s. Stems creeping and rooting at the nodes, rather 

 stout, glabrous. Leaves smaller than in N. dichondraefolia, broadly ovate, sub- 

 acute or acute, cuneate, rounded at the base, membranous, ciliate ; petiole 

 shorter than the blade. Stipules truncate. Flowers smaller than in N. dichon- 

 draefolia. Calyx-teeth 0. Corolla funnel-shaped, 4— 5-lobed; lobes linear, 

 shortly recurved. Stamens 4 ; filaments very short. 



SOUTH Island: Bealey Gorge, 2,000ft., Jan., 1876, Enys and Kirk. 



Closely allied to N. dichondraefolia and N. setulosa, but distinguished from both by the more 

 robust stems. Erom N. dichondraefolia it is further distinguished by the ciliate leaves, petiole 

 shorter than the blade, recurved linear corolla-lobes and truncate stipules ; from N. setulosa by the 

 glabrous corolla and drupe. 



5. N. setulosa, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 112, t. 28b. Stems extremely 

 slender, 2in.— 5in. long, wiry. Branches spreading or ascending, hispid or 



