:-!U(i PLANTS (IF NEW ZEALAND 



Coprosma robusta (Tlie Bobiist Goprosma). 



A stout shrub, '2 ft. -1-2 ft. in height. Bark pale-brown. Leaves shining, 

 1 in. -5 in. long, i in. -2 in. broad ; margins often slightly recurved. Flowers in 

 dense heads. Calyx and corolla 4-5-toothed or lobed. Drupes thickly set, J in. 

 long, red or yellow. North Island and northern part of South Island, Chatham 

 Island. Fl. Sept. -Nov. Maori name, Kal'itrimiii or KwaDUi. 



Coprosma arborea (The Tree Coprosma). 



A small tree, 1.5 ft. -.30 ft. in height. Leaves 1 in. -2 in. long, ^in.-lin. broad. 

 Petioles winged, reddish below. Flowers in round heads, sessile, greenish-white, 

 on arrested axillary shoots. Calyx and corolla 5-lobed Pistillate flowers 4-10, 

 in round clusters. Drupes in dense heads, J in, in diameter, translucent, 

 finally black. A most distinct species. North Island : as far .south as the 

 Lower Waikato. Fl. Oct. -Nov. 



Coprosma rotund if olia {Tlte Round-leaved CojMvsma). 



A spreading shrub, i ft.-l'2 ft. in height. Bark pale ; young shoots hairy. 

 Leaves in jiairs, distant, rjiin.-lin. long, ovate, round or oblong, membranous, 

 downy. Flowers sessile, axillary, solitary or fascicled, greenish-white. 

 Staminate flowers without calj^x ; corolla deeply 4-.5 cleft. Pistillate flowers 

 with I-.5-toothed calyx, and 3-4-lobed corolla. Drupes usually in pairs, roundish, 

 A ill. broad, red. Both islands : in thick bush. Fl. Sept. -Oct. 



Coprosma areolata {The Areolate Coprosma). 



A slender shrub, 6 ft. -1.5 ft. in height. Branches often fastigiate. Leaves 

 J in.-i; in. long, ovate or oblong, acute, thin, membranous, flat, with large spaces 

 between the veins. Flowers axillary, solitary, or in clusters of '2-4. Staminate 

 flowers with spreading lobes, it in. across, pale-mauve or pink. Pistillate flowers 

 funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Drupe solitary, round, jVfin.-Jin. in diameter, black. 

 Both islands. Fl. Sept. -Oct. 



Coprosma parviflora (The Small-fioirered CoprosDm). 



A rigid shrub, 4 ft. -14 ft. in height. Bark pale-brown ; young shoots hairy. 

 Leaves | in. -J in. long, leathery, fascicled, linear-oblong or obovate ; veins faint. 

 Flowers solitary, or '2-4 to.gether, ^.j- iiL-iVi in. long. Drupe round, white, or 

 tinged with violet ; hnally black. Both islands ; abundant. Fl. Nov. -.Tan. A 

 very variable species. 



Coprosma acerosa [The Acerose Coprosma). 



.\ low sbruli, 1 ft. -4 ft. in height. Stem prostrate or sub-erect, with 

 interlacing branches. Leaves usually in pairs, \ 111.-;^- in. long, t^-^^ in.--j^,^, in. 

 broad : veins faint. Flowers on minute ter^ninal branchlets. Staminate 

 flc.iwers solitary, or 3-4 together, without calyx; stamens 4. Pistillate flowers 

 solitary, r'.j iii.-i',, in. long, tubular, 4-lobed. Drupe round or oblong, j* 'm.-\ in. 

 long, clear, white, or pale-blue. Both islands : sea-coasts or river-vallevs. 



