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XXXVIII. IlUlIl ACEyE. 
\_Coprosma . 
am] Mount Ilikurangi, Colenso ; Mount Egmont, Dieffenbach ; Otago, lake district, Hector 
and Buchanan. Common in Eiord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island, J. B. II. 
I believe this to be one of the most distinct forms of the genus, but almost impossible to 
distinguish by foliage from some states of C. parviflora and others : its prevalent characters 
are the very stout leafy habit, small recurved, very rigid and coriaceous, more or less cuneate 
leaves, fimbriate or densely ciliate young stipules, and terminal, solitary, rather large flowers; 
but flat-leaved forms approach C. parviflora, narrow-leaved ones C. propinqua, lax-leaved ones 
C. Co/ensoi, and the stipules are sometimes glabrous. 
19. C. acerosa, A. Cunn. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 109. A low, excessively 
branched, spreading shrub, 2-5 ft. high. Branches divaricating, flexuous 
and tortuous, puberulous ; bark yellow-brown. Leaves uniform, in oppo- 
site pairs or opposite fascicles on the twigs, \ in. long, broad, linear, 
subacute, erecto-patent, veinless ; stipules short, puberulous, not ciliate. 
Blowers; — male .- calyx cup-shaped, 4-lobed, 2 lobes short acute, 2 much 
longer oblong obtuse ; corolla A- £ in. diam., broadly bell-shaped, 4-cleft to or 
below the middle; — -fern. : minute, calyx-limb very short, 4-toothed; corolla 
X V in., 4-cleft to the middle; styles as long as the leaves. Drupe ovoid, 
nearly £-A in. long. 
Northern, Middle, and Southern Islands : not uncommon in rocky places, sand- 
banks, forests, etc. ; Hokianga, etc., in salt marshes, A. Cunningham. Colenso remarks 
that at Ahuriri the berries are sky-blue, transparent, as large as sloes, and eaten by the 
natives. A most distinct plant. I have a prostrate form from the mountains of Canter- 
bury, alt. 4000 ft., and the lake district, Otago. 
20. C. depressa, Col. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 110. A small, dense, prostrate, 
much branched bush, 1-4 ft. high. Branches pubescent ; bark grey. Leaves 
in opposite fascicles, y in. long, T V wide, spreading, rather recurved, 
linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, rigid, coriaceous, nerveless, rather concave, 
yellow-green when dry ; stipules pubescent and ciliate. Flowers ; — male : 
calyx minute, cupshaped, equally 4 toothed ; corolla T V in. long, bell-shaped, 
4- or 5 -cleft calyx-limb short, 4-toothed ; corolla not seen. Drupe 
orange-yellow, sweet, about a in. long. 
Northern Island : in mountainous localities, Lake Taupo, top of Ruahine and Hawke’s 
Ray ranges, Colenso. Perhaps a form of C. cuneata, but with much smaller narrower leaves. 
Some forms approach C. acerosa, but the leaves are always broader and rather concave when 
dry. 
21. C. microcarpa. Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 110, and ii. 331. A leafy 
shrub, 1-10 ft. high. Branches slender, close-set, divaricating, pubescent, 
leafy ; bark grey. Leaves in pairs on short slender lateral branchlets, y— | 
in. long, xy- tV in. broad, spreading, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, flat, 
veinless, dark-brown when dry, not coriaceous ; stipules short, ciliate. Flowers 
minute; — male: calyx cup-shaped, 4-toothed; corolla broadly bell-shaped, 
a in. diam., 4-partite, lobes narrow acuminate, long ; ; — fem . : calyx-limb short, 
tubular, 4-toothed; corolla T V in., tubular or funnel-shaped, 4-cleft i way 
down. Drupe very small, globose, T V in. diam. 
Northern Island : tops of the Ruahine mountains, Colenso. Perhaps a variety of C. 
cuneata. 
22. G. Imariifoiia, Hook. f. ; — C. propinqua, y, FI. N. Z. i. 109. A 
tall, erect, branching shrub. Branches spreading, slender or rather stout, 
twigs puberulous ; bark grey or black. Leaves all opposite (rarely fascicled), 
X -1 in. long, xo -y in. broad, linear linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
