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acute or acuminate, flat, rather coriaceous, black wheu dry ; stipules puberu- 
lous, the upper produced into loug sheaths, acute, ciliate. Flowers ; — male : 
not seen ; — -fern. : calyx-limb of 4 long, linear, erect, obtuse teeth ; corolla 4- 
partite, t 1 q in. long, lobes narrow acuminate ; styles as long as the leaves. 
Drupe ovoid, £ in. long, generally crowned with the calyx-limb. 
Northern and Middle Island: in mountain localities; Ruahine mountains and woods 
at Manawarakua, etc., Colenso ; banks of the Waihopai, Munro ; Lake Tekapo, Eaast ; 
Otago, Lindsay. A very well marked species by the foliage, long calyx-lobes and styles of 
the female flower, and long sheathing stipules ; in many respects it closely resembles states 
of the. C. Cunninghamii and C. propinqua. 
23. C. repens, Ilook.f .; — FI. Antarct. i. 23. t. 16 A ( not A. Rich.) ; 
FI. N. Z. i. 110. A small alpine matted species, with long prostrate, creep- 
ing, rather stout flaccid stems and branches, densely leafy. Branches glabrous, 
bark pale. Leaves close-set and fascicled, \ in. long, spreading or recurved, 
ovate-oblong or obovate, rounded at the tip, concave, very coriaceous, rather 
shining, black wheu dry, with thickened margins ; veins 0 ; stipules short, 
obtuse, glabrous. Flowers : — male .- not seen ; — -fern. : minute, sessile ; calyx 
shortly 4-toothed ; corolla T ’ T in. long, tubular, curved, 4-cleft at the mouth; 
styles sometimes 3 or 4. Drupe large, very succulent, sometimes nearly ^ in. 
long, orange-yellow, with 2-4 nuts. 
Northern. Island: open grounds near Lake Taupo, Colenso. Lord Auckland’s 
group and Campbell’s Island: common on the hills, J. D. H. Probably common in the 
Southern Alps, but I have seen no specimens. 
24. C. pumila. Hook. f. FI. Antarct. i. 22. t. 16 B; FI. N. Z. i. 3. 
A small, alpine, creeping, tafted species. Branches densely leafy, glabrous ; 
bark pale. Leaves imbricate, patent or suberect, ^ in. long, oblong 
linear-oblong or -obovate, obtuse or acute, rigid, veiy coriaceous, shining 
and rather concave when dry, veinless ; stipules glabrous, obtuse. Flowers 
sessile, erect ; — male : very large, ^-1^ in. long ; calyx cupular, 4-lobed ; 
corolla tubular, curved, shortly 4- or 5-lobed ; anthers very large; — fern . .- 
calyx 5-toothed ; corolla like the male, but half the size ; styles 2. Drupe 
i in. long, orange-yellow. 
Mountains of the Northern Island : summit of Ruahine mountains, Colenso. Mid- 
dle Island .- subalpine regions near the Great Godley glacier, Haast ; Otago, lake district. 
Hector and Buchanan. 
2. NEItTERA, Banks aud Solander. 
Small creeping herbs. Leaves petioled, ovate, stipulate. Flowers axillary, 
solitary, sessile, hermaphrodite. — Calyx-tube ovoid ; limb truncate or obscurely 
4-toothed. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, 4- or 5-lobed. Stamens 4 or 5, 
inserted at the base of the corolla ; filaments exserted ; anthers large, pendulous. 
Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, filiform, very long, hirsute ; cells 1-ovuled. Drupe 
red, fleshy, containing 2 plano-convex, coriaceous, 1 -seeded nuts. 
A small genus, of which one species is widely diffused in the southern hemisphere, the 
others are natives of New Zealand. It scarcely differs from Coprosma, except in the herba- 
ceous habit. 
Perfectly glabrous. Leaves broadly-ovate 1 . 2V. depressa. 
Perfectly glabrous. Leaves narrow-ovate 2. N. Cunninghamii. 
