COPROSMA, 63 
no stamens, but two styles which are stigmatic (papillose) all 
over, and which are relatively very large as compared with 
the rest of the flower, in some species being as much as 
thirteen times as long as 
the corolla-tube. The 
fruit is a small drupe, 
having two stone - like 
cells, each containing a 
single erect albuminous 
ovule. 
The most interesting ig. 111. Drupe of Fig. 112. Drupe of 
feature about these plants Coprosma, with Coprosina ; lon- 
is the mode of fertilisation upper part of aot ie 
of their flowers. From pitas tn hae DH ae Pee te 
: ~ moved, stone. 
their being so small and end=endocarp; al=endosperin : 
inconspicuously coloured, em-—ombryo. 
and without scent or honey, we should infer that they are 
not visited by insects. But, as the plants are dicecious, they 
must be eross-fertilised in some way, and we are impelled to 
the conclusion that they are anemophilous, or wind-fertilised. 
Their very numerous flowers, pendulous and easily-shaken 
anthers, light dry pollen, and relatively large styles (stigmatic 
all over) point irresistibly to the same conclusion. 
Norse.—The succeeding types may now be touched on more 
briefly than has hitherto been done, as the student should by 
this time have learned to observe somewhasé closely, and to 
record observations accurately. Therefore, while exercises on 
all points of structure may still be required, and more detail 
demanded from the pupil, it is not necessary for the text-book 
to do more than point out salient features. 
15. Narive Hearn, on SNowBerRyY (Gavliheria antipoda). 
This is an extremely variable species, ranging from a low 
creeping shrub, with small lanceolate serrate leaves, to a 
tolerably large and erect bush, with much larg ger broad leaves. 
The flowers are all solitary and axillary, 
but as they become crowded towards the 
ends of the bra nches, and the leaves tend 
to become reduced in size, they exhibit 
the mode in which racemes are developed. 
(In the closely-ailied species, G. ed entie®) 
the upper leaves are reduced to bracts, 
and then we say the inflorescence is 
racemose.) 
Note the 5-lobed inferior calyx, and = __ 
the white or pink 5-toothed corolla. The 18: ein Corolla of 
latter is usually more or less contracted Shiga a 2 
