276 COPROSMA ARBOREA. a 
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DESCRIPTION. > 
oh ate arborea, ain Nirk, ‘Pras. N. Le Inst., Vol, oe a 
or pubescent. Leaves Bp oeees iene ereen Beith sc tne below ‘ 
coriaceous, Iin. to 3in. long; ovate, spathulate, or oblong- spathulate ; 
narrowed below into broad petioles; veins prominent. Flowers terminal, de 
capitate. Male: Calyx narrow, deeply four- or five-cleft ; lobes ciliate; Or 
campanulate, four- or five-lobed; stamens, four or ie on long aa 
Female in smaller heads; calyx with four or ie shorter lobes ; co 
styles slender. Fruit clustered, a: translucent, ultimately Wee 
EXPLANATION OF PratE CXXXII. | 
Coprosma arborea, T. Wirk. 1. Male flowering specimen. 
Both natural size. 3. Male flower, magnified. 4. Fascicle of Pee “to vers, 
natural size. 5. The same, peenihed 6. Female flowering speci 
7. Female flower. Both natural size. 8. Female flower, magnified. 9. f 
cicle of female flowers, natural size. 10. The same, magnified. It. Clus 
fruits, natural size. 12. Fruit, magnified. 13 and 14. Transverse section 
fruit, natural size and magnified. 15 and 16. Seed, natural size and magn 
