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686 CORNACEAE. [Corokia. 
1. C. buddleoides 4. Ounn. Precur. (1839) n. 579.— An erect much- 
branched slender shrub 6-12 {t. high; young branchlets, under-surface of 
leaves, and inflorescence densely clothed with silvery-white tomentum. 
Leaves alternate, shortly petioled, 5-6 in. long, lanceolate or linear-lanceo- 
late, acute or acuminate, coriaceous, dark-green and shining above ; veins 
reticulated. Panicles terminal, leafy at the base. Flowers ¢-31n. diam., 
yellow. Petals oblong-lanceolate. Drupe oblong, $in. long, dark-red.— 
Hook. Ic. Plant. (1842) t. 424; Raoul Choir (1846) 46; Hook. f. Fi. Nov. 
Zel. 1 (1853) 98; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 106; ZT. Kirk Students’ Fl, (1899) 
224; Oheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 237; Ill. N.Z. Fl. 1 (1914) t. 76. 
: ae 12 ioc 
Var, linearis Cheesem.—Leaves narrower, {3 in. wide. \- Sib 1- 
Norra Istanp: Not uncommon in woods as far south as the East Cape and 
Rotorua. Sea-level to 3000 ft. Korokia-taranga. . November—December. Var. 
linearis: Upper Kauaeranga Valley, Thames, 7. F. C. Kaka A44%-er: VA. 
The pale-green leaves, with their silvery-white, under-surface, and bright-yellow 
starlike flowers render this an attractive plant. 
2. €. macroearpa 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 224.—An erect shrub 
15-20 ft. high; branches stout, spreading; branchlets, leaves beneath, and 
branches of the inflorescence densely covered with silvery-white tomentum. 
Leaves alternate, 2-4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, acute or 
apiculate, rarely obtuse, coriaceous, gradually narrowed into rather short 
petioles. Flowers 41m. diam., yellow, in axillary racemes shorter than the 
leaves; pedicels short. Petals lanceolate, acute. Drupe 4 in. long, broadly 
oblong, dark-red.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 237. C. buddleoides var. 
b Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.1 (1853) 98; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 106; F. Muell. 
Veg. Chath. Is. (1864) 16. 
CHATHAM IsLaANDS: Dvieffenbach, H. H. Travers! G. Mair! F. A. D. Cox! 
Whakataka ; Hokotaka. 
Closely allied to C. buddleoides, but amply distinct in the broader leaves, axillary 
racemose flowers, and larger fruit. 
‘ 3. C. Cheesemanii H. Carse m Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlv (1918) 276.— 
A slender twiggy shrub 5-12ft. high. Branches spreading, not tortuous 
nor interlaced, as in C. Cotoneaster. Young shoots, under-surface of leaves, 
and inflorescence densely clothed with silvery-white tomentum. Leaves 
alternate, 4-14 in. long, variable in shape, oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate 
or elliptic-oblong, sometimes oblong-obovate; petioles usually short. 
Flowers in fascicles of 4-5 in the axils of the leaves or in few-flowered 
terminal panicles. Flowers very similar to those of C. Cotoneaster, yellow. 
Drupe broadly oblong, ++ in. diam., red. 
NortH Istanp: Kapowairua, eastern end of Spirits Bay, North Cape district, 
I’. F.C. ; Tauroa (Reef Point), near Ahipara, H. B. Matthews! H. Carse! wooded gullies 
near Muriwai (coast north of the Manukau Heads), 7. F. C. October-November. 
Probably a hybrid between C. buddleoides and C. Cotoneaster. It is only found, so 
far as my own experience is concerned, where both species are growing together, and 
it is almost exactly intermediate in characters between the two. It may be the same 
as C. virgata Turvill in Bot. Mag. (1912) t. 8466, of which I have seen no authenticated 
specimens. Ifso, Mr. Turrill’s name will take precedence. 
4. C. Cotoneaster Raoul Choix (1846) 22, t. 20.—A rigid densely branched 
shrub 4-8ft. high; branches tortuous and interlaced; bark black: 
branchlets, under-surface of leaves, and inflorescence clothed with appressed 
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