Corokva. | CORNACEAE. 687 
silvery-white tomentum. Leaves alternate or in alternate fascicles, 4-1 in. 
long; blade orbicular to obovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse or emareginate, 
coriaceous, shining above, suddenly narrowed into a broad flat petiole. 
Flowers small, axillary and terminal, solitary or 2-4 together ; pedicels 
short, bracteolate. Petals narrow linear-oblong, acute. Drupe globose, 
lin. diam., red.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 98 ; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
106; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 224; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 238. 
Norri anp Sours Istanps: Not uncommon from the North Cape to Foveaux 
Straits. Sea-level to 2500 ft. November—January. 
2. GRISELINIA Forst.17 &. 
Shrubs or trees; branches terete or angled, transversely scarred at the 
nodes. Leaves alternate, often unequal at the base, broad, very coriaceous ; 
petiole dilated into a short sheath, jointed on the branch. Flowers small, 
dioecious, in glabrous or pubescent panicles or racemes; pedicels jointed. 
Male flowers: Calyx minute, 5-toothed. Petals 5, imbricate. Stamens 5. 
Disc fleshy, pentagonous. Female flowers: Calyx-tube ovoid or turbinate, 
limb 5-toothed. Petals valvate or wanting. Rudimentary stamens wanting. 
Ovary 1-2-celled ; styles 3, very short, subulate, recurved ; ovules solitary 
in each cell. Fruit a 1- or rarely 2-celled berry, l-seeded; seed oblong, 
testa membranous. 
A small genus of 8 species, 6 of which are natives of Chile, the remaining 2 endemic 
in New Zealand. The Chinese and Japanese genus Aucuba is very closely allied. 
Leaves large, 3-7 in., very unequal at the base. Petals wanting in the 
female flowers ho 9 es 43 7 .. 1. G. lucida. 
Leaves smaller, 14-4 in. long, not very unequal at the base. Petals 
present in both male and female flowers. . x? - .. 2. G, littoralis. 
1. G. lucida Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 401.—A stout branching shrub or 
small tree 3-25 ft. high, often growing on rocks or epiphytic on the branches 
of tall forest-trees; bark thick, furrowed. Leaves 3-7 in. long, obliquely 
ovate or oblong, rounded at the tip, very unequal-sided at the base, bright 
yellow-green, glossy, very thick and leathery ; petiole short, stout. Panicles 
axillary or subterminal, much branched, 5-6 in. long; rhachis and pedicels 
pubescent. Flowers minute, greenish; females apetalous. Berry 410. 
long, fleshy, dark-purple, usually 1-celled. Seed solitary.—A. Cunn. Precur. 
(1839) n. 639; Raoul Choir (1846) 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 98 ; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 105; T. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 41; Students’ Fl. 
(1899) 225; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 238 ; Ill. N.Z. Fl. 1 (1914) t. 77. 
Sc c A Ree tee or RG 776. P ies. 70, 
Nogrn AND Soutn Istanps: From the North Cape southwards to Dusky Sound 
and Foveaux Strait, but often local, especially in the South Island. Puka. 
October-November. 
2. G. littoralis Raoul Choiz (1846) 22, t. 19.—A round-headed tree 
30-50 ft. high; trunk short, irregular, gnarled or twisted, 2-5 ft. diam. ; 
bark rough, furrowed. Leaves 1-4 in. long, ovate or oblong-ovate, rounded 
at the tip, less unequal-sided at the base than in G. lucida and sometimes 
almost symmetrical, pale yellowish-green, thick and coriaceous, veins 
obscure; petiole rather slender, }-l1in. long. Panicles axillary, 1-3 in. 
long, smaller than in G. lucida and sometimes reduced to a simple raceme ; 
