860 RUBIACEAE. [Coprosma. 
almost fleshy, black when dry, 1-3 in. long, broadly ovate or oblong, obtuse 
or retuse ; margins usually recurved. Stipules short and broad, minutely 
toothed. Male flowers in dense heads on short axillary peduncles. Calyx 
minute, cupular, obsoletely 4-toothed. Corolla campanulate, 4-3 in. long, 
4-5-lobed. Females in 3-6-flowered heads; peduncles shorter and more 
slender than in the males. Calyx-limb minute, truncate or obscurely 
4-toothed. Corolla tubular, shortly 4-lobed. Drupe ovoid, ¢-41n. long, 
orange-yellow.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 247. C. Baueriana Hook, 
f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 104; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 112; Cheesem. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 232; T. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 62; Students’ Fl. 
(1899) 231. C. retusa Hook. f. in Lond. Journ. Bot. im (1844) 415 (not of 
Petrie). C. lucida Endl. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Norf. (1853) 60 (not of Forst.), 
C. Stocki Barbier in Rev. Hort. Belg. 111 (1877) t. 12. 
KrrMApeEc Istanps, NorRtTH AND SoutH Isnanps: Common on sea-cliffs and sand- 
dunes as far south as Marlborough and Greymouth. Angiang ; Naupata, Sep- 
tember—November. | 
I have followed Sir J. D. Hooker and others in considering this to be the same as 
the Nerfolk Island C. Baweri ; but Mr. W. R. B. Oliver (Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlix (1917) 
153) treats it as distinct, apparently relying on the broader leaves and stouter petioles. 
But the differences appear to be very slight; and. considering the great variability of 
most of the species, I think it is better to keep the two under one name until the matter 
can be fully investigated. 
6. C. chathamica Cockayne im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxiv (1902) 317.— 
A tree 15-40 ft. high, with a trunk sometimes 2 ft. in diam. ; bark greyish- 
brown; branchlets obscurely tetragonous, more or less clothed with short 
stiff greyish hairs. Leaves 14-3in. long, about lin. broad, oblong or 
obovate-oblong or obovate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed into a rather 
slender petiole, subcoriaceous, dark-green or glossy above, paler beneath, 
glabrous except the petioles and a few scattered hairs along the midrib and 
margins ; veins conspicuously reticulated beneath. Male flowers not seen. 
Female flowers in few-flowered fascicles. Calyx-limb cupular, truncate. 
Corolla deeply 4-lobed. Drupe large, oblong-ovoid, rather more than 4 in. 
long, yellowish-red.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 248° 
CHATHAM IsLANDS: Abundant, H. H. Travers! G. Mair! Cox and Cockayne! 
November—February. 
I have only seen imperfect specimens of this, but it appedrs to differ from both 
CO. Bauerit and C. petiolata in the much greater size and tree-like habit ef growth, the 
coarser and almost shaggy pubescence on the young branchlets (in OC. petiolata the 
pubescence is very short, fine, and even), and in the larger leaves. 
7. C. petiolata Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i (1857) 128.—A shrub 
or smal] tree 6-15 ft. high; bark pale-grey ; branchlets terete or obscurely 
tetragonous, uniformly clothed with a fine ashy-grey pubescence. Leaves 
1-2 in. long, elliptic-oblong or obovate, rounded at the apex, narrowed 
into a short slender petiole, subcoriaceous, glabrous or the petiole and 
veins beneath puberulous ; margins flat or very slightly recurved. Stipules 
deltoid, acuminate. Male flowers in compact rounded heads on short 
axillary puberulous peduncles. Calyx-limb obscure. Corolla campanulate, 
#in. long, deeply 4-lobed. Females in 3-6-flowered fascicles, Calyx 
cupular or obscurely toothed. Corolla tubular, 3-5-toothed. Fruit ovoid- 
oblong, §-+in. long. red —Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 113; TZ. Kirk Students’ 
Fi, (1899) 232 ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl: (1906) 248; W. R. B. Oliver in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xin (1910) 171. 
