Coprosma. | RUBIACEAE. 861 
Kermapec Istanps: Abundant throughout the group, MeGillivray, T. F. C., 
W.R. B. Oliver! | May—September. 
Very closely allied to C. Baueri, but easily separated by the uniform grey pubescence 
of the branchlets, and by the smaller flat leaves with much more slender petioles. 
I have seen no specimens from the mainland of New Zealand, and fear that the locality 
of ‘‘ maritime rocks south of Castlepoint,” given in the Handbook, is erroneous. 
8. C. robusta Raoul in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. ‘iti, 2 (1844) 121—A stout 
erect glossy-green shrub 5-15 ft. high, perfectly glabrous in all its parts ; 
bark greyish-brown. Leaves numerous, 13-5 in. long, elliptic-oblong to 
elliptic-lanceolate, acute or rarely obtuse, narrowed into a short stout 
petiole, coriaceous, dark-green and shining above, paler beneath ; margins 
sometimes slightly recurved. Peduncles short, stout, simple or branched, 
bearing dense many-flowered glomerules. Male flowers: Calyx minute, 
cupular, obsoletely 4—5-toothed or quite truncate. Corolla campanulate, 
1-tin. long, 4-5-lobed. Females: Much smaller, +-¢in. Corolla tubular, 
shortly 3-5-lobed. Drupes crowded, oblong to ovoid, 4-%1n. long, 
yellowish- or reddish-orange.—Choix (1846) 23, t. 21; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. i (1853) 105; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 113; Cheesem. om Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xix (1887) 234; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 233; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 248. . coffoeoides Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi (1889) 87. 
‘Var. angustata Kirk I.c.—Leaves smaller, 3-2 in. long, }-}in. broad, linear-oblong 
or lanceolate. Includes var. parva T. Kirk Lc. 
Norte anp Sours Isnanps, CuatHam Isnanps: Abundant throughout, ascending 
to 2500 ft. Karamu. August—October. 
The most generally distributed of all the New Zealand species. ns 
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VY 9. C. Cunninghamii Hook. f, Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 118.—A large 
sparingly branched shrub 6-15 ft. high; bark pale; branches ascending. 
Leaves erect, }-2in. long, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute or subacute, 
gradually narrowed into a short stout petiole, flat, coriaceous. Flowers 
sessile in 3-12-flowered glomerules or terminating short arrested branchlets. 
Males: Calyx minute, cupular, truncate or obscurely lobed. Corolla 
campanulate, $4 in. long, 4-5-lobed. Females smaller and less numerous. 
Calyx-limb 4-5-toothed. Corolla tubular, 3—5-lobed. Styles very long 
and slender. Drupe broadly oblong, 4in. long, pale and translucent.— 
Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 234; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 
233; Oheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 249. CC. foetidissima A. Cunn. Pereur. 
(1838) n. 471 (in part), (not of Forst.). 
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Norru AND Sours Istanps, CHATHAM IsLtanps : Not uncommon in lowland swampy 
forests, especially in rich alluvial soils. Mingimingie August-September. 
Very closely allied to C. robusta, but distinguished by the linear leaves, fewer flowers, 
and translucent fruit. Intermediate states are not uncommon, and are often difficult 
to place in the absence of fruit. Dr. Cockayne considers that it is a hybrid between 
”. robusta and C. propinqua. 
10. C. aeutifelia Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1 (1857) 128.—A glabrous 
shrub or small tree 8-20 ft. high; bark pale; branches slender, spreading. 
Leaves 14-4 in. long, lanceclate or ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, acumi- 
nate, narrowed into a slender petiole }-4in. long, thin and membranous ; 
veins finely reticulated. Peduncles slender, longer than the petioles, 
simple or trichotomously divided; branches ending in little fascicles of 
2 or 3 flowers. Male flowers rather large, 41n. long. Calyx minute, 
