862 RUBIACEAB. [| Coprosma, 
cupular. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, 4-5-lobed. Female flowers smaller 
and fewer. Calyx-limb with 4-5 linear teeth. Corolla tubular, 3—5-lobed. 
Drupe oblong, Lin. long, reddish-orange.—Handb. N.Z. F l. (1864) 114; 
Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx (1888) 169; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 
235; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 249. 
Kermapec Isnanps: Abundant on Sunday or Raoul Island, ascending to the 
tops of the hills, alt. 1700 ft., McGillivray, T. F. C., W. R. B. Oliver / May-September. 
A very distinct species, at once recognized by the comparatively narrow thin and 
membranous leaves and lax inflorescence. It is very closely allied to my C. laevigata, 
from Rarotonga. 
11. ©. tenuifolia Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii (1886) 315.— 
A sparingly branched shrub 8-15 ft. high, glabrous, or the petioles and midribs 
of the young leaves minutely hairy; branches slender, terete; bark pale. 
Leaves 14-4 in. long, ovate or oblong-ovate to ovate-lanceclate or elliptic- 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, narrowed into slender petioles +? in. long, 
thin and membranous or rarely subcoriaceous, dull brownish-green above, 
paler below ; veins conspicuous on both surfaces, finely reticulated. Stipules 
rather large, broadly deltoid, margins ciliate when young. Male flowers 
crowded in axillary 3-8-flowered fascicles or terminating arrested branch- 
lets. Calyx apparently wanting. Corolla campanulate, 4-5-lobed. Female 
flowers not seen. Fruit in dense fascicles of 3-8 on short lateral branchlets, 
i_lin. long, ovoid or oblong.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 234; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 250. 
Nortu Istanp: Te Aroha, Pirongia, and Karioi Mountains, 7. F. C.; Mount 
Hikurangi, Adams and Petrie! Lake Waikaremoana, Bishop Williams! H. Best / 
Ruahine Mountains, Colenso / B. C. Aston ! Mount Egmont Ranges, 7. F.C. ; abundant 
in the Upper Wanganui and Rangitikei Valleys, 7. Kirk / Mount Kakaramea and 
Mount Pihanga, near Taupo, 7. F. C.; forests to the west of Ruapehu and at Waimarino, 
T'. F. C., Spencer ! Cockayne. 1000-4000 ft. 
Distinguished from C. robusta by the membranous pale-brown leaves and smaller 
glomerules. From C. acutifoha it is separated by the broader leaves witl coarser 
venation and by the compact inflorescence. 
12. C. arborea 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. x (1878) 420—A_ closely 
branched round-headed tree 15-30 ft. high ; trunk 6-18 in. diam. ; branch- 
lets slender, puberulous towards the tips. Leaves 1-2} in. long, ovate- 
spathulate or orbicular-spathulate, obtuse or retuse, suddenly narrowed 
into winged petioles 4-?in. long, coriaceous, yellow-green above, often 
reddish beneath ; veins reticulated ; margins flat. Stipules short, deltoid, 
ciliate when young. Flowers densely crowded in many-flewered rounded 
glomerules or heads, terminating short axillary branchlets or at the ends 
of larger shoots. Male flowers: Calyx narrow, deeply divided into 4-5 
ciliate lobes. Corolla short, }in. long, campanulate, deeply 4-5-lobed. 
Females: Smaller and shorter, in 4-12-flowered fascicles. Calyx-limb 
4—5-toothed. Corolla tubular. Drupes closely packed, broadly oblong 
or almost globose, in. diam., colourless and translucent.—Cheesem. im 
Lvans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 236 ; 7. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 132; Students’ 
Fl. (1899) 234; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 250. 
_ _Norta Istanp: Not uncommon in woods from the North Cape to the Lower 
Waikato. Sea-level to 1500 ft. October-November. 
One of the largest species of the genus, and one of the most distinct. The calyx 
of the male flowers is better developed and has deeper divisions than in any other 
species. . 
