Coprosma. | RUBIACEAE. | 863 
Pwr. Nal-Hok. 2738) Zoey 
13. C. spathulata 4. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n..479.—A small sparingly 
branched shrub 2-5 ft. high, rarely more; branches slender, young ones 
puberulous. Leaves rather distant, variable in size, 3-1) in. long ; blade 
orbicular or broadly or transversely oblong, obtuse or retuse or emarginate, 
suddenly contracted into a narrow winged petiole longer or shorter than 
the blade, coriaceous, glossy; margins recurved; veins few. Stipules 
triangular, cuspidate. Flowers sessile, axillary, solitary or in 2-3-flowered 
fascicles. Males: Seated in an involucel composed of a pair of depauperated 
leaves and their stipules, drooping. Calyx deeply 4-5-lobed. Corolla 
campanulate, Lin. long, 4-5-lobed to the middle, lobes revolute. Stamens 
usually 4. Females: Generally solitary, smaller and narrower than the 
males. Calyx-limb deeply 4-toothed, teeth acute. Corolla tubular, deeply 
3-4-lobed. Drupe globose or nearly so, }in. diam., black, very rarely 
red.—Raoul Choix (1846) 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 104; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 114; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 287; T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 234; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 234. 
Nortu Isnanp: Abundant in lowland forests from the North Cape to the Upper 
Waikato. August—Septem ber. | 
Allied to C. arborea, from which it is easily separated by the small size, straggling 
habit, smaller leaves on longer petioles, fewer flowers, and solitary black fruit. The 
leaves are often a bronzy colour, shining and polished on the upper surface. Mr. Carse 
states that in Mongonui County the berries are quite frequently red or even orange— 
@ very rare occurrence near Auckland. ; as 
Alarse.. I0k. Mr. 4C? SSRr\ Soc, 
14. ©. rotundifolia 4. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 473.—A laxly branched 
shrub 4-12 ft. high ; branches long and slender, widely spreading, irreguiarly 
and sparsely branched, the young ones densely pubescent or almost villous 
towards the tips; bark greyish-brown. Leaves distant, }-1 in. long, usually 
orbicular, but varying to broadly oblong or ovate-oblong, cuspidate or 
abruptly acute, rarely obtuse, thin and membranous, more or less pubescent 
and ciliate, especially on the margins and veins, finely reticulated ; petioles 
short, villous. Flowers sessile, in axillary few- or many-flowered fascicles, 
rarely solitary. Males: Calyx wanting. Corolla 44 in. long, broadly cam- 
panulate, deeply 4-lobed. Female flowers smaller and narrower. Calyx- 
limb minutely 4-toothed. Corolla tubular, 3-4-lobed. Drupe globose or 
broader than long, often didymous, 4 in. diam., red.—Raoul Choir (1846) 
46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 108; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 114; 
Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 237; 7. Kirk Students’ Pl. (1899) 
235; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 251. C. rufescens Col. in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xviii (1886) 261. 
NortH anp Sours Isnanps: Abundant in damp forests, by the side of rivers, &c. 
Sea-level to 2000 it. Septem ber—October. 
The spreading habit, broad membranous leaves, villous branchlets, small fascicled 
flowers, and small globose or didymous red drupes are the best marks of this common 
species. OC. areolata is distinguished by its fastigiate habit, smaller acute leaves, and 
black drupe; C. tenuicaulis by being more glabrous, by the much smaller leaves, and 
by the black drupe ; while C. rwhra is at once separated by the nearly glabrous branch- 
lets and oblong yellow fruit. The leaves are often blotched, and are usually more or 
less deciduous, so that the plant is often quite bare in spring. 
15. C. areolata Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii (1886) 315.—An 
erect Closely branched shrub or small tree 6-15 ft. high; branches slender, 
fastigiate, ultimate pubescent or villous with soft greyish hairs. Leaves 
4-2 in. long, orbicular-spathulate to ovate- or elliptic-spathulate, acute or 
