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Coprosma. | RUBIACEAE. 865 
- orbicular or broadly ovate to narrow-oblong, in some varieties with lanceo- 
late or linear leaves mixed with the broader ones, rounded retuse or acute, 
abruptly narrowed into a very short petiole, coriaceous or almost mem- 
branous, glabrous or puberulous beneath ; veins reticulated, evident except 
in the more coriaceous forms. Flowers axillary, solitary or in 2-3-flowered 
SaSaCL SS) involucellate. Male flowers: Calyx wanting. Corolla campanulate, 
Lin. long, 4—5-lobed to below the middle, lobes often recurved. Female 
ee smaller and narrower. Calyx-limb truncate or obsoletely toothed. 
Corolla tubular, deeply 4-cleft ; lobes narrow, revolute. Drupe globose, 
din. diam., usually bright-red or ‘reddish- black, rarely quite black.—Cheesem. 
wm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 239; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 236 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 252. 
Two main forms are distinguishable, as follows :— 
Var. vera. — Leaves orbicular or broadly ovate, obtuse, often coriaceous.— 
(. rhamnoides A. Cunn. ; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 107; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
116. C. concinna Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi (1884) 330. CG. orbiculata Col. lc. xxii 
(1890) 465. “J } . ioe rue - otters - ‘ion 2 ‘i 
Var. divaricata.— Leaves broadly ovate, oblong-ovate, or oblong, acute or 
subacute, rather thin. Narrower leaves, linear or lanceolate, often mixed with the 
broader ones.—C. divaricata A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 476 (not of Hook. f.). C. hetero- 
phylla Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii (1886) 263. 2?C. gracilis A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) 
n. 475. Qs 
Nortu anp Soutu Istanps, Stewart Istanp: Abundant throughout, ascending 
to 3000 ft. August—October. 
An exceedingly variable and puzzling species, for a fuller account of which reference 
should be made to my revision of the genus, published in the “ Transactions of the New 
Zealand Institute,” vol. xix (1887) 239. 
“18. ©. neglecta Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliv (1912) 160.— 
A much-branched prostrate shrub 2—5 ft. long; branches wide-spreading ; 
bark greyish-brown ; branchlets stout or slender, the ultimate ones uniformly 
clothed with a fine greyish pubescence, which often extends up the petioles 
to the main veins of the leaves. Leaves very variable in shape and size, 
usually 4-4in. long by }+4in. wide, oblong or oblong-spathulate to 
broadly oblong or orbicular, sometimes broader than long and thus trans- 
versely oblong, obtuse, usually narrowed into a rather slender petiole, but 
sometimes rounded or truncate at the base, thick and somewhat fleshy, 
margins recurved, veins reticulated, conspicuous beneath. Flowers not 
seen, but slain ase terminating short lateral branchlets, Drupe (immature) 
#-t 9, 
about 3 in. long, oblong. - c. rebens x mA awn endes ALL . 
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-NortH Istanp: On the faces of cliffs near the North Cape, J anuary, 1896, T Foe: 
As a rule, it is not advisable to describe species of Coprosma unless either good 
flowers or ripe fruit have been obtained. In this instance, however, the creeping habit, 
slender branchlets clothed with a fine and even greyish-white pubescence, the thick and 
fleshy broad obtuse leaves, and the fact that the immature fruit is oblong are characters 
which in combination remove it from all described species. Its nearest ally is probably 
C. rhamnoides, from which it differs in the prostrate stem, in the densely pubescent 
branchlets and petioles, thick and fleshy leaves, and in the oblong drupes. 
19. C. ciliata Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 22—A much-branched 
bush 4-10 ft. high, sometimes forming almost impenetrable thickets ; 
branches stout or slender, lax or dense, young ones villous with rather 
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