Coprosma. | RUBIACEAE. 869 
branchlets, involucellate, decurved.: Male flowers: Calyx shortly funnel- 
shaped, teeth deltoid. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, 4-lobed to the middle ; 
lobes ovate, recurved. Female flowers: Corolla tubular, slightly ventricose 
at the base, teeth short, straight. Styles very long. Drupes }-4in. diam., 
broadly obconic or obcordate, yellowish-white, almost translucent.—Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 256. 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Wairoa Gorge, 7. Kirk, D. S. Bryant ! 
I only know this through a few specimens given to me by Mr. Bryant, who 
collected them in the same locality where the plant was originally observed by Mr. Kirk. 
There is little to separate it from C. rigida except that the fruit is slightly obconic. 
27. C. rubra Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii (1885) 269.—An open or 
closely branched shrub 5-12 ft. high; branches slender, divaricating, glabrous 
or the very young ones puberulous; bark reddish-brown. Leaves }-3 in. 
long or more, broadly oblong or obovate to orbicular, rounded or subacute 
or apiculate, abruptly narrowed into long or short ciliolate petioles, rather 
membranous ; veins obscurely reticulated. Flowers involucellate, solitary 
or in 2-4-flowered fascicles. Male flowers: Calyx wanting. Corolla 4 in. 
long, campanulate, 4-partite. Stamens 4. Female flowers: Calyx-limb 
minutely 4-toothed. Corolla $in. long, tubular, 4-lobed. Drupe +in. long, 
oblong, yellowish-white, translucent.—Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix 
(1887) 243; ZL. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 239; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 256. C. divaricata var. latifolia Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 107. 
Norta Istanp: Hawke’s Bay, Colenso/ WRuahine Mountains, B. C. Aston / 
Mount Holdsworth, B. C. Aston / Sours Istanp: Nelson—Wairoa Gorge, D. 8. Bryant 
and 7’. Kirk. Otago—Vicinity of Dunedin, Catlin’s River, Petrie / Clifden and Tapanui, 
B. C. Aston ! Septem ber—November. 
In foliage and habit this has considerable resemblance to C. rotundifolia ; but 
differs altogether in the flowers and fruit, which clearly place it in the neighbourhood 
of C. rigida. It was originally discovered by Mr. Colenso in some locality in the North 
Island. | 
25. C. virescens Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xi (1879) 426.—A glabrous 
much-branched shrub 5-10 ft. high; branches very slender, flexuose, 
spreading and interlaced ; bark pale greyish-brown. Leaves 4-4 1n. long, 
spathulate or oblong-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed into a short 
slender petiole, membranous, quite glabrous; margins flat or slightly 
undulate. Stipules acute, ciliolate. Flowers involucellate, solitary or in 
2-3-flowered fascicles. Male flowers: Calyx wanting. Corolla } in. long, 
campanulate, 4-partite almost to the base. Female flowers: Calyx-limb 
obsoletely 4-toothed. Corolla shorter and narrower than in the males, 
tubular, deeply 4-lobed. Drupe }in. long, oblong, yellowish-white, trans- 
lucent.—Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 244: 7. Kirk Students’ 
— £l. (1899) 240; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 257. OC. divaricata var. 
pallida Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 107. | 
NortuH Istanp: Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay, Colenso! SoutuH Istanp: Marl- 
borough—Pelorus Sound, J. Rutland ! J. H. Macmahon ! Nelson—Wairoa Gorge, D. 8. 
Bryant and T. Kirk ; near Foxhill, T. F. C. ; Lake Tennyson, Rk. M. Laing. Canterbury 
—Lake Forsyth, 7. Kirk. Otago—Vicinity of Dunedin, Otepopo, Kaitangata, Kurow 
Petrie ! Sea-level to 1500 ft. Septem ber—October. 
A very distinct species, perhaps more nearly allied to.C. rubra than any other. 
