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Soutu Istanp: Nelson—Buller Gorge, W. Townson! Clarence Valley and Lake 
Tennyson, 7. F. C. Westland—Common in lowland river-beds, Cockayne! P. G. 
Morgan! Canterbury—Arthur’s Pass, 7. F. C.; Mount Murray, Upper Rakaia, 
Cockayne ; Mount Arrowsmith, Cockayne and R. M. Laing ; Cass River, Cockayne and. 
Foweraker ! Mount Peel, H. H. Allan! Mount Cook district, abundant, 7. F. C. 
Otago—Vicinity of Dunedin, Petrie / Clinton Valley, F. G. Gibbs! Lake Hauroko, 
J. Crosby Smith ; West Coast Sounds, B. C. Aston / Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
Closely allied to C. brunnea, from which it differs in the much larger size and erect 
habit, longer and narrower often petioled leaves, in the longer ¢alyx-lobes of the female 
flowers, and in the more oblong drupe. It is probably common in mountain districts 
throughout the South Island. “~- 7)>qQ%. —T4IRISBAS . 
Aun. Nat. Wah. 2 sista. 206. 
32. C. propinqua A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 472.—A large branching 
shrub or small tree 6-20 ft. high ; branches widely divaricating, young ones 
puberulous ; bark brown or brownish-grey. Leaves opposite, or in opposite 
fascicles on short arrested branchlets, +-4in. long, j,—+in. wide, linear or 
narrow linear-oblong or narrow linear-obovate, obtuse or subacute, gradually 
narrowed into a very short petiole or sessile, rather coriaceous; veins 
obscure. Flowers solitary\or in 2—4-flowered fascicles, each fascicle invested 
by a 4-toothed cupuliform involucre, and each flower involucellate. Male 
flowers: Calyx wanting. Corolla din. long, campanulate, 4-5-partite. 
Female flowers : Calyx-limb 4-toothed. Corolla } in. long, tubular, 3—4-lobed. 
Drupe 4in. long, globose or broadly oblong, bluish or bluish-black or quite 
black.—Raoul Choix (1846) 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 100; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 116; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 245; T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 241; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 258. C. alba Col. 
nm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiv (1892) 388. | : 
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NortH AND SoutH IsLanps, STEWART IsLAND, CHATHAM ISLANDS: Abundant 
throughout in swampy forests or by the side of rivers, &c. Sea-level to 1500 ft. 
Mingiming:. September—October. 
Allied to C. Cunninghamii, but distinguished by the more spreading habit, dark 
bark, smaller narrower leaves, smaller and fewer flowers, and by the drupe not being 
white and translucent. ie 
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33. C. Kirkii(Cheesem.)in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix (1897) 391—A much 
and closely branched procumbent or suberect shrub, often forming rounded 
masses 2-4 {t. high and the same in diam. ; rarely taller, erect, and loosely 
spreading. Branches stout, often interlaced ; branchlets obscurely tetra- 
gonous, usually more or less clothed with short greyish pubescence, rarely 
almost glabrous. Leaves opposite or in opposite fascicles, 4-1 in. long, 
linear or narrow linear-oblong or narrow linear-obovate, obtuse or subacute, 
gradually narrowed into a very short petiole, flat, coriaceous or almost 
membranous; midrib evident below; lateral veins usually indistinct. 
Stipules very short, broad, ciliate. Flowers in 3—6-flowered fascicles on 
short arrested branchlets, rarely solitary. Male flowers: Calyx wanting, 
Corolla %in. long, broadly campanulate, 4-5-partite. Female flowers 
smaller and narrower. Calyx-limb minutely 4-toothed. Corolla funnel- 
shaped, deeply 4-lobed. Drupe (immature) din. long, oblong—T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 241 ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 258. Plagianthus * 
linarifolia Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi (1884) 394, t. 34, f. 1. 
Nort Istanp: Auckland—Tapotopoto Bay, 7. Kirk / coast between Spirits Bay 
and the North Cape, 7’. F. C. ; near Ahipara, R. H. Matthews! T. F.C. ; South Head 
of Hokianga Harbour, 7. Kirk! Taranaki—Near Opunake, 7. Kirk/ Hawke’s Bay— 
Portland Island, Bishop Williams ! 
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