Coprosma. | RUBIACEAE. 873 
36. C. foetidissima orst. Char. Gen. (1776) 138.—Usually a slender 
sparingly branched shrub 6-15 ft. high, but occasionally forming a small 
“tree 20 ft. high, with a trunk 1 ft. in diam. or more; disgustingly foetid 
when bruised or while being dried. Branches slender, glabrous, or the 
very young ones minutely puberulous. Leaves variable in size and shape, 
14-2 in. loag, }-3Jn. broad, usually oblong, but varying from linear-oblong 
or -obovate to rounded oblong or broad-ovate, obtuse or acute or retuse, 
abruptly narrowed into a rather long and slender petiole, slightly coriaceous 
or almost membranous ; margins flat ; midrib distinct ; lateral veins obscure. 
Stipules short, cuspidate. Flowers sessile, terminating the branchlets. Male 
flowers solitary or 2-3 together. Calyx often wanting, when present minute, 
obscurely 4-toothed. Corolla 4-2in. long, campanulate, 4—-5-lobed to the 
middle, rarely 8-10-lobed. Stamens the same number as the lobes. Female 
flowers solitary, erect, }-din. long. Calyx-limb truncate or obscurely 
toothed. Corolla tubular, 3-4-lobed. Drupe 4in. long, oblong or ovoid, red 
or yellowish-red, sometimes pale and translucent.—A. Rich. Fl. Now. Zel. 
(1832) 261 ; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 471; Raoul Choix (1846) 46 ; Hook. 
f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 20, t. 138; Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 105; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. (1864) 116; Cheesem. on Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 247; T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 242; Cheesem. Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 83; Subantarct. 
Is. N.Z. ii (1909) 411. C. affinis Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1 (1844) 21, t. 14. 
C. repens A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 264 (not of Hook. f.). C. pusilla 
Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 513. C. sagittata Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxi 
(1899) 270. 
NortH AND SoutH IsLanps, CHATHAM ISLANDS, STEWART IsLAND, AUCKLAND 
AND CAMPBELL IsLanps: Abundant from the Thames goldfields and Raglan southwards. 
Sea-level to 4500 ft. Karamu ; Hupiro, August—October. 
Kasily distinguished by the oblong leaves, large terminal flowers, and horribly 
disagreeable odour when bruised. 
—. 7) Cigar, 
37. €. Colensoi Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 117.—A small and 
slender erect or rarely procumbent open or closely branched shrub 2-8 ft. 
high ; bark pale-brown or whitish ; young branches puberulous. Leaves 
opposite or fascicled on short lateral twigs, yellowish-green, very variable 
in size and shape, 4-14 in. long, linear-oblong or linear-obovate to broadly 
oblong or obovate, obtuse or retuse, narrowed into rather slender petioles, 
coriaceous or almost membranous ; margins flat, or recurved in the coriaceous 
forms ; veins indistinct. Flowers terminating the branchlets, solitary on 
short decurved peduncles, involucellate. Male flowers: Calyx wanting. 
Corolla din. long, campanulate, 4-lobed. Female fiowers: Calyx-limb 
minutely 4-toothed. Corolla 4in. long, tubular, 4-lobed ; lobes revolute. 
Drupe 4-+in. long, oblong, dark-red.—Cheesem. on Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix 
(1887) 248; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 243; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
260. C.myrtillifoha var. linearis Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 108. 
ae ——~ co baksic | pene 
Norru [stand : From Mount Wynyard (Thames goldfields) and Te Aroha Mountain 
southwards to Hikurangi Mountain and Mount Egmont, thence to the central volcanic 
plateau and the Ruahine and Kaimanawa Mountains to the ‘Tararua Mountains, not 
common. SovutH Istanp: Marlborough—Queen Charlotte Sound, J. H. Macmahon! 
western portion of Nelson Province to Westland and the West Coast Sounds. Srewarrt 
Istand: Abundant throughout. Usually from 1500 to 4000ft., but descends to 
sea-level in Stewart Island. November—January. 
A well-marked species, easily recognized by the rather broad leaves, and the terminal 
solitary flowers on decurved peduncles. 
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