876 RUBIACEAE. [Coprosma. 
Nortu Istanp: Mount Egmont, 7’. F. C.; Lake Taupo and the Ruahine 
Mountains, Colenso / B. C. Aston! Tryon / Waimarino Plains, Tongariro and Ruapehu, 
T. Kirk, T. F. C., Spencer! Cockayne; Rangipo Desert, Petrie! Kaimanawa 
Mountains, B. C. Aston / Mount Holdsworth, W. Townson! SoutnH Istanp: Not 
uncommon in mountainous districts from Nelson and Marlborough to the north of 
Otago. 2500-5000 ft. December—January. 
Closely allied to C. cuneata, but a much smaller and more slender plant, with a 
much more prostrate habit of growth, and with smaller and narrower leaves. 
puuila UKE. Tact. 4: Muu sys 
43. C. repens Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1 (1844) 22, t. 164.—A small | 
glabrous creeping species, often forming broad matted patches. Branches 
2-18in. long or more, prostrate and rooting, stout or slender, sometimes 
almost flaccid; bark greyish. Leaves usually close-set, rarely distant, 
+4 in. long, linear-oblong or linear-obovate to broadly oblong or broadly 
obovate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed into very short broad petioles or 
almost sessile, bright-green, coriaceous, spreading or suberect; margins 
thickened. Stipules short and broad, obtuse, glabrous or ciliate. Flowers 
greenish-white, solitary, terminal. Male flowers: Large for the size of the 
plant, 4-#in. long. Calyx minute, cupular, 4- or 8-toothed. Corolla tubular, 
often curved, 4-8-toothed or -lobed. Stamens 4-8. Female flowers smaller, 
+4in. long. Calyx-limb 4-8-toothed. Corolla tubular, 4-8-lobed to about 
4-way down. Styles 2 or 4, rarely 3 or 5. Drupe globose, +in. diam., red 
or orange-yellow.—fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 110; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 119; 
Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix (1887) 250; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 
245; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 262; Subantarct. Is. N.Z. ii (1909) 
412; Rept. Austr. Ant. Exp. Bot. vii, pt..3 (1919) 28. C. pumila Hook. f. 
Fl. Antarct. ti (1847) 548; Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 110; Handb.-N.Z. FI. 
(1864) 119. C. perpusilla Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii (1890) 466. 
sens Cichend ste Biev p- 
Norta AND SoutH IsLanps, StEwART IsLAND, AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS, 
Antipoprs Istanp, Macauarte Is~tanp:. Abundant in mountain districts from the 
East Cape southwards ; ascending to 6000ft. on Mount Egmont and in the Southern 
Alps, descending to sea-level in the Auckland Islands, &c. December—January. 
Kasily distinguished from all other species, except C. Petriei, by the small size 
and creeping and matted habit. From C. Petrie: it is separated by the larger and broader 
always glabrous leaves, much longer tubular male flowers, and smaller drupe. 
44, C. Petriei Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii (1886) 316.— Stem 
prostrate and creeping, usually forming broad matted patches; branches 
6-18in. long, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves usually close-set, erecto- 
patent, =4-{1in. long, linear-oblong or linear-obovate, acute or obtuse, 
narrowed into short petioles or sessile, often concave, rigid and coriaceous, 
veinless, glabrous or sprinkled over with short white hairs on both surfaces. 
Flowers solitary, terminating short erect branchlets, involucellate. Male 
flowers: Calyx wanting. Corolla 4-4 in. long, tubular at the base, cam- 
panulate above, 4-lobed. Female flowers smaller, about $in. long. Calyx- 
limb irregularly toothed. Corolla broadly tubular, deeply 4-lobed. Drupe 
large, globose, 4-4 in. diam., variable in colour, dark-purple or bluish-purple, 
sometimes pale and translucent.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 246; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 263. 
Nortu Istanp: Tussock grassland on the voleanic plateau, Cockayne. SouTH 
IstanD: Abundant in mountain districts throughout. 2500-5500 ft.,- but descends 
to sea-level at the mouth of Waitaki River. November—January. | 
Kasily separated from CO. repens by the shape of the male corolla and much larger 
drupe. 
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