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when drj’ing, though when alive and growing it is inodorous. I t varies in size, from a small prostrate shrub to a tree
20-30 feet, and is always perfectly smooth, even the youngest branches. Bark white or pale. Stipules ovate, acute,
often with a subulate top, deciduous. Leaves oblong or obovate, very variable in length (4 -1 4 inch) and breadth,
blunt or sharp, narrowed into a petiole 4-4 i^ ^ i long. Flotoers apparently sessile, solitaiy, being terminal on very
short axillary branches. Calyx tube truncate ; limb none. Corolla very large, 4 inch long : of the male tubular, four-
to eight-cleft ; of the female campanulate, smaller, divided below the middle into four linear recurved lobes, papillose
on the margin. Stamens ofteu five j anthers very large, as long as the corolla. Styles exserted, very stout, 4 inch
long. Berry fleshy, red, very variable in size, 4 -4 iuch long, with two bnear-oblong seeds.—The perfectly
smooth branclilets, large flowers, petiolate leaves, and want of a calyx, are amongst the most constant characters of
this most variable plant.
6. Coprosma spathulata, A. C u n n .; fruticosa, erecta, divaricatim ramosa, glaberrima, ramis gracilibus,
ramulis puberulis, stipulis la te ovatis deciduis, foliis sp athulatis late ovato-rotundatis rhombeisve acutis
retusisve iu petiolum sæpe longissiinum planum lineare abrupte angustatis lucidis venosis (4 -4 unc. longis),
floribus parvis solitariis v. 2 - 3 ; masc. calyce campanulato 4-p artito lobis linearibus obtusis, corolla 4-loba
4 unc. longa, staminibus 4 ; foem. calycis bmbo irregulariter 4 -8 -p a rtito lobis linearibus ciliatis, corollæ
tubo brevi campanulato lobis 4 - 6 linearibus recurvis, stybs elongatis 4 Ruc. longis, bacca calycis laciniis
coronata. A. Cunn. Frodr. Pelaphoides rotuiidifolia. B a n k s et Sol. MSS.
F Iab . N o rth e rn Islan d ; abundant. Bay of Islands and east coast, B a n k s a n d Solander, Cunningham,
etc. (Cultivated in England.)
A shrub 3 -5 feet high, with slender spreading branches, perfectly smooth, except the ramuli, which are very
obscurely downy. Leaves extremely variable in size and form, always suddenly contracted into a linear narrow
grooved petiole ; lamina round, rhomboid, obovate or broadly ovate, or spathulate or obcordate, blunt, apiculate,
retuse or almost two-lobed, shining above, paler below; sometimes 4 inches long with the petiole, sometimes not
4 inch; there is no constant proportion between length of petiole and lamina. Flowers small, axillary, solitary or
two to thi-ee together. Male flowers :— Calyx of four narrow lobes. Corolla subcampanulate, usually four-lobed.
Stamens four. Female:— Calyx tube ovoid; limb of four to eight linear, unequal, ciliated, blunt lobes. Corolla with
a short campanulate tube, and four linear spreading segments. Styles stout, 4 inch long. Berry red, very variable
in size, ovoid, crowned with the calyx lobes.—The calyx lobes offer a very prominent character for tbis species.
7. Coprosma tenuicaulis, Hook, fil.; frutex erectus, divaricatim ramosus, ramis ramulisque gracilibus
puberulis, cortice fusco, foliis parvis (4 unc.) sparsis subspatliulatis late ovato-rotundatis in petiolum
planum angustatis obtusis subacutisve subtus puberulis reticulatim venosis, floribus puberulis solitariis
2-3 -n isv e p arv is; masc. corolla calyce spurio cupulari inæqualiter 4-lobo v. 4-p artito suffulta ( 4 - j unc.)
tubo brevi lobis lineari-oblongis, staminibus 4, antheris o blongis; foem. calycis tubo ovoideo limbo sub-
elongato obscure 4-lobo ciliato, corolla pubescente tu b o brevi lobis 4 elongatis linearibus.
H a b . No rth e rn Islan d . Bay of Islands, Colenso, etc.
A small shrub, with slender downy branchlets, and dark red-brown branches. Leaves small (4 inch), l)road!y
obovate-spathulate, narrowed into a short petiole, blunt, downy below. Flowers pubescent, small, 4-4 inch long.
Male flowers :— Apparent calyx four-lobed, cup-shaped, more or less irregular, formed of two connate stipules. Corolla
very n a n w at the base, four-lobed ; lobes spreading, oblong, blunt. Stamens four ; anthers oblong. Female :—
Calyx tube ovoid ; limb rather cup-shaped, obscurely four-lobed. Corolla with a short tube, and four long spreading
lobes.—My specimens of this are very uniform in appearance ; they resemble some states of C. divaricata very closely
indeed, chiefly differing in the pubescent under surface of the leaves. The cupuliform calyx of the male is the result
of the union of opposite stipules with rudimentary leaves. Small specimens from Mr. Colenso have the leaves much
reduced, hardly 1 line long.
8. Coprosma rhamnoides, A. Cuiiu. ; fruticulus flexuosim divaricatim ramosissimus, rig id u s, ramulis
sæpius validis cano-pubescentibus, foliis parvis (4 -4 nnc.) late elliptico-ovatis rliombeis spathulatisve
obtusis subacutisve glaberrimis in petiolum brevem angustatis, floribus glaberrimis minimis so lita riis;
masc. (alabast. late obovatis) corolla calyce spurio cupuliformi 4-lobo suffulta lobis 2 oppositis majoribus,
corollæ tubo brevi an g u ste campanulato 4 -5 -lo b o , staminibus 4 - 5 , antheris late oblongis ; foem. calycis
tubo ovoideo limbo b reviter tubuloso 4-5-fi.do ciliato, coroUa in fundibuliformi 4 -5 -fid a lobis linearibus
recurvis, stylis 2 gracilibus, baccis parvis. A. Cunn. Frodr.
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Is la n d s ; chiefly on th e east coast, Cunningham, etc.
A rigid woody shrub, variable in size and habit, very much branched ; the branches intricate, stout, patent and
fiexuous, ultimate ones hoary with pubescence. Leaves pretty uniform hi size (4~4 inch), rounded, obovate or
elliptic, oblong or spathulate, narrowed into short petioles, often green when dry. Flowers very minute. Male :—
Calgx none, except two connate stipules, as in the C. tenuicaulis, which may be seen beneath the ovarium of the
female flower. Corolla broadly obovate before expansion, four- to five-cleft. Stamens four to five. Female:— Calyx
tube ovoid; limb a short, ciliated, four- to five-cleft tube. Corolla fuunel-shaped, four- to five-cleft, with two long
slender styles. Berries very small, 1-2 lines long, rounded.—I have named this plant by specimens in Cunningham’s
Herbarium, which agree but indifferently with the wholly insufficient descriptions in his ‘ Prodromus.’ Tlie
very small flowers and fruit afford important characters.
9. Coprosma divaricata, A. Cu n n .; frutex lignosus, rigidus, divaricatim ramosus, ramis sæpius brunneis,
ramulis puberulis glabratisve, foliis parvis (4 -4 unc.) ro tu n d a tis obcordatis obovato-spathulatis oblongisve
in petiolum mediocrem angusta tis coriaceis v. membranaceis obtusis, fioribus parvis glaberrimis u t in C.
rhamnoides. A . Cunn. Frodr.
Y^ar. /S. g ra c ilis; ramis gracilibus, foliis lineari-spathulatis obtusis. C. gracilis, A . Cunn. Herb, et
Prodr.
Var. •g. p a llid a ; ramis gracilibus, cortice albido, foliis obovato-spathulatis sublonge petiolatis.
Y’ar. 8. la tifo lia ; ramis gracilibus, cortice fusco, foliis sparsis breve petiolatis majoribus (|- unc.) late
oblongo-spathulatis apiculatis retusisve subtus pallidis glaberrimis v. puberulis. (An sp. d istin cta ?)
Var. e. coriacea; ramis robustis liguosis, foliis sparsis rigide coriaceis late obovato-rotundatis spathu-
latisve marginibus reciu’vis glaberrimis.
H a b . Th ro u g h o u t th e N o rth e rn and Middle Is la n d s ; common. Var. B. Bay of Islands, east coast,
and Otago. (Cultivated iu England.)
What I take to Im the ordinary form of C. divaricata resembles C. rhamnoides, but has large, generally more
coriaceous leaves, less pubescent branches, and larger berries. I am quite at a loss, however, to give good diagnostic
characters for these species, which, being dioecious anti very variable, and only known to me through dried
specimens, present almost insuperable difficulties in the herbarium. Amongst all the specimens I have included
here, there is no female flower, only young fru it; and the male flower entirely resembles that of the last species.
The habit is generally laxer than that of C. rhamnoides ; branches widely sprfeading, slender, stout, sparingly leaiy.
Leaves scattered, 4—| iuch long, obovate-spathulate, more or less elongated, aud naiTOwed into petioles of very
variable length, smooth, blunt, retuse, or obcordate. Flowers very small, axillary, solitary or four or five to-
getlier, shortly pedicellate ; pedicels bearing little cups like calyces, which are connate stipules, in which the flowers
are sessile. Male fowers as in C. rhamnoides. In var. tlie leaves are rather longer than in the ordinary form ;
in var. y the slender branches are covered with a wliite silvery bark ; in var. b the leaves are very broad, on short
petioles, a re -I inch long, blunt, apiculate, pale and sometimes pubescent below; in var. c the branches are very-
woody and thick, leaves smaller tliau in var. b, but veiy coriaceous.
1 0 . Coprosma parviflora, H o o k .f ll.; frutex rigidus, ramosissimus, ramis planis, ramulis divaricatis