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loliosis pubescentibus, foliis plimmis parvis (4 unc.) uniformibus obovato-spathulatis lineari-obovatisve
obtusis breve petiolatis glaberrimis subcoriaceis, floribus minimis; masc. calyce brevi obscure 4-lobo, corolla
4 -p artita lobis lineari-oblongis, staminibus 4 ; foem. calycis tubo ovoideo glaberrimo limbo breviter tu b u loso
4-lobo, corollæ tubo brevi campanulato lobis 4 lineari-elongatis, baccis majusculis.
H a b . Th ro u g h o u t th e Islands. Bay of Islands and east coa st; common in fir-woods, etc. Middle
Island, Otago an d Bluff Islan d , L y a ll.
A stout, erect, rigid slinib, 4 -7 feet high, with spreading, fiat branches, very mnch divided ; ramuli spreading
laterally, pubescent, leafy, woody. Leaves uniform in size, numerous, 4 hich long, linear-oblong or spathulate,
sometimes almost cuneate, blunt, on veiy short petioles, rather coriaceous. Flowers as small as iu C. rhamnoides
and similar, but the males have a distinct though short four-lobed calyx, and the tube of the female corolla is
shorter. Berries (in Dr. Lyall’s Middle Island specimens) globose, size of a pea ; seeds with a rib down the back.—
Difficult to distinguish by words, but a different-looking plant from the two former, being very leafy, with leaves
uniform both in size and form. The male flowers, too, have an evident calyx.
11. Coprosma rotundifolia, A. Cuun. ; frutex erectus, diffuse ramosus, ramis gracilibus divaricatis me-
diocriter foliosis ultimis petiolisque villoso-pubescentibus, foliis membranaceis 1 unc. longis ovato-rotundatis
orbiculatisve cuspidatis in petiolum angustatis puberulis glabratisve siccitate undula tis atro-fuscis subtus
pallidioribus, floribus parvis solitariis 2 -3 -n isv e ; masc. coroUa campanulata 4 -5 -fid a lobis tu b o longioribus
linearibus calyce spurio 4-lobo suffulta, staminibus 4 - 5 ; foem. calycis limbo obscure 4-lobo brevissimo,
coroUa u t in masc., baccis parvis didymis, seminibus orbicularibus valde convexis. A . Cunn. Prodr.
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d , B a n k s a n d Solander; Bay of Islands, etc., abundant, Cunningham, etc.
A branching bush, 3 -6 feet high, moderately leafy, with slender, spreading, round branches, the ultimate ones
villous with short hairs or pubescence. Leaves 4“ I 4 long, very membranous and crumpled when diy, rounded
or oval, narrowed into a slender petiole 2 -4 lines long, more or less pubescent with scattered hairs, always ending
suddenly in a shai*p point. Flowers small, solitary or few together. Male:— Calyx 0, except the four-
lobed cup-shaped bract foimed by the confluence of a pair of stipules (as in C. rhamnoides, etc.). CoroUa bellshaped,
fo u r-to five-cleft below the middle into as many narrow lobes. Stamens io\^x or five. Female:— Calyx
tube globose; limb veiy obscure, four-lobed. Corolla as in the male plant. Berry xtb, very small, 3 -4 lines broad,
of two rounded lobes. Seeds broad and rounded.—A very distinct species, with the flowers of C. rhamnoides, but
veiy different foliage, and a berry unlike any other of the genus I am acquainted with.
12. Coprosma m y r tillfo lia , Hook, fil.; fruticosa, erecta, ramis divaricatis cortice pallido ultimis p u berulis,
foliis parvis (4-4 unc.) coriaceis breve petiolatis elliptico-ovatis oblongis lineari-oblongis linearibusve
obtusis retusis emarginatisve, floribus solitariis rarius fasciculatis (pro planta) majusculis; masc. ra-
mulo subelongato pedunculatis cernuis, corolla late campanulata calyce spurio suffulta 4 -5 -iid a lobis
brevibus elongatisve, staminibus 4 ; foem. calycis tu b o ovoideo limbo te reti subelongato ore tru n c a to ciliato
inæqualiter 4 -5 -lo b o , baccis globosis. Fl. Antarct. p . 21.
Yar. /3. cuneata; depressa v. prostrata, foliis lineari-cuneatis apice rotundatis v. emarginatis retusisve.
Yar. 7 . linearis; foliis anguste lineari-oblongis obtusis retusis emarginatisve.
H a b . N o rth ern Is la n d ; in mountainous districts, Colenso.
A small, erect shrub, 3-5 feet high, with rather stiff, strong, divaricating branches, pubescent at the apices,
covered with a pale bark. Leaves 4-4 frch long, variable in width, linear-oblong, or broadly oblong or obovate,
coriaceous, smooth and glossy, blunt or notched at the apex. Flowers rather large for the size of the plant, generally
solitaiy, peduncled on the short curved branchlets. Male:— Calyx 0, except the cuneate stipules forming a
four-lobed cup. Corolla broadly bell-shaped, with four long or short pubescent lobes. Female:— Calyx tube ovoid ;
limb shortly tubular, truncate; mouth ciliated, obscurely lobed. Berry globose.—Originally described from Lord
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Auckland’s Island specimens, which were not found in flower, and differ from Mr. Colenso’s only iu being more
pubescent on the ramuli. It is closely allied to C. cuneata, of Lord Auckland’s Group, to which the var. ^ may
belong, and is hence intermediate between this section and the following. The flowers of C. myrtillifolia itself,
and of var. 7, are smaller than those of C. cuneata.
§ c. Frect or prostrate shrubs. Leaves small, less than 1 inch long, narrow, more or less linear, generally more
than twice as long as broad. Flowers sessile or nearly so, solitary or fascicled. {See C. myrtillifolia and
C. foetidissima in section b.)
1 3 . propinqua, A. C u n n .; erecta, virgata, ramis fastigiatis divaricatisve, ramulis puberulis,
foliis (| - 14 unc.) longis submembranaceis anguste lineari-elongatis lanceolatisve rariu s elliptico-lanceolatis
acutis acuminatis v. rarius obtusis in petiolum brevem an g u sta tis subtus nervosis rariu s aveniis, stqjulis
breviter ovatis elongatisve, floribus ramulis abbreviatis eonfertis solitariisve ; masc. eonfertis, corolla calyce
spui'io submembranaceo suffulta late campanulata breviter 4 -lo b a ; foem. eonfertis v. solitariis, calycis tu b o
ovoideo limbo te re ti b reviter tubuloso 4-lobo glaberrimo, corolla profunde 4-fida lobis lineari-oblongis,
bacca ovoidea calycis tu b o coronata v. nuda. C. p ropinqua et C. foetidissima, A . Cunn. Prodr.
Yar. a-, fobis majoribus latioribus, floribus fasciculatis, corollæ lobis la tiuscubs, calyce ? tubuloso
4-lobo.
Yar. /3 ; minor, foliis brevioribus, floribus u t in a, corollæ lobis bneari-oblongis, calyce ? inæqualiter
4-lobo. Pelaphia parvifoHa, B a n k s et Sol. M S S .
Yar. 7 . lin a riifo lia ; foHis anguste lineari-elongatis, stipulis longe connatis, floribus ? sobtariis, calyce
4-lobo, lobis linearibus persistentibus, corollæ lobis au g u ste linearibus.
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Is la n d s ; ab u n d an t on th e east coast especially, Cunningham, etc.; Chatham
Islan d , Bieffenbach.
A tall, generally erect shrub, with fasciculate or spreading, smooth, twiggy branches, and puberidous branchlets.
Leaves very variable in length and breadth, 4- I 4 iuch long, very narrow, linear or lanceolate or bnear-oblong, acute
or acuminate, rarely blunt, narrowed into a sliort petiole, black when dry, paler below, with usually a few conspicuous
nerves. Flowers crowded, rarely solitary, rather large for the genus, 14 -2 hues long. Male:— Calyx 0,
except the membranous connate stipules forming a four-lobed cup ; corolla broadly campanulate, four-lobed ; lobes
short, blunt. Female :—Calyx tube ovoid ; limb elongated, cylindrical, trúncate, four-lobed or four-partite, quite
smooth, sometimes of four linear leaflets. BeiAes generally crowded, ovoid, sometimes terminated by the calyx.
—A veiy variable plant in foliage, and somewhat in the size of the flowers and berries. The var. y I had thought
a distinct species, from the solitary flowers, long sheathing tube of the connate stipules, narrow lobes of the corolla,
and long, linear, coriaceous calyx lobes ; but I find all these characters gradually giving way when many specimens
arc examined.
14. Coprosma acerosa, A. Cunn. ; frntex ramosissimus, ramis divaricatis ultimis puberulis, cortice
pallido, fobis subfascicidatis ericoideis acerosis brevibus (4 unc.) angustissime bnea ribus obtusis superne
couvexis subtus caualiculatis coriaceis glaberrimis, floribus parvis solitariis; masc. corolla calyce spurio
membranaceo suffulta late campanulata 4-loba lobis late ovatis ; foem. calycis tu b o ovideo limbo tru n c ato ,
corolla late campanulata limbo 4-fido lobis latis, baccis parvis ro tu n d a tis. A. Cmm. Prodr. Pelaplua,
B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
I I a b . N o rth e rn , Middle, an d Southern Islands. Bay of Islan d s and east coast ; salt marshes, etc.,
Cimningham, Colenso, Sinclair, etc. New River, Southern Islan d , Herb. A . Richard. N a t. name, " T atara-
liake,” Colenso.
One of the most distinct species of the genus, which may be readily recognized by its heath-like leaves : it
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