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narrowed into a short stout petiole, coriaceous, dark-green and shining above, paler beneath; margins sometimes slightly recurved. Peduncles short, stout, simple or branched, bearing dense many-flowered glomerules. Male flowers: Calyx minute, cupular, obsoletely 4–5-toothed or quite truncate. Corolla campanulate, ¼–⅓ in. long, 4–5-lobed. Females: Much smaller, 1/5–1/6 in. Corolla tubular, shortly 3–5-lobed. Drupes crowded, oblong to ovoid, ¼–⅓ in. long, yellowish- or reddish-orange.—Choix de Plantes, 23, t. 21; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 105; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 113; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 234; Kirk, Students Fl. 233. C. coffæoides, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi. (1889) 87.

Var. angustata, Kirk, l.c.—Leaves smaller, ¾–2 in. long, ¼–½ in. broad, linear-oblong or lanceolate. Includes var. parva, Kirk, l.c.

North and South Islands, Chatham Islands: Abundant throughout, ascending to 2500 ft. Karamu. August–October.

The most generally distributed of all the New Zealand species.

9. C. Cunninghamii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 113.—A large sparingly branched shrub 6–15 ft. high; bark pale; branches ascending. Leaves erect, ½–2 in. long, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute or subacute, gradually narrowed into a short stout petiole, flat, coriaceous. Flowers sessile in 3–12-flowered glomerules or terminating short arrested branchlets. Males: Calyx minute, cupular, truncate or obscurely lobed. Corolla campanulate, 1/8–1/6 in. long, 4–5-lobed. Females smaller and less numerous. Calyx-limb 4–5-toothed. Corolla tubular, 3–5-lobed. Styles very long and slender. Drupe broadly oblong, ¼ in. long, pale and translucent.—Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 234; Kirk, Students' Fl. 233. C. fœtidissima, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 471 in part (non Forst.).

North and South Islands, Chatham Islands: Not uncommon in lowland districts, especially in rich alluvial soils. Mingimingi. August–September.

Very closely allied to C. robusta, but distinguished by the linear leaves, fewer flowers, and translucent fruit. Intermediate states are not uncommon, and are often difficult to place in the absence of fruit.

10. C. acutifolia, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. (1857) 128.—A glabrous shrub or small tree 8–20 ft. high; bark pale; branches slender, spreading. Leaves 1½–4 in. long, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, acuminate, narrowed into a slender petiole ¼–½ in. long, thin and membranous; veins finely reticulated. Peduncles slender, longer than the petioles, simple or trichotomously divided; branches ending in little fascicles of 2 or 3 flowers. Male flowers rather large, ⅓ in. long. Calyx minute, cupular. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, 4–5-lobed. Female flowers smaller and fewer. Calyx-limb with 4–5 linear teeth. Corolla tubular, 3–5-lobed. Drupe oblong. ¼ in. long, reddish-orange.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 114; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. [[Page:Manual of the New Zealand Flora.djvu/Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute/Volume 20/Article 23#169|xx. (1888) 169; Kirk, Students' Fl. 233.