growing in exposed places; young shoots more or less clothed with a short white pubescence. Leaves ¼–¾ in. long, 18–12 in. broad, very variable in shape and texture, orbicular or broadly ovate to narrow-oblong, in some varieties with lanceolate or linear leaves mixed with the broader ones, rounded retuse or acute, abruptly narrowed into a very short petiole, coriaceous or almost membranous, glabrous or puberulous beneath; veins reticulated, evident except in the more coriaceous forms. Flowers axillary, solitary or in 2–3-flowered fascicles, involucellate. Males: Calyx wanting. Corolla campanulate, 110 in. long, 4–5-lobed to below the middle, lobes often recurved. Females smaller and narrower. Calyx-limb truncate or obsoletely toothed. Corolla tubular, deeply 4-cleft; lobes narrow, revolute. Drupe globose, 16 in. diam., usually bright-red or reddish-black, rarely quite black.—Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 239; Kirk, Students' Fl. 236. Two main forms are distinguishable as follows:—
Var. a, vera.—Leaves orbicular or broadly ovate, obtuse, often coriaceous.—C. rhamnoides, A. Cunn.; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 107; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 116. C. concinna, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi. (1884) 330. C. orbiculata, Col. l.c. xxii. (1890) 465.
Var. b, divaricata.—Leaves broadly ovate, oblong-ovate, or oblong, acute or subacute, rather thin. Narrower leaves, linear or lanceolate, often mixed with the broader ones.—C. divaricata, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 476 (not of Hook. f.). C. heterophylla, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii. (1886) 263. ? C. gracilis, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 475.
North and South Islands, Stewart Island: Abundant throughout, ascending to 3000 ft. August–October.
An exceedingly variable and puzzling species, for a fuller account of which reference should be made to my revision of the genus, published in the "Transactions of the New Zealand Institute," Vol. xix. (p. 239).
18. C. ciliata, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 22.—A much-branched bush 4–10 ft. high, sometimes forming almost impenetrable thickets; branches stout or slender, lax or dense, young ones villous with rather rigid hairs; bark pale, almost white. Leaves tufted on short lateral branchlets, ¼–⅔ in. long, oblong or oblong-obovate, rarely narrower and linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, narrowed into a very short petiole, flat, rather membranous, under-surface slightly pubescent, margins and petiole ciliate; veins obscure, not reticulated. Stipules broad, acute, villous. Flowers unknown. Drupe (only a single specimen seen) subglobose, 15 in. diam., black.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 115; Kirk, Students' Fl. 237.
Auckland and Campbell Islands, Antipodes Island: Abundant, ascending to 1000 ft.
Apparently closely allied to C. parvifiora, but its exact position cannot be determined until good flowering and fruiting specimens have been obtained.
19. C. parviflora, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 107.—An erect much-branched leafy shrub 4–15 ft. high; branches stout or slender, often spreading in a horizontal plane; branchlets densely pubescent or
