ingly fœtid when bruised or while being dried. Branches slender, glabrous, or the very young ones minutely puberulous. Leaves variable in size and shape, 1½–2 in. long, ¼–¾ in. broad, usually oblong, but varying from linear-oblong or -obovate to rounded oblong or broad-ovate, obtuse or acute or retuse, abruptly narrowed inco a rather long and slender petiole, slightly coriaceous or almost membranous; margins fiat; midrib distinct; lateral veins obscure. Stipules short, cuspidate. Flowers sessile, terminating the branchlets. Males solitary or 2–3 together. Calyx often wanting, when present minute, obscurely 4-toothed. Corolla ⅓–⅔ in. long, campanulate, 4–5-lobed to the middle, rarely 8–10-lobed. Stamens the same number as the lobes. Females solitary, erect, ¼–⅓ in. long. Calyx-limb truncate or obscurely toothed. Corolla tubular, 3–4-lobed. Drupe 13 in. long, oblong or ovoid, red or yellowish-red, sometimes pale and translucent.—A. rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 261; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 471; Raoul, Choix, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 20, t. 13; Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 105; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 116; Kirk, Students Fl. 242. C. affinis, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 21, t. 14. C. repens, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 264 (not Hook. f.). C. pusilla, Forst. Prodr. n. 513. C. sagittata, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxi. (1899) 270.
North and South Islands, Chatham Islands, Stewart Isljind, Auckland and Campbell Islands: Abundant from the Thames goldfields and Raglan southwards. Sea-level to 4500 ft. Karamu; Hupiro. August–October.
Easily distinguished by the oblong leaves, large terminal flowers, and horribly disagreeable odour when bruised.
33. C. Colensoi, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 117.—A small and slender erect or rarely procumbent open or closely branched shrub 2–8 ft. high; bark pale-brown or whitish; young branches puberulous. Leaves opposite or fascicled on short lateral twigs, yellowish-green, very variable in size and shape, –1½ in. long, linear-oblong or linear-obovate to broadly oblong or obovate, rarely narrower and linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or retuse, narrowed into rather slender petioles, coriaceous or almost membranous; margins flat, or recurved in the coriaceous forms; veins indistinct. Flowers terminating the branchlets, solitary on short decurved peduncles, involitcellate. Males: Calyx wanting. Corolla 15 in. long, campanulate, 4-lobed. Females: Calyx-limb minutely 4-toothed. Corolla 16 in. long, tubular, 4-lobed; lobes revolute. Drupe 16–14 in. long, oblong, dark-red.—Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 248; Kirk, Students' Fl. 243. C. myrtillifolia var. linearis, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 108. C. Banksii, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxx. (1898) 433.
North Island: Mountainous districts from the Thames goldfields and Te Aroha southwards; not common. South Island: Western portion of Nelson Province and Westland to the West Coast sounds. Stewart Island: Abundant. Usually from 1500ft. to 3500ft., but descends to sea-level on Stewart Island. November–January.
A well-marked species, easily recognised by the terminal solitary flowers on decurved peduncles.
