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Coprosma.] 21. C. Buchanani, ''T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxiv. (1892) 424.—A much and closely branched shrub 5–10 ft. high; branches numerous, ascending, younger ones finely pubescent; bark reddish-brown. Leaves distant, ½–1 in. long, broadly oblong or obovate, obtuse or minutely apiculate, narrowed into a short pubescent petiole, rather coriaceous, puberulous and minutely ciliate when young, margins thickened. Stipules deltoid, acute, minutely ciliate. Male flowers unknown. Females axillary, solitary or in 2–3-flowered fascicles, involucellate. Calyx-limb minutely 4–5-toothed. Corolla narrow-campanulate, 4–5-lobed to the middle; segments acute, recurved. Styles stout. Fruit unknown.—Students' Fl. 239.

22. C. crassifolia, ''Col. Excurs. North Is.'' 75.—A much-branched rigid shrub 4–12 ft. high; branches divaricating, excessively stiff and rigid, often interlaced; branchlets glabrous or minutely puberulous; bark reddish-brown or greyish-brown, uneven and fissured on the branches, smoother on the twigs. Leaves ¼–¾ in. long, rarely more, broadly oblong or obovate to orbicular, rounded at the tip or retuse, abruptly narrowed into a very short petiole, usually thick and coriaceous, often glaucous beneath; margins thickened; veins obscure. Flowers involucellate, solitary or more rarely in 2–3-flowered fascicles. Male flowers: Calyx wanting. Corolla $1⁄5$ in. long, campanulate, 4-partite almost to the base. Stamens 4. Female flowers: Calyx-limb minute, truncate or obsoletely toothed. Corolla tubular, $1⁄8$–$1⁄7$ in. long, deeply 4-lobed. Drupe ¼ in. long, subglobose or broadly oblong, yellow, sometimes white and translucent.—''Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 242; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 238. C. pendula, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxi. (1889) 84.

23. C. rigida, ''Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xix. (1887) 243.—An erect shrub 5–15 ft. high; branches divaricating, stout or slender, open or much interlaced, glabrous or the very young twigs puberulous; bark reddish- or purplish-brown. Leaves in opposite pairs on short lateral branchlets, ¼–¾ in. long, obovate or oblongspathulate, rounded or retuse, gradually narrowed into a short petiole, coriaceous or almost membranous, quite glabrous; veins