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Coprosma.] 34. C. retusa, ''Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxvi. (1894) 268.—A much-branched procumbent shrub; branches short, stout or slender, straggllng; bark pale, marked by two opposite lines of pubescence interrupted at the nodes. Leaves ¼–⅔ in. long, linear-obovate or oblong-obovate, retuse or almost 2-lobed at the tip, gradually narrowed into a short stout petiole, thick and coriaceous, flat or concave above, midrib usually distinct beneath; margins thickened and recurved, very minutely crenulate. Stipules broad, with 3 cartilaginous teeth, oiliate. Flowers solitary, terminating short leafy branchlets. Males: Calyx wanting. Corolla ¼–⅓ in. long, broadly campanulate, 4–5-partite. Females: Calyx-limb with 4–5 subulate teeth. Corolla narrow-campanulate, 4–5-partite; segments narrow, revolute. Styles stout, sometimes 3. Drupe $1⁄4$ in. long, ovoid, yellowish-red.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 243.

35. C. cuneata, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 21, t. 15.—A stout erect or spreading closely branched shrub 2–10 ft. high; branches woody and rigid, densely leafy, the younger ones puberulous; bark greyish-white to dark-brown. Leaves close-set, usually fascicled on short lateral branchlets, $1⁄5$–$3⁄4$ in. long, $1⁄10$–$1⁄4$ in. broad, linear- or oblong-obovate or cuneate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, almost sessile, patent or recurved, rigid and coriaceous, often concave above, almost veinless; margins slightly recurved. Stipules short and broad, usually densely fimbriate or ciliate. Flowers solitary, terminating the branchlets, sessile, involucellate. Males: Calyx wanting. Corolla: ¼ in. long, campanulate, 4–5-lobed. Females: Calyx-limb 4–5-lobed; lobes unequal. Corolla $1⁄5$ in. long, 4-lobed to the middle. Drupe $1⁄8$–$1⁄6$ in. diam., globose, red.—Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 110; ''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 117; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 249; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 244.