Rubiaceae
Leaves apparently whorled or opposite with interpetiolar stipules Rubiaceae
Flowers not united with each other
Shrubs or small trees
Leaves thick, glossy on the upper surface, more than 10 mm long. Flowers several together
Leaves acuminate, broad-ovate to lanceolate, 1–7 cm long. Flowers few together in short pedunculate heads which are terminal but becoming lateral by the growth of the shoot. Corolla 6 mm long. Fruit red or brownish. Shrub up to 2 m high, usually minutely scabrous. Blue Mts, e.g. Blackheath. Open forests not usually on Ss. Fl. summer Coprosma hirtella
Leaves obtuse truncate or emarginate, broad-oblong to broad-ovate, 2–8 cm long. Domatia prominant on lower surface. Flowers numerous in compound axillary clusters. Corolla 5 mm long. Fruit orange-red. Shrub up to 8 m high but sometimes prostrate, pubescent on the young branches. Naturalized at places near the sea. Introd. from New Zealand. Fl. spring–summer. Looking-glass or Mirror Bush Coprosma repens