THE MADDER FAMILY 



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Coprosma Baueri (The Taupata). 



A shining shrub, from 1 ft. -20 ft. in height. Leaves almost fleshy, ovate, 

 glossy, margins often recurved. Stipules broad. Staminate flowers in dense 

 heads ; calyx 4-toothed ; corolla 4-lobed. Pistillate flowers 3-5 only ; calyx and 



Fig. 134. Coprosma tenuicaulis with berries <j$ nat. size). 



corolla 4-toothed. Drupe \ in.-J in. long, orange-yellow. North Cape to 

 Greymouth: sea cliffs. Norfolk, Kermadec, and Chatham Islands. Fl. 

 Sept. -Nov. Maori names, Taupata and Naupata. 



