Coprosma rubra Petrie
Type locality: Leith Valley, Dunedin. Type: W, Petrie.
Shrub up to 2-(4) m. tall; branches rather slender, ± divaricate, bark reddish brown; branchlets finely pubescent. Lvs membr., on ± pubescent and ciliolate winged petioles 4-6 mm. long. Stipules small, triangular, pubescent, us. terminated by denticle. Lamina glab. or nearly so, broad-ovate to oblong, obtuse, sts mucronulate, narrowed to subtruncate base; 10-15-(25) × (6)-10-12-(15) mm.; margins sts ciliolate. Reticulations us. evident on both surfaces, at least when lf fresh. ♂ 6-1 on short branchlets; calyx 0; corolla funnelform, lobes = tube, ovate, acute. ♀ solitary or 2-3 together on short branchlets; calyx-teeth linear-triangular, obtuse, c. 3/4 length of corolla-tube, which has narrow-linear lobes > tube. Drupe yellowish white, oblong, 4-6 mm. long.
DIST.: N., S. Lowland forest and shrubland, mainly on alluvial soils, from Pahaoa River southwards to c. lat. 46º.
