\)'2 NEW ZEALAND PLANTS. 



' Eyes blue as the blue forget-me-not," sings Tennyson, and the 

 more prosaic modiste calls a certain silk " forget-me-not : blue. And 

 yet New Zealand's forget-me-nots behave with antipodean topsy- 

 turviness, and frequently produce not blue but yellow flowers !* 

 Some of the yellow forget-me-nots that have their home in dim river- 

 gorges or on wet shady rocks are of large size, and one (Myosotis 



FIG. 41. - - Veronica linifoUa towards centre, Raoulia tenuicaulis on riglit, and 

 ono plant of Angelica Gingidium growing on the latter. Mountain above 

 Arthur's Pass. [Photo, L. Cockayne. 



macrantha) is bronze-coloured rather than yellow. In similar situa- 

 tions may grow the pretty little Veronica linijolia (fig. 41). 



Of all the plants the buttercups most deserve mention. Of these 

 there are quite a number, and they are far and away the finest butter- 



* Mifosotis australl*, ^[. Tr<ir< r*ii. M. dlbo-sericea, M. Monroi. Some have 

 white flowers (M. Cheesemanii, M. explat/ata), or white with a yellow eye (J/. 

 Goyeni, M. petiolata). 



