208 Tra n set ct io n * . 



2. Myosotis saxatilis sp. nov. 



Perennis, pilis subtilibus brevibus albidis appressis viridi-incana. Caules 

 pauci graciles, 8-12 cm. alti, supra pro parte tertia nudi. Folia radicalia 

 obovato-lanceolata, 3 cm. longa 8 mm. lata, obtusa v. subacuta in petiolum 

 sublatum angustata ; caulina pauca subdistantia sessilia lineari-lanceolata 

 acuta, radicalibus \ breviora. Racemi conferte ramosi, ramis brevibus ; 

 flores 9 mm. longi, albi. Calyx alte 5-partitus, lobis linearibus ; corolla 

 infundibuliformis, tubo sublato calycem duplo superante ; stamina corolla e 

 tubo vix breviora ad faucis squamas pertinentia ; filamenta antheris breviora. 



Perennial, greenish-grey, everywhere hoaiy with delicate short appressed 

 whitish hairs. Stems few from the root, slender, more or less ascend- 

 ing at the base then erect, the upper third naked, 8-12 cm. (3|— 5 in.) 

 high. Radical leaves rather numerous forming a compact rosette, obovate- 

 lanceolate, 3 cm. (1* in.) long, 8 mm. (^% in.) broad near the tips, rather 

 membranous, obtuse or subacute slightly apiculate, gradually narrowed 

 into rather broad petioles about as long as the blades ; midrib evident, 

 otherwise nerveless : cauline leaves few. rather distant, sessile or the 

 lowermost shortly petiolate, linear-lanceolate, acute or subacute, about 

 half as long as the radical. Racemes compactly branched, branches 

 short ; flowers crowded, fairly numerous, almost sessile, 9 mm. (fin.) long, 

 white. Calyx deeply 5-partite, lobes linear acute, sparsely clothed with 

 more or less spreading hairs ; corolla funnel-shaped, the tube rather wide 

 and twice as long as the calyx, lobes spreading shortly oblong obtuse ; 

 stamens slightly shorter than the corolla-tube, reaching just to the level of 

 the prominent throat-scales ; anthers short, broadly linear, filaments about 

 half as long as the anthers ; style as long as the corolla and elongating after 

 flowering. Mature nutlets not seen. 



On dry rocks, Shingly Range, Awatere Basin, Marlborough ; about 

 4,000 ft. 



For the opportunity of examining this plant I am indebted to Dr. L. 

 Cockayne, F.R.S., F.L.S., of Wellington. Perhaps its closest ally is my 

 M. oreophila. 



3. Myosotis diversifolia sp. nov. 



Species M. petiolatae Hook. f. affinis ; differt caulibus erectis, foliis 

 valde membranaceis, caulinis acutis, pilis foliorum culmorumque longioribus 

 tenuioribus vix rigidis minus arete appressis, pedicellis brevioribus, corolla e 

 tubo duplo longiore, antheris angustioribus subapiculatis. 



Perennial ; stems several (usually three or four) from the top of the 

 moderately stout root, slender leafy to near the base of the racemes, simple 

 or forked at the point of origin of the inflorescence, rather sparingly clothed 

 with soft spreading white hairs, 8 in. (20 cm.) high or less. Leaves very 

 membranous, sparsely clothed on both surfaces and along the edges with 

 soft loosely appressed rather long delicate hairs, with a conspicuous rather 

 fine submarginal nerve running all round ; radical + 2h in. (6-3 cm.) long, 

 blade elliptic l|in. (2-8 cm.) long, fin. (2 cm.) broad, apiculate, sharply 

 contracted into rather narrow softly pilose petioles somewhat longer than 

 the blades ; cauline progressively smaller and narrower, distant (internodes 

 J— | in. long), the lower shortly petiolate, the upper sessile by a broad base, 

 all acute and apiculate. Racemes ± 3 in. (7-5 cm.) long, simple or forked 

 many-flowered Flowers £- in. (6-7 mm.) long, white, shortly pedicelled 



