606 Transactiona. — Botany. 



capitate. Hypogenous scales oblong, longei- than ovary, their 

 tips rounded. 



Hah. Euahine Mountain-range, east side : Mr. E. W. An- 

 dreivs ; 1895. 



Order L. Boragine^. 



Genus 1. Myosotis, J jinn. 



1. M. {Exarrhena) venosa, sp. nov. 



(A single specimen, evidently taken from a rootstock.) 

 Ascending and erect, simple unbranched, slender, strongly 

 ribbed, lOin. high (including racemes not fully expanded), 

 hairy ; hairs long, patent, white, ai'ising from muricated points. 

 Leaves on stem few (6), alternate, distant |-in.-fin. apart, 

 oblong apiculate, IJin. long, iin. wide, strigosely hairy on both 

 sides, ciliate, brown (so calyx), midrib prominent below, the 

 lower 4 subpetiolate, lamina tapering to base ; on top of stem 

 a pair much smaller opposite and sessile, enclosing 2 racemes, 

 one 4in. and one 2in. long, largely scorpioid, the shorter one 

 with a leafy bracteole ^in. long just below the lowest pedicel. 

 Flowers 10-15, alternate (not all unrolled), distant 3-4 lines 

 apart on stem ; pedicels slender, 2 lines long ; calyx broadly 

 campanulate, very rough and hairy, 2 lines long, cut half- 

 way to base ; lobes ovate subacute, ciliate, with a strong 

 middle nerve, much veined with an intramarginal vein, vein- 

 lets anastomosing. Corolla twice as long as calyx, 5 lines 

 diameter, reddish (dried, probably whitish or cream-coloured 

 fresh) ;. tube 2 lines long, very narrow ; lobes large, broadly 

 rounded and slightly retuse, much veined, veins anastomosing ; 

 scales of throat-margin rather large, kidney-shaped, slightly 

 retuse. Anthers exserted, linear, tips subacute, bases hastate ; 

 style long ; stigma small, clavate, bifid. Nuts broadly ovate, 

 obtuse, turgid, pale-brown ;. testa very thin, semi-transparent, 

 shining, showing seed within. 



Hab. Euahine Mountain - range, east side: Mr. E. IF. 

 Andrews; 1895. 



Order LIII. Scrophulakine^. 

 Genus 7. Veronica, Linn. 

 1. V. liillii, sp. nov. 



A small compact fcushy shrub, 12in.-18in. high ; whole 

 plant glabrous. Leaves numerous, decussate, close-set 2 lines 

 apart on branchlets, patent, subfalcate, oblong- lanceolate, l^in. 

 long, 4|- lines wide, not narrowed into petiole, slightly later- 

 ally subrevolute not flat, thickish, opaque, dark-green above, 

 pale-green glaucescent below, margins slightly dentate-serrate 

 (5-8 serratures on each side) ; midrib stout, prominent below, 

 thickened at tip, obtuse ; petiole short almost subsessile, stout. 



