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exserted, and style still larger than the stamens. Achene not 

 seen in the mature form, but apparently glabrous. 



Hab. Old Man Eange, 5,000 feet ; and Mount Pisa, 5,000 to 

 6,000 feet. 



A very peculiar species, having considerable affinity to C. 

 pectinata, Hook. fil. The most remarkable point in its structure 

 is the capital flat-topped stigma, which is common to both kinds 

 of flowers. In some specimens the stigmatic disc shows traces 

 of a division into two lobes, but I have seen none with anything 

 like two branches to the style. Cotula maniototo (mini) in this 

 respect approaches the present species, for in all its herma- 

 phrodite flowers the stigma is capital and flat-topped. The 

 flowers of the outer row, on the other hand, have in C. maniototo 

 two short arms to the style. 



If this peculiarity should prove constant in the present 

 species, and it should continue to be regarded as a Cotula, the 

 character of the genus as now formulated will require modifica- 

 tion. I was unfortunately unable to procure mature achenes, 

 as my specimens were gathered about the middle of February ; 

 the mature fruit might be got in March. The plant is very 

 common on the top of the Mount Pisa Eange, and less so on 

 the Old Man Eange, above Deep Creek. 



Myosotis cheesemanii, n. sp. 



A small, branched, hispid perennial. 



Stems several, slender, ascending, about 1 inch in length, 

 densely bispid. 



Eadical leaves 7-9 lines long, spathulate-oblong, acute, 

 3-nerved near the base, the upper half coriaceous, the lower 

 membranous, everywhere densely hispid with appressed stiff 

 hairs, except on the lower third on the inner face, which is 

 glabrous. 



Cauline leaves similar, but narrower, shorter, and more acute. 



Flowers, 1-4 on each stem, solitary or in pairs in the axils of 

 the upper leaves, shortly pedicelled, 5 lines in length. 



Calyx densely hispid with appressed hairs, shortly 5-lobed, 

 the lobes acute. 



Corolla white, the tube twice as long as the calyx, limb 

 about 3 lines across. 



Anthers not exserted, style projecting nearly one line beyond 

 the corolla. 



Nuts in pairs, narrow-ovate, lenticular, smooth and polished, 

 dark-brown, with narrow wing-like ridges. 



Hab. Mount Pisa Eange (6,000 feet), on steep faces of 

 shingle above the snow-drifts. 



A most beautiful little plant. The flowers are conspicuous, 

 and large for so small a plant. They have also a strong and 

 agreeable odour, and are much frequented by insects, by which 



