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Frutieulus prostratus, divaricatim ramosus ; ramulis validis dense 

 cano-pubescentibus. Folia parva, 10-15 mm. longa, 5-12 mm. lata, ob- 

 longa vel rotundato-oblonga vel orbiculata, obtusa, petiolata, crassa et 

 subcarnosa, marginibus recurvis, venis subtus conspicuis. Flores non visi. 

 Bacca (immatura) parva, oblonga, 5-6 mm. longa. 



Hob. — North Island : On the faces of cliffs near the North Cape ; 

 January, 1896. T.F.C. 



A much-branched prostrate shrub 2-5 ft. long ; branches wide-spread- 

 ing ; bark greyish-brown ; branchlets stout or slender, the ultimate ones 

 uniformly clothed with a fine greyish pubescence, which often extends up 

 the petioles to the main veins of the leaves. Leaves very variable in 

 shape and size, usually ^-^ in. long by £-^ in. wide, oblong or oblong- 

 spathulate to broadly oblong or orbicular, sometimes broader than long 

 and thus transversely oblong, obtuse, usually narrowed into a rather 

 slender petiole, but sometimes rounded or truncate at the base, thick and 

 somewhat fleshy, margins recurved, veins reticulated, conspicuous beneath. 

 Flowers not seen, but apparently terminating short lateral branchlets. 

 Drupe (immature) about i-£ in. long, oblong. 



As a rule, it is not advisable to describe species of Coprosma unless 

 either good flowers or ripe fruit have been obtained. In this instance, 

 however, the creeping habit, slender branchlets clothed with a fine and 

 even greyish-white pubescence, the thick and fleshy broad obtuse leaves, 

 and the fact that the immature fruit is oblong are characters which in 

 combination remove it from all described species. 



4. Myosotis Laingii Cheesem. sp. nov. 



M. laetae simillima et forsitan ejus varietas, sed differt caulibus alti- 

 oribus et floribus multo majoribus. 



Perennis, undique pilis albidis copiose vestitus. Rami floriferi graciles. 

 ascendentes, 30-45 cm. alti. Folia radicalia numerosa, longe graciliterque 

 petiolata, 7-15 cm. longa, supra et infra pilis albidis obsita ; folia caulina 

 minora, superiorum sessilia. Racemi terminales, pedunculati, simplices 

 aut rarissime furcati. Flores flavi, breviter pedicellati. Calyx elongatus, 

 cylindraceus, lobis linearibus. Corolla anguste campanulata, 16 mm. 

 longa, 10 mm. lata ; tubus cylindraceus, fauce gibbis emarginatis instructa. 

 Stamina 5, sub fauci affixa ; filamentis elongatis ; antheris majusculis, 

 linearibus. 



Hob. — South Island : Kaikoura Mountains ; J. Buchanan! Wairau 

 Gorge; T.F.C. Lake Tennyson; 7?. M. Laingf Altitudinal range from 

 2,500 ft, to 4,500 ft. 



Perennial, everywhere clothed with copious soft white hairs. Flower- 

 ing-stems several from the root, slender, decumbent below, erect above, 

 12-18 in. high. Radical leaves numerous, 3-6 in. long ; blade about half 

 the length, linear- or lanceolate-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, gradually 

 narrowed into the very long and slender petiole, membranous, both sur- 

 faces clothed with soft white hairs, midrib distinct. Cauline leaves much 

 smaller, the lower shortly petioled, the upper sessile. Racemes many- 

 flowered, usually simple, rarely forked. Flowers large, crowded, §-fin. 

 long, yellow, shortly pedicelled. Calyx long and narrow, 5-partite ; lobes 

 linear, acute. Corolla narrow-campanulate ; tube about half the length ; 

 throat with 5 emarginate scales ; limb large, deeply lobed, the lobes 

 oblong, obtuse. Stamens with slender elongated filaments, which are 

 inserted just below the scales ; anthers large, narrow-linear, reaching half- 

 way up the corolla-lobes. Ripe nutlets not seen, 

 tj — Trans. 



