CoLENso. — On Phaenogams. 275 



Genus 8. Dracophyllum, Lab. 



1. D. brachycladum, sp. nov. 



Apparently from specimens a medium-sized shrub ; speci- 

 mens 5 in. -8 in. long : one specimen — branchlets 18-20, sub- 

 verticillate, 2 in. -3 in. long, crowded on top of branch; and 

 in another specimen extending on main branch 1 in. apart — 

 erect, very slender, ^ line or less wide ; bark reddish-brown, 

 glossy, irregularly and deeply ringed. Leaves 10-12, ter- 

 minal, opposite, loose, open, spreading, filiform, sub 1 in. 

 long (decreasing in length upwards), -^gin. wide, 1-nerved, 

 much recurved throughout their whole length, their bases 

 greatly enlarged, 1^ lines wide, and many-nerved. Flowers 

 terminal, erect, 5-6 together in a short broad spike 6-9 lines 

 long; calycine bracts nearly as long as flowers, their bases 

 large wrapping, tips suddenly acuminate, subacute. Calyx 

 narrow, sublinear-acuminate, tip acute, longer than style. 

 Corolla red, narrow tubular, 3 lines long, expanded at base, 

 and many-nerved (10) ; lobes 5, half as long as tube, deltoid, 

 recurved, 1-veined, tips acute, margins incurved. Anthers 

 narrow-oblong, margins straight parallel, base and apex abrupt 

 truncatulate. Style 1 line long, stout; stigma rounded, black, 

 smooth, shining. Scales small, half as high as capsule, 

 broadly cuneate, apex rounded. 



Hab. Ruahine Mountain-range, east side ; 1898 : Mr. H. 

 Hill. 



Obs. A species near D. rubrum, Col. (Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 vol. XX., p. 200), and also near D. tenuicaulis , Col. (vol. xxii., 

 p. 476). 



Order L. Boeagine^. 



Genus 1. Myosotis, Linn. 



1. M. polyantha, sp. nov. 



Plant perennial ; rootstock thick and bushy, with many 

 long fine roots and rootlets, blackish. Leaves many, radical, 

 petiolate, broadly oblong, 8 lines long, 5 lines broad (some 

 smaller), apex subacute, base tapering, much veined ; petioles 

 9 lines long, very slender ; upper surface closely covered with 

 ■white sparkling dots, from each a single hair sprmgs. Flower- 

 ing-stems several, 8in.-10in. long, forked, spreading, leafy 

 two-thirds of length ; leaves similar to radical but smaller, 

 and becoming gradually less in size upwards ; each raceme 

 bearing 8-15 rather distant flowers ; pedicels slender, 1 line 

 long. Calyx green, coarsely veined, rough with short hairs 

 arising from white circular dots, as in leaves ; lobes cut 

 half-way down, linear-ovate ; tips sharply acuminate, ciliate 

 hairy. Corolla small, 2 lines long, IJ lines diameter, 

 veined; scales small, nari-ow. Anthers ovoid, obtuse, cordate- 



