460 BORAGINACE. | Myosotis. 
Erect, silky with appressed hairs, 6-14 in. high. Leaves 
2-4in., lanceolate - spathulate. Flowers numerous, 
crowded, bright-yellow, 4-3in. long. Corolla broadly 
funnel-shaped, tube broad, shorter than the limb .. 21. M. concinna. 
Hispid with spreading or appressed hairs, 6-14 in. high. 
Leaves 2-6in., lanceolate-spathulate. Flowers large, 
crowded, brownish-orange, %-lin. long. Corolla-tube 
twice as long as the limb a 3c .. 22. M. macrantha. 
1. M. uniflora, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 192.—A small much 
and closely branched densely tufted perennial herb, forming 
rounded patches 2-6 in. diam., everywhere clothed with appressed 
rigid white hairs, giving the whole plant a greyish-white appear- 
ance; root woody, tortuous; branches densely leafy. Leaves 
closely imbricated, erect, + in. long, linear-oblong or linear-lanceo- 
late, obtuse or subacute, dilated at the base, almost glabrous above. 
Flowers solitary, terminal, almost sessile, about +in. long, yellow- 
ish-white. Calyx-lobes linear-oblong, acute, clothed with straight 
rigid hairs. Corolla-tube cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx, 
throat with 5 emarginate scales; limb flat, spreading; lobes 4, 
short, rounded. Stamens 5; filaments very short; anthers linear- 
oblong, included, their tips just above the level of the corolla-scales. 
Nuts ovoid, acute. 
SoutH Isuanp: Canterbury—Sources of the Waimakariri, Hnys! T. F. C.; 
Rangitata Valley, Armstrong! W. W. Smith! Wilberforce River, Haast! 
Tasman Valley, 7’. F. C.; Hopkins River, Haast. 2500-4000 ft. Decem- 
ber—February. 
A very curious little plant. The M. uniflora of Buchanan (Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xiv. t. 33, f. 1) appears to me to be referable to the next species. 
2. M. pulvinaris, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 193.—A small 
much-branched densely tufted perennial herb, forming soft rounded 
cushions 2—4 in. diam., more or less clothed with soft white hairs ; 
branches short, densely compacted. Leaves most densely imbri- 
cated all round the branches, erect, closely overlapping, $—+in. 
long, broadly obovate or obovate-spathulate, rounded at the tip, 
slightly narrowed to a broad sessile base, rather membranous, both 
surfaces clothed with long soft hairs or the lower half glabrous. 
Flowers white, solitary, terminal, almost sessile, about +in. long. 
Calyx-lobes linear, acute, densely clothed with long straight hairs. 
Corolla-tube about twice as long as the calyx, throat with 5 scales ; 
lobes 5, short, rounded, spreading. Stamens included, the tips of 
the anthers slightly above the level of the corolla-seales. Nuts 
ovoid, acute.—Buch. m Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) t. xxxiii. f. 2. 
M. Hectori, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 193; Buch. l.c. t. xxxii. f. 3. 
SourH IsLanp: Canterbury—Locality not stated, J. F. Armstrong! Otago 
—Mount Alta, Hector and Buchanan! Mount Pisa, Old Man Range, Hector 
Mountains, Mount Cardrona, and other high peaks to the west and north-west, 
Petrie! 4500-6500 ft. January—March. 
