462 BORAGINACE. [Myosotis. 
NortH anD SourH Isnanps, Stewart IsLaAND, CAMPBELL IsLAND: Not 
uncommon from the Auckland Isthmus southwards, usually in dry rocky 
places. Sea-level to 4500 ft. November—February. 
An extremely variable little plant. Specimens from dry alpine localities are 
often densely tufted, almost pulvinate, and are usually clothed with long villous 
hairs. On the other hand, I have specimens from shaded places near the 
Waimakariri Glacier with slender prostrate sparingly leafy stems 6 in. long, with 
radical leaves 2in. long. Mr. Kirk’s subspecies Tvaillii does not seem to me to 
differ in any essential particular. 
5. M. decora, T. Kirk, MSS.— Perennial; hoary in all its parts 
with appressed rigid white hairs. Stems 1-2 in. long, prostrate or 
decumbent, suberect at the tips, leafy throughout. Radical leaves 
numerous, spreading, 4-11 1n. long, linear-oblong or linear-spathu- 
late, acute, narrowed into a short broad petiole, coriaceous, both 
surfaces clothed with appressed stiff hairs; cauline much smaller, 
the’ upper ones sessile. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper 
leaves, white, +-4in. long, pedicels short. Calyx densely hispid 
with stiff white hairs, 4-lobed to the middle; lobes linear, acute. 
Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, throat with 5 scales; limb 
broad, with 5 rounded lobes. Stamens with very short filaments ; 
anthers very long, linear, their tips projecting considerably above 
the level of the corolla-scales. Style long, slender. Nutlets oblong, 
smooth and polished, black.—Exarrhena Colensoi, Kirk m Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 351 (an part). 
SourH Istanp: Canterbury—Limestone rocks in the Broken River basin, 
Enys! Kirk! Cockayne! T. F.C. 2000-3500 ft. December—January. 
A curious little plant, remarkable for the large linear anthers, the tips of 
which stand up considerably above the corolla-scales. 
6. M. australis, h. Br. Prodr. 495.—An erect densely hispid 
perennial herb 6-16in. high; stems usually branched from the 
base, slender or rather stout, sparingly leafy. Radical leaves 
32in. long, oblong-spathulate or linear-spathulate, obtuse, nar- 
rowed into long petioles, rather coriaceous, hispid on both surfaces ; 
cauline distant, smaller and shorter, sessile, linear-oblong or linear- 
spathulate. Racemes elongated, many - flowered, hispid with 
spreading straight or hooked hairs. Flowers yellow or white, 
1tin. long; pedicels very short. Calyx densely hispid with 
spreading hooked hairs, divided #-way down or more ; lobes linear- 
lanceolate, acute. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, exceeding the calyx; 
throat with 5 scales; lobes short, rounded. Stamens included ; 
anther-tips about level with the corolla-scales. Style shorter than 
the calyx or very slightly exceeding it. Nutlets narrow-ovoid, 
polished and shining, black when fully ripe.— Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 
i. 201; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 193; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 405. 
Var. conspicua.—F lowers larger, 4-4in. long, }in. diam., campanulate. 
Style considerably longer than the calyx. 
