464 BORAGINACE. [Myosotis. 
Var. albiflora, Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 340.—Stouter and 
coarser than the type, 6-18 in. high, more copiously hairy. Radical leaves 3-6in. 
long, on rather longer petioles, thicker, often somewhat fleshy ; cauline narrower. 
Flowers white. Stamens on filaments almost as long as the anthers; anthers 
altogether above the level of the corolla-scales.—M. capitata swb. sp. albida, 
Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 224. 
SoutH Istanp: Otago—(var. albiflora) Clifis on the east and south coasts, 
rare, Lindsay, Buchanan! Petrie! Srewart IsLAND AND THE SNARES: (var. 
albiflora) Plentiful on the coast, Rev. Mr. Stack, Petrie! Kirk! AucKLAND 
AND CAMPBELL Is~ANDS: The typical form not uncommon, Sir J. D. Hooker, 
Kirk ! December—February. 
I have seen no specimens of the typical form save from the Auckland and 
Campbell Islands, but a blue-flowered state is said to occur on cliffs near 
Dunedin which may be referable to it. The variety albiflora approaches 
Hearrhena in the stamens, but the filaments do not exceed the anthers. 
9. M. explanata, Cheesem. n. sp.—Perennial; clothed in ail its. 
parts with short hardly rigid spreading white hairs; rootstock long, 
stout ; stems usually numerous, simple, decumbent below, ascend- 
ing or suberect above, leafy, 6-12in. high. Radical leaves nu- 
merous, 2—4in. long, linear-obovate or oblong-spathulate or linear- 
spathulate, obtuse or rarely subacute, narrowed into rather long 
broad petioles, membranous, uniformly but rather sparsely clothed 
on both surfaces with short soft white hairs; cauline smaller, 
sessile, linear-oblong or lanceolate. Racemes short, simple or 
branched, many-flowered, in the early flowering stage forming 
dense heads. Flowers large, $in. long, 4-2in. diam., pure white, 
very shortly pedicelled. Calyx rather more than +in. long, hispid 
with straight or curved hairs; lobes linear, obtuse. Corolla-tube 
slightly longer than the calyx, slender, cylindrical, throat with 
5 scales; limb broad, flat, spreading, with 45 rounded lobes. 
Stamens included; filaments very short; anther-tips level with 
the corolla-scales. Style long, slender. Nutlets narrow-oblong, 
obtuse, shining, black. 
SoutH Istanp: Canterbury — Mountains above Arthur’s Pass, 7. F. C., 
Cockayne! Walker’s Pass, Cockayne. 3000-4500 ft. January. 
A very handsome plant. It differs from the typical state of M. capitata in 
the large pure white flowers (which are quite twice the size of those of 
M. capitata), in the large calyx, and in the more membranous less hairy leaves. 
M. capitata var. albiflora recedes in its larger size and coarser habit, and parti- 
cularly in the anthers, which are altogether above the level of the corolla-scales, 
whereas they are always below in M. explanata. 
10. M. Traversii, Hook. 7. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 194.—Perennial, 
much branched from the base, 2-6in. high; everywhere densely 
hispid with erect or spreading straight or hooked stiff white hairs ; 
rootstock long, stout; stems erect or ascending, stout, leafy. 
Radical leaves 1-1}in. long, 4-}in. broad, linear-spathulate, ob- 
tuse, narrowed into short petioles, coriaceous, both surfaces rough 
and hispid; cauline numerous, linear - oblong, sessile, erect. 
