466 BORAGINACES. [Myosotis. 
late. Racemes slender, many - flowered, naked. Flowers rather 
large, 4in. long or more, bright sulphur- yellow; pedicels very 
short. Calyx small, about + the length of the corolla, clothed with 
appressed silky hairs; lobes linear, acute. Corolla broadly funnel- 
shaped or almost campanulate, tube short, broad above, with 5 
scales in the throat; limb large, with rounded lobes. Stamens 
included, the tips of the anthers reaching the corolla-scales. Style 
long, almost equalling the corolla. Nutlets ovoid, pale greyish- 
brown. 
SoutH Istanp: Otago—Hills near Cromwell, Clutha River, Hector and 
Buchanan! Petrie! 800-1500 ft. 
A curious and distinct species, only known from one locality, where it is 
fast becoming exceedingly rare. 
13. M. Goyeni, Petrie wm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiii. (1891) 400.— 
Perennial; everywhere clothed with short rigid appressed white 
hairs, giving the whole plant a greyish appearance. Rootstock 
stout, woody; flowering stems one or several, decumbent at the 
base, ascending or erect at the tips, slender, branched, 4—10in. 
long. Radical leaves numerous, tufted, 14-3 in. long, ++ in. broad, 
linear-spathulate, acute, gradually narrowed into a slender petiole 
much longer than the blade, coriaceous, uniformly hispid on both 
surfaces ; cauline smaller and on shorter petioles, the upper sessile. 
Racemes slender, naked, many - flowered. Flowers large, 4—$ in. 
long, pale-yellow or white with a yellow centre, almost sessile or 
on very short pedicels. Calyx small, 4 as long as the corolla, 
deeply 5-lobed; lobes linear-subulate, acute. Corolla broadly 
funnel - shaped; tube short, broad above, with 5 scales at the 
throat; limb large, with short rounded lobes. Stamens included, 
the tips of the anthers reaching the corolla-scales. Style slender, 
3 the length of the corolla. Nutlets ovoid, brownish. 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Mount Percival, Hanmer, 7. #7. C. Otago— 
Arrowtown, Cardrona Valley, Lake Hawea, Petrie! 1000-4000 ft. No- 
vember—January. 
Very near to M. albo-sericea, but a much larger plant, with longer branched 
stems, greyish (not silvery-white) pubescence, and larger flowers, which are often 
quite white. 
14. M. spathulata, Forst. Prodr. n. 62.—Pilose or hispid in all 
its parts. Stems usually many from the root, branched, prostrate, 
ascending at the tips, slender, flaccid, sparingly leafy, 3-16in. 
long. Leaves on long or short petioles; blade 4-lin. long, 
orbicular or broadly ovate or obovate, obtuse or apiculate, mem- 
branous, hispidulous on both surfaces; cauline smaller and on 
shorter petioles. Flowers small, $in. long, white with a yellow 
eye, solitary, axillary or springing from the branches below the 
leaves. Calyx hispid with long straight hairs, cut ?-way down; 
