468 BORAGINACER. | Myosotis. 
Tryon; near Mount Egmont, Buchanan ; Ruahine Mountains, H. Hill. Souru 
Istanp: Nelson— Mount Arthur Plateau, 7. F. C. Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
November—January. 
In habit and foliage this closely resembles large states of M. Forsteri, but 
the flowers are altogether unlike. 
16. M. laeta, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 236. 
—Perennial ; sparingly clothed with short white hispid hairs. 
Flowering stems one or few from the root, slender, erect, sparingly 
leafy, 6-12in. high. Radical leaves 1-3in. long, rarely more, 
oblong-spathulate or narrow obovate-spathulate, obtuse or 
acute, gradually narrowed into rather long petioles, mem- 
branous, both surfaces sparingly hispid; cauline few, linear- 
oblong or lanceolate, sessile, acute. Racemes elongate, simple, 
many-flowered ; pedicels slender. Flowers 4-4in. long, yellow 
or white with a vellow eye. Calyx hispid with straight or 
hooked white hairs, 5-partite #-wav down ; lobes lmear, acute. 
Corolla campanulate ; tube short, throat with 5 scales; limb large, 
with 5 short rounded lobes. Stamens with long slender filaments ; 
anthers reaching almost to the top of the corolla-lobes. Style 
exserted. Nutlets ovoid, pale-brown. 
Nortu Istanp: Hawke’s Bay, H. Tryon! Sourn Isnanp : Nelson— 
Mountains flanking the Wairau Valley, 7. F.C. Marlborough—Kaikoura 
Mountains, Buchanan ! Canterbury—Ashburton Mountains, Potts ! 1500- 
4000 ft. December—February. 
In the shape of the corolla this much resembles M. Goyeni; but the 
anthers are on long slender filaments, and are exserted far beyond the corolla- 
tube, almost reaching the top of the lobes. 
17. M. amabilis, Cheesem. 1. sp.— Perennial; everywhere 
densely clothed with soft white hairs; rootstock stout; flowering 
stems usually several, rather stout, decumbent at the base, erect 
above, leafy, 83-9in. high. Radical leaves numerous, 1-24 in. long, 
linear-obovate or obovate-spathulate, obtuse, narrowed into rather 
long broad petioles, coriaceous, equally hoary on both surfaces with 
short soft white hairs; cauline smaller, sessile, oblong-lanceolate or 
linear-oblong, acute. Racemes pedunculate, simple or forked, at 
first short and capitate, but lengthening as the flowering advances, 
many-flowered. Flowers large, white, }~in. long, $in. diam., 
very shortly pedicelled. Calyx 4in. long, densely hispid with soft 
white hairs, lobed about two-thirds way down; lobes lanceolate, 
acute. Corolla large, campanulate or broadly funnel-shaped; tube 
exceeding the calyx, with 5 rather narrow scales at the mouth; 
limb large, with 5 rounded veined lobes. Stamens attached above 
the level of the scales; filaments nearly twice the length of the 
anthers, which reach more than half-way up the corolla-lobes. 
Ripe fruit not seen. 
