328 | NOTES ON SOME PLANTS OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND. 
and Christie's eres Saddlehill, abundant; November, in flower, 
December, in fruit, W. L. L. The * Kohoho" or ** Kohokoho "— 
the “ csv: * Poropora," or * Poporo "—of the North Island 
Maori (Colenso). 
A large, very handsome shrub, resembling, on the large scale, our 
S. Dulcamara, L., with large, orange-coloured, edible berries, the size of 
a cherry. Leaves very variable as to form and size, on different parts 
of even the same plant; simple or entire and lanceolate, and then gene- 
rally shorter than those which are divided, though sometimes 9 in. 
ong; or variously hastate or palmate, or irregularly notched or divided 
(subpinnatifid) In out-door summer cultivation in Britain, the plant 
is said to grow very rapidly, and to be of robust habit. It attains a 
height of 5—6 ft. in one season. The leaves are described as becoming 
large and of a beautiful dark green, rendering it a handsome showy 
acquisition to British gardens, It is propagated with ease both from 
cuttings and seed. If requires a rich deep soil, and copious waterings 
in summer, and to be kept nearly dry aud in a temperate house in 
winter.T 
I did not meet with S. nigrum, L., which is represented as being 
extremely common in the North Island. It is probably to it that the 
Maoris apply the terms “ Pedi’ and * Raupete," though one or both 
may also pertain in part to S. aviculare. 
Genus VII. Myosotis. 
l. M. antarctica, Hook. f. (M. australis, Fl. N. Z.). Uplands about 
the base of Stoneyhill and Saddlehill, 6 in. high; hills above the 
Forbury Heads, Dunedin, a dwarf form, in spreading tufts not above 
2 in. across when laid quite flat; December, in flower, W. L. 
Tarndale and Dun Mountain, Nelson, in Herb. Dr. Sinclair at Auckland, 
and in my own herbarium. My specimens from elevations of about 
500 ft. in Otago, do not differ much from those collected at a height 
of 4000-5000 ft. in the Tarndale district by Dr. Sinclair. In both 
cases, the dense clothing of white hairs gives the plant quite an alpine 
physiognomy. In certain respects, it represents and resembles the 
— British M. arvensis, Hoffm., and M. collina, Hoffm. 
M. capitata, Hook.f. On the Trap cliffs, Shaw’s Bay, mouth 
of r Clutha ; December, W. L. L. eei from the Dun Moun- 
* In common with 8. nigrum, 
+ Kelly, ey eg on the Subtropical eal Gurdon uk of p Park," 1865 
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