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bente ascendente v. e basi ramoso folioso, foliis obovatis obtusis lobatis marginibus. recurvis, calyce 
campanulato 4-lobo, corolle (ample) brevis v. elongate limbo patente, antheris barbatis duarum posticarum 
loculo unico mutico altero calcarato, capsula membranacea late obovata obtusa calyce inclusa. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. "Top of the Ruahine mountains, Colenso. 
A small species, 1-3 inches high, with very large flowers, only to be distinguished from Æ. antarctica, B, by 
the hairy anthers; of these the anterior pair have blunt lobes, the posterior have one blunt and one spurred lobe. 
In this respect it agrees with E. cuneata, of which it may prove an alpine small state. 
4. Euphrasia repens, Hook. fil.; perpusilla, puberula, caule repente vage ramoso, foliis sessilibus 
cuneatis trilobis lobis linearibus acutis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis floribusque erectis, calycis oblongo- 
campanulati lobis acutis, antheris glabris, loculis subeegualiter mucronatis. 
Has. Middle Island. Bluff Island, Zyall. 
A very curious little species, 1-2 inches long. Stems and branches creeping, throwing out fibrous roots from 
the joints. Zeaves very small, 1-13 lin. long, smooth or puberulous, in scattered opposite pairs, sessile, cuneate, 
three-lobed; lobes acute, erect. Flowers very large for the size of the plant, shortly pedicellate, erect. Calyx 
oblong, campanulate, four-lobed ; lobes acute. Corolla 4 inch long, with a long tube. -Anthers all smooth, their 
lobes nearly equally spurred. Ovarium pubescent. 
Nar. Orv. LXI. BORAGINEA, L. 
Gen. I. MYOSOTIS, Z. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla hypocrateriformis, fauce fornicibus clausa; limbo 4-partito, obtuso. 
Anthera peltate. Stigma capitatum. Nuces 4, distinctee, basi umbilicate. 
Herbaceous plants, more or less hispid or pubescent, with radical and cauline, quite entire, alternate leaves, 
and leafy or naked cymes or racemes, that are circinate in bud, and bear small flowers, which vary much, and often 
change colour. Flowers generally small, blue, very variable in size in the same species. Calyx five-parted. Corolla 
hypocrateriform or infundibuliform, with a short tube, closed at the mouth with scales; lobes blunt. Fruit of four 
small, generally polished, one-seeded nuts.— This genus abounds in the Northern Hemisphere, but is comparatively 
rare in the Southern. (Name from pus, a mouse, and ovs, an ear; from the appearance of the leaves.) 
$ a. Flowers in terminal racemes, without bracts. Anthers included. Corolla hypocrateriform. 
1. Myosotis capitata, Hook. fil. ; tota molliter pilosa, caulibus e radice plurimis ascendentibus robustis 
foliosis simplicibus v. apice divisis, foliis radicalibus plurimis lineari-spathulatis v. ligulato-obovatis obtusis 
planis utrinque subsericeo-pilosis, racemis simplicibus v. compositis plurifloris junioribus subcapitatis, 
foribus amplis, calycis lobis linearibus obtusis, corolle tubo zquilongis v. brevioribus. £0. Antaret. 
p. 56. t. 31. 
Has. Middle Island. Port William and Ruapuke Island, Zga//. 
By far the largest and most beautiful New Zealand species, originally found in Lord Auckland's Group, where 
it grows near the sea. Whole plant covered with soft white appressed hairs. Roots woody, with tufted black 
fibres. Stems several, sometimes rising from a woody black rhizoma, 6-10 inches high. Radical leaves 3-5 inches 
long, 1 inch broad, linear, ligulate or spathulate, blunt; cauline numerous, smaller. Zacemes simple or compound, 
robust, very many and densely-flowered. Flowers shortly pedicellate. Calyx 9 lines long. Corolla 2-3 lines 
broad. 
2. Myosotis Forsteri, Rem. et Sch.; annua? tota dense hispidulo-pilosa, caulibus plurimis elongatis 
