Boraginea.] FLOEA OP TASilANIA. 
es occur in various other parts of the world, 
s conspicuous as the " Fcoget-me-not," which belong to this 
genus. I have Mowed Alph. De Candolle in uniting Exarrhena with Myosotis. The genua ia distinguish, d by its 
quinquepartite or quinquefid calyx, salver-shaped corolla, with contorted lobes, and the throd oloaed hv oonninng 
scales; and by the four compressed, smooth and glabrous nucules, that are not perforated at the point 
all are erect or suberect herbs, with spreading or appressed, rather rigid hairs, spathulate radical leaves, and Inn- 
bracteate or ebracteate, scorpioid racemes of rather small flowers, which often change colour with aire. (Name from 
/mjs, a mouse, and ovs, an ear; from the appearance of the leaves.) 
§ 1. Corolla ' ..../s included. 
1. Myosotis Australis (Br. Prodr. 495); dense hispido-pilosa, caulibus e radice plurimis erect is, 
foliis oblongo-lanceolatis lineari-spathulatisve obtusis, floribus breve pedicellatis, pedicellis ebracteatis ini'e- 
rioribusve bracteatis, calyce 5-partito pilis uncinatis patentibus hispido, corolla hypocrateriformi, starainibus 
inclusis.— DC. Prodr. x. 110 ; FL K Zeal. i. 201. {Gunn, 184, 722.) 
Hab. Common everywhere, ascending to 4000 feet.— (Fl. Nov., Dec.) {v. v.) 
Distkib. Extratropical Australia, from New South Wales to Swan River ; New Zealand P 
A slender, erect, herbaceous, annual? plant, with spreading, rigid hairs on the stem, and more ap; 
on the foliage. — Stems branched at the base only; branches 6 inches to a foot high, sparingly l.afv. Lmm \mm 
|-2 inches long, linear-spathulate or oblong-lanceolate, blunt, subacute, hispid on both surfaces; eaulinc ooea 
shorter, sessile. Racemes 1-2 inches long. Flowers small, varying from yellowish or white to pale blue? Oaljf» 
densely hispid with spreading bristles that are hooked at the apex. 
§ 2. Exarrhena. — C ,. Filaments exserted. 
2. Myosotis (Exarrhena) suaveolens (Br. Prodr. 495) j caule erecto subramoso inferne paten- 
tim superne appresse piloso, foliis sessilibus decurrentibus lineari-oblongis utrinque substrigosis, racemis 
elongatis ebracteatis, pedicellis calyce 3-4-plo brevioribus in fructu patenti-reflexis, calyce 5-fido pilis unci- 
natis hispido, tubo corollas mfundibuliformi, antheris exsertis. — DC. Prodr. x. 111. Exarrhena suaveolens, 
Br. Prodr. 495 ; A. Rich. Serf. Astrol. 78. t. 29 {mala). {Gunn, 50.) 
Hab. Abundant in a rich, light soil : Hobarton, Arthur's Lakes, ascending to 2000 feet. — (Fl. Nov.) 
Distkib. South-eastern Australia, from New South Wales to Victoria. 
A much larger plant than M. Australis, stouter, with the stem often branched above. —Stems covered with 
spreading hairs. Leaves 1-3 inches long, sessile, linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, acute or acuminate, pilose on 
both sides with short appressed hairs. Racemes 1-3 inches long, simple or branched. Pedicels ebracteate, much 
shorter than the calyx. Calyx with appressed, shining hairs. Corolla large, \-± inch across, white or bluish. 
Gen. II. CYNOGLOSSUM, Tourn. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce fornicibus clausa, limbo 4-partito. Stamina inclusa. 
Stigma capitatum, subemarginatum. Nuces depressa?., columnar centrali adnata?.— Herbae erects v. pro- 
strates, sape hispido-pilosa, ; foliis alternis; racemis ebracteatu v. bracteatis; bracteis inter J inn fuUiformi- 
A very extensive European, Oriental, and Indian genus, of which there are a few species in manj 
of the world, and three or four in Australia. As in Myosotis, the corolla is closed by scales, but it is distinguished 
from that genus by the (generally hispid or echinate) nuts being much depressed and adnate along the back to a 
central columnar receptacle. (Name from kwv, a dog, and yhxraa, a tongue; in allusion to the rough surface of 
the leaves of many species.) 
