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Family Cowrosrrar. 
Gnaphalium Traversii Hook. f. 
g near the top of Castle Hill. This is now to be added to the list 
of subalpine species : R. M. L. 
Senecio Lyallii Hook. f. 
Mount Herbert, south side, about 2,800 ft.: A. W. An unexpected 
subalpine plant. 
Taraxacum magellanicum Comm. 
Mount Herbert, near summit, both sides: A. W. 
Myosotis australis R. Br. var. lytteltonensis (Laing and Wall) var. nov. 
(Text-figs. 1-3.) 
Ramis decumbentibus vel prostratis, crassioribus, rachide multo-breviore 
quam in forma typica; stylo filiformi gracili, aequanti corollae tubo in 
longitudine, nucellis maturis nigris nitentibus, leviter ochratis vel fulvis, 
non subferrugineis. 
In the previous list was mentioned among the critical species a form 
of M. australis with the habit and external appearance of M. Forsteri. It 
seems sufficiently distinct and local to require a varietal name. The follow- 
on :— 
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petioles 2-3 in. long, petiole 1-2 in. long, sheathing at base; blade 1-2 in. 
long, oblong to spathulate, obtuse or apiculate, rather membranous, 
margins and midrib hispid, and both surfaces hispidulous. Racemes some- 
what elongated, pedicels =, in. long, rather stout, many-flowered. Flowers 
Se а e ; equalling corolla-scales. ^ Nutlets ovoid not or 
en abou times breadth, when ri ining- ish ish- 
black—not pale brown. Rl f ee 
The plant has much more resemblance to M. Fosteri than to M. aus- 
tralis in its exterior appearance; but in the details of its structure it comes 
much nearer to the latter. It differs from M. australis in being decumbent 
or prostrate, in the much less elongated rachis, in the long style, and in 
somewhat lighter colour of the nutlets 
. rom M. Forsteriit differs in being much stouter and stiffer, in the calyx 
being divided nearly three-quarters of the way down, in the elongated 
corolla, the shape of the nutlets, and perhaps also in their colour. 1t 
apparently bears considerable resemblance to M. australis var. conspicua, ` 
which, however, is unknown to us. 
Hab.—Clifis above Lyttelton, Governor's Bay, and Sumner Road. 
Anisotome Enysii (T. Kirk) Laing. 
We can find none but trivial differences be 1 ~ 
tween this and the Castle 
Plant. In the Banks Peninsula form the bracts are rather narrower, longeh — 
and more acute, and nearly connate, | 
