THE TASMAKIAN FLORA. 133 



3. L. GUNNii, Hook. A small creeping and tufted plant. Leaves narrow-linear, 

 thick, fleshy, obtuse, with a sheathing base, 1-1^ inch long. Flowers shortly 

 stalked, solitary amongst the leaves. Calyx-lobes linear, about 2 lines long. 

 Corolla-lobes ovate, slightly hairy within. Ovary tapering into a short style, 

 with 2 broad stigmatic lobes. Fruit globular, succulent, indehiscent, about .j inch 

 diameter. lAparofhyllum gunnii, H. 



Alpine lakes, in numerous localities ; also in New Zealand. Fl. Dec. 



Oedee LII. BORAGINACEJE. 



Flowers regular, or nearly so. Calyx usually 5-lobed. Odrolla-tube usually 

 short, sometimes long ; lobes same as in calyx, spreading. Stamens similar in 

 number to corolla-lobes, rarely fewer, inserted in the corolla-tube. Ovary usually 

 (in all Tasmanian genera) 4-lobed, with 1 ovule in each, and a simple style 

 arising from the base between the lobes, sometimes 2-lobed or entire, with a 

 terminal style. Fruit usually di'y, forming 4 one-seeded nuts, sometimes 

 drupaceous. 



A very large order, represented throughout temperate and tropical parts, 

 Tasmania possessing species of but two of the most widely-distributed genera. 



Flowers in scorpioid cymes. 



Ovary and fruit smooth ... ... ... ... ... 1. Myosotis. 



Ovary and fruit roughly hirsute ... ... ... 2. Oynoglossum. 



Flowers solitary, axillary... ... ... ... ... 3. lAthospermum. 



1. MYOSOTIS. 



Calyx deeply divided. Corolla-tubes cylindrical, with 5 scales nearly closing 

 the orifice ; lobes spreading. Nuts 4, smooth and shining. 



Flowers small. Anthers included... ... ... ... 1. M. australis. 



Flowers rather large, white. Anthers and filaments 



freely exserted ... ... ... ... ' . . ... 2. M. suaveolens. 



1. M. ATJSTBALIS, M. Br. A sub-erect or ascending annual, sparsely branched, 

 and chiefly at the base, hispid, from a few inches to 1^ foot high. Lower leaves 

 broadly or narrrowly spathulate, 1-2 inches long, narrowed into rather long stalks ; 

 stem-leaves smaller and sessile. Flowers small, white or yellowish. Calyx- 

 segments lanceolate, about 1 line long, covered with hooked hairs. Corolla-tube 

 rather longer than the calyx ; lobes about J line long. Anthers and style 

 nearly or quite included in the corolla-tube. 



Common, especially at a considerable altitude ; also throughout extra-tropical 

 Australia and New Zealand. Fl. Dec. 



2. M. SUAVEOLENS, Poi.r. A sub-erect perennial, usually many simple 

 branches from the stock, hirsute, 1-2 feet high. Leaves broadly to narrowly 

 lanceolate, lower one stalked, upper ones sessile, 1-4 inches long. Flowers white 

 ■or pale blue, on short slender stalks. Calyx-segments lanceolate, about 2 lines 

 long, covered with hooked hairs. Corolla- tube as long as the calyx ; lobes 

 broad, as long as the tube. Stamens inserted in the throat, freely exserted. 

 Style exserted. M. escar'rhena, F. v.'M. 



Common in many parts, particularly at considerable altitudes ; also in New 

 South Wales and Victoria. Fl. Deo. 



2. CYNOGLOSSUM. 



Calyx divided deeply. Corolla-tube short and broad, with 5 scales at 

 orifice ; lobes very spreading. Nuts 4, densely covered with bristles. 

 A widely-spread northern genus. 



Leaves ovate, many-nerved ".'. . ... ' .'.. ... 1. C. latifoHum. 



