444 DICOTYLEDONS AND CONIFERiE 



In Europe this species is visited by Apis mellifica and Bombus 

 terrestrts. 



Anchusa italica, Linn. 



This species was recorded in 1879 from Canterbury, but it is not 

 known there outside of gardens. 



Anchusa officinalis, Linn. Alkanet 

 Recorded by W. W. Smith in 1903 from Ashburton County. 



Anchusa arvensis, Bieb. 



Recorded by W. W. Smith in 1903 as Lycopsis arvensis, Linn., 

 from Ashburton County. 



Lithospermum arvense, Linn. Corn Gromwell 



First recorded in Hooker's list in 1864. Stated by Cheeseman in 

 1882 to occur at various places in the Auckland district. In the 

 Manual (1906) it is stated to be plentiful in roadsides and waste 

 places in both islands. 



This species is fertilised in Europe by Apis mellifica and Bombus 

 lapidarius. 



Myosotis palustris, Linn. Forget-me-not 



First recorded by Kirk from several parts of Wellington Province 

 in 1877 as M. strigulosa, Rehf. ; then by Cheeseman in 1882 from 

 the vicinity of Auckland, and Motuihi Island. Cheeseman in the 

 Manual (1906) states that it is not uncommon in wet places in both 

 islands. 



Myosotis caspitosa, Schultz. 



Stated by Cheeseman in the Manual (1906) to be not uncommon 

 in wet places in both islands. 



Myosotis sylvatica, Hoffm. 



First recorded from Ashburton in 1903 by W. W. Smith. In the 

 Manual (1906) stated to be found in waste places in both islands, but 

 not commonly. It is common (1919) in Dean's Bush, Christchurch. 



This species in Europe is fertilised by Apis mellifica, Musca 

 domestica and M. corvina. 



Myosotis arvensis. Lam. 



First recorded by the author in 1875 as occurring in the Leith 

 Valley, Dunedin, and by Cheeseman in 1882 in one locality at 

 Whangarei. In the Manual (1906) it is said to occur locally in fields 

 and waste places in both islands. 



