Myosolis .] 
L. BORAGINEjE. 
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Middle Island : on shingle beds on the mountains, often forming rounded masses ; 
Hopkins river, alt. 2-3500 ft., Haast. 
2. M. pulvinaris, Hook. /., n. sp. A small, densely-tufted, much- 
branched perennial, forming soft, rounded, mossy cushions, hoary with soft 
white hairs. Branches 2-3 in. long. Leaves most densely imbricated in 
many series all round the branches, closely overlapping, sessile, | in. long, 
broad, broadly obovate or oblong-quadrate, rounded or retuse at the her- 
baceous tip, slightly narrowed below and very membranous, 1-nerved. 
Flower white, terminal, solitary, sessile, nearly i in. long. Calyx-lobes 
linear, obtuse, covered with soft white hairs. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, 
twice as long as the calyx ; lobes short, rounded. Stamens included. Nuts 
not seen. 
Middle Islaud : alps of Otago, alt. 6000 ft.. Hector and Buchanan. A most remark- 
able little plant. 
3. IvT. Hectori, Hook. /., n. sp. Habit and appearance of M. pulvi- 
naris, but less soft. Leaves broadly obovate-spathulate, contracted into a 
broad, coriaceous, glabrous petiole. Flowers white, shortly peduncled. Nuts 
narrow ovate-oblong, shining. 
Middle Island : Otago, dry localities in the lake district, Hector and Buchanan. 
4. M. spathulata, Forst. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 201. A flaccid, decumbent, 
pilose or slightly hispid annual. Stems branched from the base, prostrate, 
ascending at the tips, 3-10 in. long, leafy at intervals. Leaves with short or 
long petioles, T l o~1r in. long, blade *-■ g- in. long, orbicular-obovate or -oblong, 
apiculate, membranous, hispidulous on both surfaces. Flowers all axillary 
or on the stem below the leaves, solitary, on slender peduncles longer than the 
petiole, white with a yellow eye. Calyx-lobes linear, acuminate, shorter than 
the short funnel-shaped corolla-tube. Corolla £ in. diam. ; lobes rounded. 
Stamens included. Nuts ovoid, pale, very shining, compressed edges thin. 
— Anckusa spathulata, Hawn, and Schultes. 
Northern Island : dry stony places, not unfrequent, Banks and Solander, etc. Mid- 
dle Island: Nelson, Travers; Wakefield, Munro. Both this and M. Forsteri are figured 
amongst Forster’s drawings as M. spathulata. 
5. M. antarctica, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 201. A small, very hispid, 
much-branched, depressed perennial. Stems many, spreading from the root, 
1-4 in. long, prostrate with ascending tips, rather stout, very leafy. Leaves 
sessile, somewhat recurved, Jin. long, obovate- or spathulate-oblong, obtuse 
or apiculate, hoary on both surfaces with rigid white hairs. Flowers solitary, 
axillary, blue yellow or white, nearly sessile, in. long. Calyx-lobes short, 
ovate-lanceolate, subacute, hispid with appressed straight hairs. Corolla- 
tube cylindric, as long or twice as long as the calyx ; lobes short, rounded. 
Stamens included. Nuts ovoid, very shining, black. — FI. Antarct. 57. t. 38. 
Northern Island : mountainous districts of the east coast and interior, Colenso. 
Middle Island: Upper Waihopai, Munro; Tarndale plains, alt. 4000 ft., Travers; ter- 
races on the Hopkins, alt. 2-3000 ft., Haast ; Otago, Torbury Heads, Dunedin, Lindsay ; 
lake district, subalpine, Hector and Buchanan. Campbell’s Island, J. I). II. This seems 
to be identical with a plant from the Straits of Magalhaens. 
6. M. australis, Br. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 201. An erect hispid annual herb, 
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