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' L. B0KAGINEA2. 
[My oxo Ilk. 
6-10 in. high, branched from the base; branches rather stout, ascending, 
sparingly leafy. Leaves, radical 1-2 in. long, narrowed into long petioles, 
oblong-spathulate, obtuse, hispid on both surfaces ; cauline shorter, sessile, 
linear-oblong or spathulate, all very hispid with rigid hairs on both surfaces. 
Eacemes terminal, elongate, many-flowered, hispid with spreading simple and 
hooked hairs. Flowers yellowish, shortly pedicelled. Calyx oblong, 5-lobed 
to near the base ; lobes linear, acute, hispid with spreading hooked hairs. 
Corolla very variable, -|— J in. broad, tube funnel-shaped ; lobes short, 
rounded. Stamens included. Nuts ovoid, black, very shining. 
Middle Island : abundant in dry stony places, Hurumui and Wairau valleys, 1-3500 ft., 
Travers ; Tarndale, alt. 4-5000 ft., Sinclair ; terraces and moraines at Lake Okau, Haast ; 
Waihopai and Aglionby plains, Munro ; Otago, Lyall. Also a native of Australia and Tas- 
mania. 
7. M. Forsteri, Rcem. and Sch. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 200. A prostrate, 
branched, slender, subhispid and pilose annual. Stems branching from the 
base, ascending, flaccid, 8-16 in. long. Leaves, radical and lower cauline with 
long slender petioles, \-2 in. long ; blade oblong-spathulate, obtuse, membra- 
nous, hispidulous on both surfaces ; upper leaves oblong-obovate. Flowers 
axillary and in terminal hispid racemes, "variable in size, lower on pedicels 
if— | in. long. Calyx in. long, campanulate, 5-lobed to the middle ; 
lobes linear-oblong, acute, hispid with spreading hooked hairs. Corolla-tube 
funnel-shaped, as short as or longer than the calyx; limb -A^— A in. broad ; 
lobes rounded. Stamens included. Nuts nearly orbicular, pale, very shining. 
Northern Island : dry places, east coast, etc., Banks and Solander, Colenso. Mid- 
dle Island : Nelson, Sinclair : Milford Sound, Lyall; Canterbury, Raoul; Travers. 
8. M. capitata. Hook. f. FI. Antarct. 56. t. 37 ; FI. N. Z. i. 201. A 
robust perennial, covered with soft, appressed, scarcely hispid hairs ; stems 
ascending 6-18 in. high, stout, leafy. Leaves, radical linear- obovate or lanceo- 
late, obtuse, 2-4 in. long, narrowed into broad petioles, hispid-pilose on both 
faces ; cauline linear-oblong or spathulate, sessile. Eacemes large, simple or 
branched, often forming a dense very many-flowered head. Flowers very 
crowded, violet-blue or purple ; pedicels short, stout. Calyx A-|- in. long, 
5 -partite; lobes hispid with appressed straight hairs. Coi’olla-tube cylindric, 
little longer than the calyx ; limb % in. diam. ; lobes rounded. Stamens in- 
cluded. Nut ovoid, obtuse, polished. 
Middle Island: upper part of Macrae’s Run, Munro; Ruapuke Island and Port Wil- 
liam, Lyall ; trap cliffs at Shaw’s Bay, Otago, Lindsay. Lord Auckland’s group, J. 
L. H. 
9. M. Traversii, HooJc.f., n. sp. An erect, rather rigid, densely hispid 
perennial, 3-8 in. high; stems several from the root, stout, erect or ascend- 
ing, leafy, very hispid with erect or spreading hairs. Leaves : radical narrow 
linear-spathulate, obtuse, 1-1^ in. long, narrowed into short petioles, hispid 
on both surfaces ; cauline linear-oblong. Eacemes densely hispid, capitate, 
many-flowered. Flowers almost sessile, lemon-coloured. Calyx A in. long, 
5-partite ; lobes linear, hispid with rigid, spreading, simple and hooked 
bristles. Corolla funnel-shaped, rather longer than the calyx ; lobes rounded. 
Stamens included. Nuts narrow ovoid, obtuse, very polished. 
Middle Island : shingle beds on Tarndale, alt. 5-6000 ft., Sinclair ; Wai-au valley and 
