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748 BORAGINACEAE. [ Myosotis. 
«eK Racemes many-flowered, simple or branched, elongating in fruit; dowers 
large, showy. 
Erect, silky with appressed hairs, 6-14 in. high. Fiowers numerous, 
crowded, bright-yellow. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, tube 
broad, shorter than the limb o x ite ey 
Erect, hispid with spreading or appressed hairs, 6-14 in. high. 
Flowers large, crowded, brownish-orange, 3-1 in. long. Corolla- 
tube twice as long as the limb ar ie nr .. dl. M. macrantha, 
30. M. concinna. 
1. M. uniflera Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. #1. (1864) 192—A small much and 7 
closely branched densely tufted perennial herb, forming rounded patches © 
2-6 in. diam., everywhere clothed with appressed rigid white hairs, giving 
the whole plant a greyish- white appearance; root woody, tortuous ; 
branches densely leaiy. Leaves closely imbricated, erect, + in. long, linear- 
oblong or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, dilated at the base, almost 
glabrous above. Flowers solitary, terminal, almost sessile, about 4 in. long, 
yellowish-white. Calyx-lobes linear-oblong, acute, clothed with straight 
rigid hairs. Corolla-tube cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx, throat 
with 5 emarginate scales; limb flat, spreading; lobes 5, short, rounded. 
Stamens 5; filaments very short: anthers linear-oblong, included, their 
tips just above the level of the corolla-scales. Nuts ovoid, acute.—Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 460; Cockayne and Foweraker in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xlviii (1916) t. 16. 
SoutTH Istanp: Canterbury—Sources of the Waimakariri, J. D. Enys! T. F. C.; 
Cass River, Cockayne and Foweraker / Rangitata River, J.°B. Armstrong! W. W. Smith / 
Wilberforce River, Haast / stony river-bed in the Tasman Valley, 7. F. C. ; Hopkins 
River, Haast. 2500-4500 ft. December—February. 
A very curious little plant. It is usually found on the stony river-beds near the 
sources of the larger Canterbury rivers. The M. uniflora of Buchanan (Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xiv (1882) t. 33, f. 1) appears to me to be referable to the next species. 
2. M. pulvinaris Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 193.—A small much- 
branched densely tufted perennial herb, forming soft rounded cushions 
2-4 in. diam., more or less clothed with soft white hairs; branches short. 
densely compacted. Leaves most densely imbricated all round the branches. 
erect, closely overlapping, 4-7 in. long, broadly obovate or obovate-spathu- 
late, rounded at the tip, slightly narrowed to a broad sessile base, rather 
membranous, both surfaces clothed with long soft hairs or the lower 3 
glabrous. Flowers white, solitary, terminal, almost sessile, about + in. long. 
Calyx-lobes linear, acute, densely clothed With long straight hairs. Corolla- 
tube about twice as long as the calyx, throat with 5 scales; lobes 5, short. 
rounded, spreading. Stamens included, the tips of the anthers slightly 
above the level of the corolla-scales. Nuts ovoid, acute.— Buch. i 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv (1882) t. xxxiii, f. 2; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. 
(1906) 460. M. Heetori Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 193; Buch. 
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be, to xxx. fh, B 
SoutH ISLAND: Canterbury—Locality not stated, J. B. Armstrong ! Otago— 
Mount Alta, Hector and Buchanan! Mount Pisa, Old Man Range, Hector Mountains. 
Mount Cardrona, and other high peaks to the west and north-west, Petrie / Eyre Moun- 
tains, Poppelwell / 4000-6500 ft. January—March. 
Very variable in the shape and texture of the leaves and the extent to which they 
are covered with hairs. M. Hectori only differs in the rather broader and shorter 
sets: and passes so insensibly into the type that it cannot be retained even as 2 
variety. 
pat Fen S Cet, “Vaasa. T3364. 
