750 BORAGINACEAE. | Myosotis. 
5. M. tenericaulis Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. | (1918) 209.—Probably 
annual. Stems usually many from the root, 9-15 in. long, very thin and 
slender, almost flaccid, sparingly and diffusely branched, sightly clothed 
with thin appressed hairs or almost glabrous. Radical leaves few; blade 
4-lin. long, oblong or oblong-obovate, very thin and membranous, spar- 
ingly clothed on both surfaces with appressed whitish hairs, midrib evident, 
at the base gradually narrowed into a slender petiole twice as long as the 
blade or nearly so. Cauline leaves remote, smaller, narrow-obovate, the 
uppermost sessile, the lower shortly petiolate. HWlowers opposite to the 
axils of the upper cauline leaves, distant, shortly pedicelled. Calyx narrow, 
about 745 in. long, cut down nearly to the base into linear-subulate lobes, 
sparingly clothed with appressed hairs. Corolla §-¢4n. diam., narrow 
funnel-shaped; tube 4 as long again as the calyx, throat with 5 short 
and broad scales; limb with 5 rounded segments. Stamens included ; 
filaments very short; anther-tips not reaching the level of the corolla- 
scales. Nutlets ovoid, shining yellow-brown. 
SoutH [stanp: Otago—Inch-Clutha, Petrie / Winton, 7’. Kirk / 
In the first edition I included this plant within my conception of M. spathulata, 
pointing out, however, that the structure of the flower was altogether different, and 
that it would probably prove to be a distinct species. In point of fact, M. spathulata 
falls into the section Hzarrhena, having the stamens exserted beyond the corolla-tube ; 
while M. tenericaulis has the stamens included within the tube, and must be placed 
within the section Humyosotis. Its external resemblance to M. spathulata is very close, 
and it is quite possible that it may have been taken for that species in other districts. 
6. M. Cheesemanii Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii (1886) 296.— 
A small perennial herb forming tufts 1-3 in. diam., more or less clothed in 
all its parts with long soft white hairs. Stems several from the root, 1-14 in. 
long, spreading or ascending, densely leafy. Lower leaves 4+-3in. long, 
obovate-spathulate, usually rounded at the tip, narrowed into a broad 
membranous almost glabrous 3-nerved base, upper portion coriaceous, 
hispid on both surfaces, margins ciliate with long hairs; cauline leaves 
smaller and narrower, more acute. Flowers 1-4 towards the tips of the 
branches, solitary, axillary, 4in. long, white, sweet-scented. Calyx clothed 
with long straight hairs, 5-lobed to the middle ; lobes lanceolate or linear- 
lanceolate, erect, acute. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, almost twice as long 
as the calyx, throat with 5 lunate glands; lobes spreading, short, broad, 
rounded. Stamens included ; filaments very short; the tips of the anthers 
equalling or slightly overtopping the corolla-scales. Nutlets narrow-ovoid, 
dark-brown, polished, acute.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl.» (1906) 461. 
SourH Istanp: Nelson—Mount Percival, 7. F. C.; summit of Mount Captain, 
C. E. Christensen! Otago—Mount Pisa and the Hector Mountains, Petrie / 4500- 
6000 ft. 
A very pretty and distinct little species. In some respects it is allied to 
M. Traversii, but it is much smaller and more densely tufted, and the flowers are 
axillary, not racemose. | 
M1. Coleus ot (Kirt) Che 5 Mlanr Thane. 56 +1974-2% 
7. M. deeora 7. Kirk in Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 462.—Perennial ; 
hoary in all its parts with appressed rigid white hairs. Stems 1-2 in. long, 
prostrate or decumbent, suberect at the tips, leafy throughout. Radical 
leaves numerous, spreading, 4-14 in. long, lmear-oblong or linear-spathu- 
late, acute, narrowed into a short broad petiole, coriaceous, both surfaces 
clothed with appressed stiff hairs; cauline much smaller, the upper ones 
sessile. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, white, +4 in. 
