Myosotis. | BORAGINACEAE. 753 
12. M. angustata Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 465.—Size, habit, and 
general appearance of M. Traversii, and like it everywhere densely hispid 
with straight or hooked stiff white hairs. Leaves usually narrower, $-14in. 
long, §-¢1n. broad, narrow linear-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, gradually 
narrowed towards the base. Racemes many-flowered, short, simple or 
branched, when young forming a capitate head to the branches, very densely 
hispid. Flowers about 4in. long, sessile or nearly so, white. Calyx 
densely hispid with straight or hooked hairs, divided about 2-way down ; 
lobes linear, erect, acute. Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, cylindrical, 
throat with 5 scales; lobes short, rounded. Stamens with filaments as 
long as the anthers, so placed that the anthers are wholly above the level 
of the scales, their tips reaching half-way up the corolla-lobes. Style 
slender, exceeding the corolla. Ripe fruit not seen. 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson— Mount Lockett, F. G. Gibbs! Mount Arthur Plateau 
and the Raglan Mountains, 7. F. O. Canterbury—Broken River basin, Cockayne ! 
Hooker Valley, Mount Cook district, 7. F. C. 3500-4500 ft. January. 
At first sight there seems to be little to separate this from M. 7'raversti beyond the 
slightly narrower leaves and white flowers. But on dissecting the flowers it will be 
noticed that the position of the anthers is altogether different ; for in M. Traversit the 
filaments are exceedingly short, so that the tips of the anthers are only just above the 
corolla-scales, whereas in the present plant the filaments equal the anthers in length, 
which are altogether above the level of the scales. Technically, the species should be 
placed in the section Haarrhena, but I am unwilling to remove it-from the vicinity of 
M. Traversit. 
13. M. saxatilis Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. | (1918) 208.—Perennial ; 
everywhere hoary with appressed whitish hairs. Stems few, slender, decum- 
bent at the base and then erect, 3-5in. high. Radical leaves numerous, 
forming a rosette at the base of the stem, 1-14 in. long, obovate-lanceolate 
to linear-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, somewhat membranous, oradually 
narrowed into long broad petioles, both surfaces clothed with stiff white 
hairs; midrib evident. Cauline leaves smaller, few, distant, sessile or 
the lowermost shortly petiolate, acute or subacute. Racemes simple or 
sparingly branched ; divisions short, compact. Flowers white, numerous 
for the size of the plant, din. long. Calyx deeply 5-partite ; lobes linear- 
lanceolate, acute, densely clothed with erect or spreading hairs. Corolla- 
tube as long again as the calyx; throat with 5 scales; limb broad, flat, 
with’ rounded lobes. Stamens included; filaments very short; anther- 
tips barely reaching the level of the corolla-scales. Ripe nutlets not seen. 
SoutH Istanp: Marlborough—Shingly Range in the Awatere Valley, 4000 ft., 
Cockayne ! 
The structure of the flower places this interesting species in the Humyosotis section. 
For the present I place it in the vicinity of M. explanata and M. Traversii ; but it is 
by no means closely allied to either. I have only seen one good specimen. 
14. M. suavis Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvi (1914) 34.—Perennial ; 
covered in all its parts with long soft white hairs; root long, stout. 
Flowering stems few from the top of the root, 2-5 in. high, decumbent at 
the base, erect or ascending above. Radical leaves not very numerous, 
t-lqin. long, $-#in. broad, broadly obovate-spathulate, obtuse or apiculate, 
somewhat fleshy, narrowed into short broad petioles, both surfaces covered 
with soft white hairs; midrib evident. Cauline leaves usually many, some- 
times very closely placed, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute, 
under-surface less pilose than the upper. Racemes simple or sparingly 
branched. Flowers crowded, numerous, white, sweet-scented, din. long.. 
