754 BORAGINACEAE. | Myosotis. 
Calyx deeply 5-partite ; lobes narrow-linear, acute. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
neatly twice as long as the calyx, throat with 5 scales, limb divided into 
5 rounded lobes. Stamens included; filaments very short; anther-tips 
reaching the top of the corolla-scales. Ripe nutlets not seen. 
SoutH Istanp: Canterbury—Slopes of Mount Sefton, between the Huddlestone 
and Stocking Glaciers, and near the Stewart Glacier (Mount Cook district), P. Graham / 
Forbes River, Upper Rangitata Valley, A. Wall ! 3500-5000 ft. February. 
Not very remote from the preceding species; but the habit is stouter; the radical 
leaves broader, more obtuse, and rather thicker in texture, while the hairs are softer 
and longer. The cauline leaves, too, are much more numerous. The structure of the 
flowers is very similar in the two plants. TIS! 1 
15. M. albo-sericea Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1867) 738.— Perennial ; 
everywhere silvery-white with closely appressed silky hairs; rootstock 
stout, woody, clothed with the remains of the old leaves; flowering stems 
one or several, rather slender, 3-6in. high. Radical leaves very numerous, 
densely tufted, $-lin. long, ;’5-$1n. wide, narrow linear-spathulate, acute, 
gradually narrowed into a petiole longer than the blade, coriaceous, uniformly 
silky on both surfaces; cauline few, distant, }-4in. long, linear-oblong or 
lanceolate. Racemes slender, many-flowered, naked. Flowers rather large, 
zin. long or more, bright sulphur-yellow; pedicels very short. Calyx 
small, about 3 the length of the corolla, clothed with appressed silky hairs ; 
lobes linear, acute. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped or almost campanulate, 
tube short, broad above, with 5 scales in the throat ; limb large, with rounded 
lobes. Stamens included, the tips of the anthers reaching the corolla-scales. 
Style long, almost equalling the corolla. Nutlets ovoid; pale greyish- 
brown.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 465. 
SoutTH IsLanD: Otago—Hills near Cromwell, Clutha River, Hector and Buchanan ! 
Petrie ! 800-1500 ft. 
A curious and distinct species, only known from one locality, where it is fast 
becoming exceedingly rare. 
16. M. Goyeni Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiii (1891) 400.—Perennial ; 
everywhere clothed with short rigid appressed white hairs, giving the 
whole plant a greyish appearance. Rootstock stout, woody; flowering 
‘stems one or several, decumbent at the base, ascending or erect at the 
tips, slender, branched, 4-10in. long. Radical leaves numerous, tufted, 
13-3 1in. long, ¢-$in. broad, linear-spathulate, acute, gradually narrowed 
into a slender petiole much longer than the blade, coriaceous, uniformly 
hispid on both surfaces ; cauline smaller and on shorter petioles, the upper 
sessile. Racemes slender, naked, many-flowered. Flowers large, $-2? in. 
long, pale-yellow or white with a yellow centre, almost sessile or on very 
short pedicels. Calyx small, 4 as long as the corolla, deeply 5-lobed ; 
lobes linear-subulate, acute. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped; tube short, 
broad above, with 5 scales at the throat: limb large, with short rounded 
lobes. Stamens included, the tips of the anthers reaching the corolla- 
scales. Style slender, 3 the length of the corolla. Nutlets ovoid, brownish. 
—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 466. | 
] SouTH istanp : Nelson—Mount Percival, Hanmer, 7’. F. C. Canterbury— Broken 
River, Cockayne. Otago—Arrowtown, Cardrona Valley, Lake Hawea, Petrie /’ Queens- 
town, Wilcox ; Lake Wanaka, Cockayne. 1000—4000 ft. November—January. 
Very near to M. albo-sericea, but a much larger plant, with longer branched stems, 
greyish (not silvery-white) pubescence, and larger fiowers, which are often quite white. 
