Myosotis. | BORAGINACEAE, 755 
17. M. australis &. Br, Prodr. (1810) 495.—An erect densely hispid 
perennial herb 6-16in. high; stems usually branched from the base, 
slender or rather stout, sparingly leafy. Radical leaves #2in. long, 
oblong-spathulate or linear-spathulate, obtuse, narrowed into long petioles, 
rather coriaceous, hispid on both surfaces; cauline distant, smaller and 
shorter, sessile, linear-oblong or linear-spathulate. Racemes elongated, 
many-flowered, hispid with spreading straight or hooked hairs. Flowers 
yellow or white, +-41in. long; pedicels very short. Calyx densely hispid 
with spreading hooked hairs, divided #-way down or more; lobes linear- 
lanceolate, acute. Corolla- tube funnel - shaped, exceeding the calyx: 
throat with 5 scales; lobes short, rounded. Stamens included; anther- 
tips about level with the corolla-scales. Style shorter than the calyx or 
very slightly exceeding it. Nutlets narrow-ovoid, polished and shining, 
black when fully ripe-—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 201; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. (1864) 193; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv (1869) 405; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. 
(1906) 462. | me 
Lear, bgt hemencis bane cial Thane Se: yee 
Var. conspicua.—Flowers larger, 4-bin. long, }in. diam., campanulate. Style 
considerably longer than the calyx. 
NortH Istanp: Hawke’s Bay —Kaweka Mountain, Tryon. SoutuH IsLanp : 
Abundant throughout. Sea-level to- 4000 ft. December—February. 
Closely allied to M. Forsteri, but easily distinguished by the more erect habit, 
more hispid stems and leaves and calyces, shorter and more erect pedicels, usually 
yellow flowers, and narrower black nutlets. It is a common Australian plant, but 
although I have examined a large series of specimens from both countries [ can find 
no differences of importance. 
18. M. Forsteri Lehm. Asperif. (1821) 95.—Usually perennial. Stems 
branched from the root, decumbent or almost prostrate below, ascending 
or suberect above, slender, flaccid, leafy, 6-18 in. long, more or less hispid 
or* pilose with soft white hairs. Lower leaves on long slender petioles 
z-2 in. long ;_ blade $-1} in., oblong or orbicular-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 
rather membranous, both surfaces hispidulous. Racemes elongated, very 
many-flowered ;» the lower flowers often axillary ; fruiting-pedicels equalling 
the calyx or longer than it, spreading. Flowers about Lin. long, white 
or white with a yellow eye. Calyx campanulate, hispid with spreading 
hooked hairs, 5-lobed to the middle ; lobes linear-oblong, acute. Corolla- 
tube funnel-shaped, slightly exceeding the calyx, throat with 5 scales; 
lobes short, rounded. Anthers included, their tips equalling the corolla- 
scales. Nutlets broadly ovoid or almost orbicular, pale-brown, shining. 
—DC. Prodr. x (1846) 110; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 393; Raoul Choix 
(1846) 43; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 200; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
194; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 463; Ill. N.Z. Fl. ti (1914) t. 142. 
M. spathulata A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. (1832) 198 (non Forst. pat. 
M. Hamiltoni Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx (1888) 201. M. polyantha and 
M. tenuifolia Col. lc. xxxi (1899) 275, 276. (2) M. venosa Col. lc. xxviii 
(1896) 606. 
Nort AnD Souts Istanps: Not uncommon from the Bay of Islands te the south- 
west of Otago. Sea-level to 3500 ft. October—February. 
19. M. spathulata Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 62.— Pilose or hispid in 
all its parts. Stems usually many from the root, branched, prostrate, 
ascending at the tips, slender, sparingly leafy, 3-16 in. long. Leaves on 
long or short petioles; blade 4-1 in. long, orbicular or broadly ovate or 
