Myposotis. | BORAGINACEAE, T57 
21. M. Astoni Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xl (1910) 217.—Perennial ; 
sparingly clothed with short soft hairs. Flowering stems several from 
the root, slender, decumbent below, erect or ascending above, 6-12 in. 
long. Radical leaves few or many, 2-4in. long; blade about 3 the 
length, 4-3 in. broad, linear-obovate to oblong-obovate or oblong-spathulate, 
obtuse or subacute, thin and membranous, both surfaces sparsely clothed 
with soft white hairs; cauline much smaller, oblong or linear-oblong, 
sessile, or the lower alone shortly petiolate. Racemes pedunculate, simple 
or forked, many-flowered. Calyx hispid with soft white hairs; lobes 
erect, linear-oblong, subacute. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube equalling the 
calyx, throat with 5 scales; limb rather smaijl. Stamens inserted just 
below the corolla-scales; filaments long, more than twice the length oi 
the anthers, which reach more than half-way up the corolla-lobes. Nutlets 
ovoid, smooth and shining, dark-brown. 
North Istanp: Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Mountains, altitude 4000-4500 it., 
W. Townson / B.C, Aston !/ 
Perhaps too close to JZ. petiolata, from which it chiefly differs in the smaller size, 
more softly hairy stems and leaves, more numerous cauline leaves, and in the fewer 
smaller flowers. 
22. M. Townsoni Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fi. (1906) 1145. — Perennial ; 
more or less densely hispid with soft spreading white hairs; rootstock 
rather long, prostrate, branched ; stems few or many, 3-6 in. high, slender, 
leafy, prostrate or decumbent below, ascending or erect at the tips. 
Radical leaves on long slender petioles 4-2in. long; blade 4-lin. by 
+1 in., oblong-spathulate or linear-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, mem- 
branous, upper surface densely hispid with soft white hairs, often almost 
glabrous beneath. Cauline leaves numerous, narrow-oblong, sessile or the 
lowermost petiolate. Flowers in the axils of the upper cauline leaves or 
forming few-flowered racemes terminating the stem, +-$im. long, 4—}1n. 
diam., sessile or the lowermost shortly pedicelled. Calyx hispid with coarse 
white haus, 5-lobed below the middle; lobes linear-lanceolate, acute. 
Corolla-tube cylindric, much longer than the calyx; throat with 5 scales ; 
limb broad, flat, with broadly oblong lobes. Stamens inserted between the 
corolla-scales; filaments slightly longer than the linear anthers, which 
are wholly above the level of the scales. Nutlets ovoid, shining, black. 
SoutH IstaAnp: Nelson—Brunner Range and Lyell Mountains, W. Townson / 
3000-4500 ft. January—March. 
In the structure of the flower this is intermediate between Hwarrhena and 
EKumyosotis ; but as the anthers stand above the level of the corolla-scales I have 
placed it in the former section. It is apparently allied to M. saxosa and M. Lyallii, 
but differs from both in the flowers being chiefly axillary. F 
23. M. laeta Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. inst. xvi (1885) 236.—Perennial ; 
sparingly clothed with short white hispid hairs. Flowering stems one or 
few irom the root, slender, erect, sparingly leafy, 6-12in. high. Radical 
leaves 1-3in. long, rarely more, oblong-spathulate or narrow obovate- 
spathulate, obtuse or acute, gradually narrowed into rather long petioles, 
membranous, both surfaces sparingly hispid; cauline few, linear-oblong 
or lanceolate, sessile, acute. Racemes elongate, simple, many-flowered ; 
pedicels slender. Flowers 3-3 in. long, yellow or white with a yellow eye. 
Calyx hispid with straight or hooked white hairs, 5-partite ?-way down ; 
lobes linear, acute. Corolla campanulate ; tube short, throat with 5 scales ; 
limb large, with 5 short rounded lobes. Stamens with long slender 
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