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bente ascendente v. e basi ramoso folioso, foliis obovatis obtusis lobatis marginibus recurvis, calyce
campanulato 4-lobo, corollæ (amplæ) brevis v. elongatæ limbo patente, antheris barbatis duarum pos’ticarum
loculo umco mutico altero calcarato, capsula membranácea late obovata obtusa calyce inc lusa.
H ab . No rth e rn an d Middle Islands. Top of th e Ruahine mountains, Colenso.
A small species, 1 -3 inches high, with very large flowers, only to be distinguished from E. mtarctica, f t by
the hairy anthers ; of these the anterior pail- have blunt lobes, the posterior have one blunt and one spun-ed bbe.
In this respect it agi-ees with E. cuneata, of which it may prove an alpine small state.
4. Eupbra sia repens, Hook, fil.; perpusiUa, puberula, caule repente vage ramoso, foliis sessilibus
cuneatis trilobis lobis Hnearibus acutis, pedunculis axillaribus solitarüs floribusque erectis, calycis oblongo-
campanulati lobis acutis, antheris glabris, loculis subæqualiter mucronatis.
H a b . Middle Islan d . Bluff Islan d , L ya ll.
A very cunous httle species, 1 -2 inches long. Stems and iraswhes creeping, throwing ont fibrous roots from
tt e joints Leaves very small, l - l * hn, long, smooth or puberidous, in scattered opposite paii-s, sessile, cuneate
three-lobed; lobes acute, erect. Flowm-s very large for the size of the plant, ¿hortly pedicellate, erect. Oalyl
oblong, campanulate. four-lobed; lobes acute. Corolla A inch long, with a long tube. Anthers all smooth, their
lobes neaily equaUy spurred. Omrium pubescent.
N a t . O r d . LXI. BORAGINEÆ, L .
Gen. I . MYOSOTIS, L .
Calyx 5 -partitus. Corolla hypocrateriformis, fauce fornicibus c lau sa; limbo 4 -p artito , obtuso
Antheræ peltatæ. Stigma capitatum. Nuces 4, d is tin c te , basi umbüicatæ.
Herbaceous plants, more or less hispid or pubescent, with radical and eauhne, quite entire, alternate leaves
and leafy or naked cymes or racemes, that are circinate in bud, and bear small flowers, which vary much, and oftei!
change colour. Flowers generally small, blue, very variable in size in the same species. Calyx five-parted. Corolla
hypoei-atenform or infundibuliform, with a short tube, closed at the month with scales; lobes blunt. Fruit of four
smah, generally pohshed one-seeded n u ts .-T h is genus abounds in the Northern Hemisphere, bnt is comparatively
raie in the Southern, (Name from a mouse, and ovr, an ear; from the appearance of the leaves.)
§ a. Flowers in terminal racemes, without bracts. Anthers included. Corolla hypocrateriform.
1. Myosotis capitata. Hook. fil. ; to ta molliter pilosa, cauHbus e radice plurimis ascendentibus robustis
fohosis simplicibus V. apice divisis, foliis radicalibus plurimis lineari-spathulatis v. ligulato-obovatis obtusis
planm n tn n q u e subserieeo-pilosis, racemis simpHcibus v. compositis plurifloris junioribus subcapitatis,
floribus ampHs, calycis lobis linearibus obtusis, corollæ tubo æquüongis v. brevioribus. F l. Antarct.
p . üb. t. o l .
H a b . Middle Islan d . P o rt WilHam aud E u ap u k e Island, LyaU.
B y far the largest and most beautiful New Zealand species, originaUy found in Lord Auckland’s Group, where
ft grows near the sea. Whole plant covered with soft white appressed hairs. Zioefe woody, with tufted black
ffii-es. Stems several, sometimes rising fi-om a woody black rhizoma, 6-10 inches high, Badical leaves 3-6 inches
long, 1 meh broad, linear, ligulate or spathulate, blunt; cauline nnmerons. smaller. Racemes simple or compound
robust, very many and densely-flowered. Flowers shortly pedicellate. Calyx 2 lines long. Corolla 2 -3 line!
2, Myosotis Forsteri, Ecem. e t ScH.; a n n u a ? to ta dense hispidulo-pilosa, cauHbus plurimis elongatis
ascendentibus gracilibus foliosis, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis orbiculatis spathulatisve apiculatis caulinis
brevius spathulatis, racemis simplicibus aphyllis elongatis laxe multifloris, pedicellis calyce æquilongis,
calyce pilis p aten tib u s sæpe uncinatis tecto profunde 5-fido corollæ tu b o breviore, an th eris inclusis,
n ucibus calyce campanulato inclusis orbiculatis la te ovatisve obtusis compressis paliide fuscis n itid is. Roem.
et Sch, Syst. Veg. A . Cunn. Rrodr.
H a b . N o rth e rn an d Middle Islan d s, B a n k s a n d Solander. E a s t coast, etc., Colenso. Akaroa, P o rt
Cooper, etc., Raoul, L ya ll.
Very variable in size, and rather so in habit. Stems covered everywhere with somewhat hispid hairs, numerous,
ascending, slender, leafy. Radical leaves j - l i inch long, on petioles l-^ in ch or less, broadly ovate or orbicular,
apiculate ; cauline spathulate. Racemes leafless, sometimes 8 inches long. Flowers numerous, rather remote,
on spreading pedicels 2 lines long. Cafya? hispid, quinquefid to below the middie, campanulate in fruit. Corolla
very variable in size, 2 -4 lines across the mouth. Anthers included. Nutsiv fo, very small, broadly ovate, blunt, or
orbicular, compressed, pale yellow-brown, polished.
3. Myosotis B r. ? dense bispido-pilosa, caulibus e radice plurimis erectis, foliis oblongo-
lanceolatis lineari-spatbulatisve obtusis, floribus breve pedicellatis, calyce 5-partito pilis uncinatis p a ten tibus
hispido. B r . Prodr. BC . Prod/r.
H ab. Middle Islan d . Otago, elev. 180 0 feet, L y a ll,
I have only one specimen of this plant from Dr. Lyall, a very good one, but only in flower ; it agrees entirely
with Tasmanian and Australian specimens of M. australis, and may be readily recognized by the copious, spreading,
hooked hairs on the calyx, more abundant thau in ilf. Forsteri, from which it also dilfers in the more deeply divided
calyx, short pedicels, aud narrower sessile leaves. The corolla is larger than in the usual Tasmanian state.
§ b. Stems procumbent, diffuse, leafy throughout. Flowers solitary or axillary on the stems. Anthers included.
4. Myosotis antárctica, Hook. fil. ; parvula, bispido-pilosa, caulibus elongatis brevibusve et cæspitosis
p ro stratis apicibus ascendentibus foliosis, foliis obovato-oblongis spathulatisve, floribus axillis foborum
superiorum solitariis breve pedicellatis, corollæ fauce squamuHs clausa, nucibus ovatis subacutis compressis
atris nitidis. F l. A n ta r c t.p . 57. t, 38.
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . E a s t coast an d interior, cliiefly in diy, stony, an d mountainous places,
Colenso.
A very small species, variable in habit according to exposm*e, hispid and pilose ; seedling plants simple and
slender, older ones with a perennial root, and prostrate, often cæspitose, leafy branches, 1 -4 inches long. Leaves
inch long, obovate, spathulate, sessile ; cauline smaller. Flowers very minute, blue, yellow, or purple, nearly
sessile, axillary, solitary. Calyx deeply four-cleft, strigose. Corolla tube exserted, mouth closed with scales.
Anthers included. Nu t small, compressed, ovate, subacute, black, shining.—This species was originally discovered
in Campbell’s Island.
5. sp a th d a ta , F o r s t.; liispiclo-pilosa, caulibus gracilibus pro stratis elongatis vage ramosis
laxe foliosis, foliis petiolatis orbicularibus obovatis spathulatisve obtusis apiculatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus
extra-axillaribusve pedicellatis parvis, calyce 5-partito, corollæ subinfundibubformis fauce nudo, filamentis
gracilibus medio tu b i insertis, antberis 4-exsertis, stigmate clavato, nucibus brunneis obtusis. Forst.
Prodr. BC . Prodr. Ancbusa spathulata, Rcern. et Sch. A . Cunn. Prodr.
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. Dry stony places, n o t unfrequent, B a n k s a n d Solander, etc.
Wliole plant pilose and rather hispid. Stems many from tlie same root, slender, prostrate, sparingly leafy
4 -1 0 inches long. Leaves petiolate, inch long, orbicular or broadly ovate, blunt, apiculate. Flowers small
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