South Island: Canterbury—Sources of the Waimakariri, Enys! T. F. C.; Rangitata Valley, Armstrong! W. W. Smith! Wilberforce River, Haast! Tasman Valley, T. F. C.; Hopkins River, Haast. 2500–4000 ft. December–February.

A very curious little plant. The M. uniflora of Buchanan (Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. t. 33, f. 1) appears to me to be referable to the next species.

South Island: Canterbury—Locality not stated, J. F. Armstrong! Otago—Mount Alta, Hector and Buchanan! Mount Pisa, Old Man Range, Hector Mountains, Mount Cardrona, and other high peaks to the west and north-west, Petrie! 4500–6500 ft. January–March.

Very variable in the shape and texture of the leaves and the extent to which they are covered with hairs. M. Hectori only differs in the rather broader and shorter leaves, and passes so insensibly into the type that it cannot be retained even as a variety.

South Island: Otago—Mount Pisa and the Hector Mountains, on shingle slopes, Petrie! 4500–6000 ft.

A very pretty and distinct little species. In some respects it is allied to M. Traversii, but it is much smaller and more densely tufted, and the flowers are axillary, not racemose.

North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Campbell Island: Not uncommon from the Auckland Isthmus southwards, usually in dry rocky places. Sea-level to 4500 ft. November–February.

An extremely variable little plant. Specimens from dry alpine localities are often densely tufted, almost pulvinate, and are usually clothed with long villous hairs. On the other hand, I have specimens from shaded places near the Waimakariri Glacier with slender prostrate sparingly leafy stems 6 in. long, with radical leaves 2 in. long. Mr. Kirk's subspecies Traillii does not seem to me to differ in any essential particular.

South Island: Canterbury—Limestone rocks in the Broken River basin, Enys! Kirk! Cockayne! T. F. C. 2000–3500 ft. December–January.

A curious little plant, remarkable for the large linear anthers, the tips of which stand up considerably above the corolla-scales.

Var. conspicua.—Flowers larger, ⅓–½ in. long, ¼ in. diam., campanulate.

Style considerably longer than the calyx.

North Island: Hawke's Bay—Kaweka Mountain, H. Tryon. South Island: 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.

North and South Islands: Not uncommon from the Bay of Islands to the south-west of Otago. Sea-level to 3500 ft. October–February.

Var. albiflora, Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 340.—Stouter and coarser than the type, 6–18 in. high, more copiously hairy. Radical leaves 3–6 in. long, on rather longer petioles, thicker, often somewhat fleshy; cauline narrower. Flowers white. Stamens on filaments almost as long as the anthers; anthers altogether above the level of the corolla-scales.—M. capitata sub. sp. albida, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 224.

South Island: Otago—(var. albiflora) Cliffs on the east and south coasts, rare, Lindsay, Buchanan! Petrie! Stewart Island and The Snaees: (var. albiflora) Plentiful on the coast, Rev. Mr. Stack, Petrie! Kirk! Auckland and Campbell Islands: The typical form not uncommon, Sir J. D. Hooker, Kirk! December–February.

I have seen no specimens of the typical form save from the Auckland and Campbell Islands, but a blue-flowered state is said to occur on cliffs near Dunedin which may be referable to it. The variety albiflora approaches Exarrhena in the stamens, but the filaments do not exceed the anthers.

South Island: Canterbury—Mountains above Arthur's Pass, T. F. C., Cockayne! Walker's Pass, Cockayne. 3000–4500 ft. January.

A very handsome plant. It differs from the typical state of M. capitata in the large pure white flowers (which are quite twice the size of those of M. capitata), in the large calyx, and in the more membranous less hairy leaves. M. capitata var. albiflora recedes in its larger size and coarser habit, and particularly in the anthers, which are altogether above the level of the corolla-scales, whereas they are always below in M. explanata.

South Island: Bare shingle slopes on the higher mountains, not uncommon in Nelson, Canterbury, and Westland, less abundant in Otagc. 2500–6000 ft. December–February.

A well-marked plant, whose nearest ally is the following species.

South Island: Nelson—Mount Arthur Plateau and Raglan Mountains, T. F. C. 3500–4500 ft. January.

I advance this as a distinct species with much hesitation, for at first sight there is little to separate it from M. Traversii except the slightly narrower leaves and white flowers. But the position of the anthers is altogether different, for in M. Traversii the filaments are excessively short, and the tips of the anthers are only just above the level of the scales, whereas in the present plant the filaments equal the anthers, which are altogether above the level of the scales. Technically, it should be placed in the section Exarrhena, but I am unwilling to remove it from the vicinity of M. Traversii.

South 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.

South Island: Nelson—Mount Percival, Hanmer, T. F. C. Otago—Arrowtown, Gardrona Valley, Lake Hawea, Petrie! 1000–4000 ft. No-vember-January.

Very near to M. albo-sericea, but a much larger plant, with longer branched stems, greyish (not silvery-white) pubescence, and larger flowers, which are often quite white.

North and South Islands: Moist lowland stations from the Three Kings Islands southwards, not common. Chatham Islands: Cox and Cockayne! November–January.

A very variable plant. Small states sometimes have the throat of the corolla either without scales or with very obscure ones. This character was used by De Candolle no constitute his subgenus Gymnomyosotis, but there is a gradual transition from flowers without scales to others in which they are as well developed as in other species of the genus, and looking at the fact that the filaments are at least longer than the anthers it seems best to place the species in the subgenus Exarrhena, and in the neighbourhood of M. petiolata.

Some specimens collected by Petrie at Inch-Clutha (Otago) and by Kirk at Winton (Southland) have precisely the habit of M. spathulata, and the calyx and fruit are the same. But the flowers are rather smaller, the throat of the corolla is furnished with evident scales, and the filaments are shorter than the anthers, so that the latter are entirely included in the corolla-tube, their tips not reaching the level of the scales. This form will probably prove to be a distinct species.

North Island: Cliffs north of the Manukau Harbour, T. F. C.; East Cape, Bishop Williams! Hawke's Bay and Cape Turnagain, Colenso! Patangata,

Tryon; near Mount Egrnont, Buchanan; Ruahine Mountains, H. Hill. South Island: Nelson—Mount Arthur Plateau, T. F. C. Sea-level to 3000 ft. November–January.

In habit and foliage this closely resembles large states of M. Forsteri, but the flowers are altogether unlike.

North Island: Hawke's Bay, H. Tryon! South Island: Nelson—Mountains flanking the Wairau Valley, T. F. C. Marlborough—Kaikoura Mountains, Buchanan! Canterbury—Ashburton Mountains, Potts! 1500–4000 ft. December–February.

In the shape of the corolla this much resembles M. Goyeni; but the anthers are on long slender filaments, and are exserted far beyond the corolla-tube, almost reaching the top of the lobes.

M. amalbilis, Cheesem. n. sp.—Perennial; everywhere densely clothed with soft white hairs; rootstock stout; flowering stems usually several, rather stout, decumbent at the base, erect above, leafy, 3–9 in. high. Radical leaves numerous, 1–2 ½ in. long, linear-obovate or obovate-spathulate, obtuse, narrowed into rather long broad petioles, coriaceous, equally hoary on both surfaces with short soft white hairs; cauline smaller, sessile, oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong, acute. Racemes pedunculate, simple or forked, at first short and capitate, but lengthening as the flowering advances, many-flowered. Flowers large, white, ½–¾ in. long, ½ in. diam., very shortly pedicelled. Calyx ⅓ in. long, densely hispid with soft white hairs, lobed about two-thirds way down; lobes lanceolate, acute. Corolla large, campanulate or broadly funnel-shaped; tube exceeding the calyx, with 5 rather narrow scales at the mouth; limb large, with 5 rounded veined lobes. Stamens attached above the level of the scales; filaments nearly twice the length of the anthers, which reach more than half-way up the corolla-lobes. Ripe fruit not seen.

North Island: Auckland—Summit of Mount Hikurangi, East Cape district, altitude 5000 ft., Petrie and Adams! January.

Evidently a very handsome plant. In habit and foliage it much resembles my M. explanata, but is smaller and stouter, with more copious hairs, and the flowers are altogether different in structure. Mr. Brown, who has compared specimens with the types at Kew, remarks that "it differs from the type of M. saxosa in its larger habit, larger leaves (which are nearly 2 diameters larger than those of M. saxosa and have a different undersurface), and the calyx is also narrower and less erect. It is more like M. Lyallii, but the flowers are more numerous and denser, and the leaves are hairy all over beneath, whilst in M. Lyallii it is only on the midrib that they are hairy beneath."

North Island: Hawke's Bay—Crags at Titiokura, Colenso.

Apparently this has not been gathered since its discovery by Colenso, more than sixty years ago, for the Nelson plant united with it in the Handbook has proved to be distinct. Not having seen specimens, I am unable to do more than to reproduce in its chief features Hooker's original description given in the Flora. Mr. N. E. Brown remarks "that the only species resembling it at Kew are M. Cheesemanii, Petrie, and M. Traversii, Hook. f., from both of which it is quite distinct."

South Island: Nelson—Dun Mountain, Monro, Travers! Buchanan! Kingsley! T. F. C.; Red Hills (Wairau Valley), T. F. C. 3000–4500 ft. December–February.

In the Handbook this was confused with M. saxosa. I have long been convinced of its distinctness; and Mr. N. E. Brown, who has kindly compared my specimens with the type of M. saxosa, informs me that the two are in reality very different.

South Island: Otago—Milford Sound, Lyall. "Habit of a small specimen of M. capitata, but the flower is very different. I have but two specimens."

I am unacquainted with this, which apparently has not been gathered since its original discovery by Dr. Lyall, and in the absence of any additional information I have reproduced Sir J. D. Hooker's description.

South Island: Nelson—Limestone rocks on Mount Owen; Mount Arthur, T. F. C. 3500–4500 ft. January.

Habit of M. macrantha, but at once distinguished by the more silky indumentum, colour of the flowers, and particularly by the shape of the corolla, which has a short tube and large deeply divided limb, whereas in M. macrantha the tube is very long and the divisions of the limb comparatively shallow. The filaments are also much longer than in M. macrantha.

Var. pulchra.—Similar in size and habit, but more diffuse and less hispid. Leaves thinner and more membranous, sometimes almost glabrous beneath. Corolla ⅔–¾ in. long; tube much broader, almost campanulate, scales wanting in all the flowers examined. Filaments shorter than the anthers; anthers just reaching the sinus between the corolla-lobes.

South Island: Subalpine localities from Nelson to the south-west of Otago; not uncommon, especially in the central and western portions of the Southern Alps. 2000–5000 ft. December–February.

A remarkably handsome plant. The filaments are never much longer than the anthers, and in var. pulchra are nearly as short as in the typical species of Myosotis, but as they are inserted high up the tube the anthers reach well up the corolla-limb.