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.
20. M. Lyallii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 202.—"A rather short and stout tufted perennial, shghtly hispid with appressed hairs. Stems several from the root, erect or ascending, rather stout, 2–6 in. high. Leaves: radical oblong-spathulate or obovate-lanceolate, subacute, 1–1½ in. long, narrowed into rather slender petioles; cauline narrow linear-oblong or oblong-spathulate, all slightly hispidulous on both surfaces with appressed hairs. Racemes short, simple or forked. Flowers very shortly pedicelled. Calyx ¼ in. long, hispid with appressed or patent, simple and hooked bristles. Corolla ⅙–¼ in. long; tube cylindric, longer than the calyx; lobes short, rounded. Stamens with long slender filaments; anthers linear. Nuts broadly ovate or orbicular, very black and shining."—Exarrhena Lyallii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 196. ?? Myosotis (Exarrhena) oreophila, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 539.
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.
21. M. concinna, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 235.—Perennial; everywhere clothed with fine closely appressed soft silky hairs; rootstock rather long, stout. Flowering stems numerous, rather slender, ascending or erect, leafy, 6–14 in. high. Radical leaves numerous, 2–4 in. long, linear- or lanceolate-spathulate to narrow oblong-spathulate, acute or obtuse, gradually narrowed into long rather slender petioles, both surfaces uniformly clothed with soft silky appressed hairs, midrib usually distinct; cauline oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong, sessile, acute. Racemes many-flowered, simple or forked, at first short and almost capitate, but elongating as the flowering advances. Flowers large, crowded, ½–⅔ in. long, bright pale-yellow or more rarely white with a yellow eye, sweet-scented, pedicellate. Calyx covered with appressed silky hairs, 5-partite; lobes linear-lanceolate, obtuse. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped; tube short, hardly exceeding the calyx, throat with 5 scales; limb large, rather longer than the tube, deeply lobed; lobes oblong-ovate, obtuse or acute. Stamens with very slender elongated filaments; anthers exserted beyond the corolla-lobes. Nutlets ovoid, red-brown, but not seen quite ripe.
