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328 NOTES ON SOME PLANTS OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND.
and Christie's station, Saddlehill, abundant ; November, in flower,
December, in fruit, W. L. L. The " Kohoho " or " Kohokoho "—
the " Poroporo,"* "Poropora," or " Poporo "— of the North Island
Maori (Colenso).
A large, very handsome shrub, resembling, on the large scale, our
8. Dulcamara, L., with large, orange-coloured, edible berries, the size of
a cherry. Leaves very variable as to form and size, on different parts
of even the same plant; simple or entire and lanceolate, and then gene-
rally shorter than those which are divided, though sometimes 9 in.
long ;
or variously hastate or palmate, or irregularly notched or divided
(subpinnatiti(l). In out-door summer cultivation in Britain, the plant
is said to grow very rapidly, and to be of robust habit. It attains a
height of 5-6 ft. in one season. The leaves are described as becoming
large and of a beautiful dark green, rendering it a handsome showy
acquisition to British gardens. It is propagated with ease both from
cuttings and seed. It requires a rich deep soil, and copious waterings
in summer, and to be kept nearly dry and in a temperate house in
winter.f
I did not meet with -S'. nigrum, L., which is represented as being
extremely common in the North Island. It is probably to it that the
Maoris apply tlie terms "Peoi" and "Eaupete," though one or both
may also pertain in pari to 8. avlculare.
Genus VII. Myosotis.
1. M. antarctica. Hook. f. {M. australis, PI. N. Z.). Uplands about
the base of Stoneyhill and Saddlehill, 6 in. high ; hills above the
Porbury Heads, Dunedin, a dwarf form, in spreading tufts not above
2 in. across when laid quite flat; December, in flower, W. L. L,
Tarndale and Dun Mountain, Nelson, in Herb. Dr. Sinclair at Auckland,
and in my own herbarium. My specimens from elevations of about
500 ft. in Otago, do not diS'er much from those collected at a heiglit
of 4000-5000 ft. in the ^Tarndale district by Dr. Sinclair. In both
cases, the dense clothing of white hairs gives the plant quite an alpine
physiognomy. In certain respects, it represents and resembles the
common Biitish M. arveusis, Hofi"m., and M. collina, Hoflm,
2. M. capitata. Hook., f. On the Trap clifls, Shaw's Bay, mouth
of the Clutha ; December, W. L. L. Specimens from the Dun Moun-
* In common with S. nigrum, according to Colenso.
t Kelly, " Report on the Subtropical Garden of Battersea Park," 1865.