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1. M. uniflora, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 192.—A small much and closely branched densely tufted perennial herb, forming rounded patches 2–6 in. diam., everywhere clothed with appressed rigid white hairs, giving the whole plant a greyish-white appearance; root woody, tortuous; branches densely leafy. Leaves closely imbricated, erect, ¼ in. long, linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, dilated at the base, almost glabrous above. Flowers solitary, terminal, almost sessile, about ¼ in. long, yellowish-white. Calyx-lobes linear-oblong, acute, clothed with straight rigid hairs. Corolla-tube cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx, throat with 5 emarginate scales; limb flat, spreading; lobes 5, short, rounded. Stamens 5; filaments very short; anthers linearoblong, included, their tips just above the level of the corolla-scales. Nuts ovoid, acute.

2. M. pulvinaris, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 193.—A small much-branched densely tufted perennial herb, forming soft rounded cushions 2–4 in. diam., more or less clothed with soft white hairs; branches short, densely compacted. Leaves most densely imbricated all round the branches, erect, closely overlapping, ⅙–¼ in. long, broadly obovate or obovate-spathulate, rounded at the tip, slightly narrowed to a broad sessile base, rather membranous, both surfaces clothed with long soft hairs or the lower half glabrous. Flowers white, solitary, terminal, almost sessile, about ¼ in. long. Calyx-lobes linear, acute, densely clothed with long straight hairs. Corolla-tube about twice as long as the calyx, throat with 5 scales; lobes 5, short, rounded, spreading. Stamens included, the tips of the anthers slightly above the level of the corolla-scales. Nuts ovoid, acute.—Buch, in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) t. xxxiii. f. 2. M. Hectori. ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 193; Buch. l.c.'' t. xxxiii. f. 3.

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.