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alta, intus dense barbata, extus glabra, eum filamentis capillaribus 
decidua, Antherce secedenteSj iutrorsse, obovato-oblonga^, dorsi- 
fixa^, ^" longa^, flavae ; loculi paralleli, longitudlnaliter dehiscentes. 
Stylus tcrminalis, caplllaris, I5-2" longus, glaber. Stignia inluutis- 
simum. Germcn uniloculatum, uuigemmulatum, Gemmula e basi 
cavitatis erecla. Fructus glabralus, evalvis, indchisccns^ basi 
dlsco annulari glabro cinctus, circiter sesquilincara altus, obovatus, 
striolatus, stylo termlnatus. Pericarpium membraneum. Semeu 
erectumj obovatum, turgens, T" longum v. paulo longius, cavitatera 
explens. Testa tenerrime membraneaj albida, glabra. Rajdie longi- 
tudlnalls. Albumen satls coplosum, amygdalinum. Embryo in 
axi albuminls sltus ct eidem a^qullongus, rectus, amygdalinus. 
Cotyledones plano-convesoe, ovales, -^-§'" longa3. Eadicula infcra, 
ovato-cylindrica, cotyledonibus fcre dimidior brevior. 
Fructus characteres nunc primum expositi genus ab Amaran- 
tacels demovent. Ob carpidium unicum Lachnostachis approximat 
Waltherise, ob foiia opposita Laslopetalo. Genus autem propriura 
trlbum (Lachnostachyarum) praisentat. 
Lachnostachys ferruginea ( Hook. Ic. Plant. 415 ; Moq. in Cand. 
Pr. xiii, sect. ii. 298) ab anteccdente distinguitur indumento bre- 
Tiore magis velutino, foliis multo minoribus planis, bracteis dila- 
tatis, dentibus calycis minus acutis, antlieris dorso glandulosis, 
Lachnosiachys alhicans (Hook. Ic. 414) occurrit iu collectione 
Drummondi sub 439. 
Lachnostachys Walcottii (F. ]\L Fr. li. 140 ; Pycnolachne ledi- 
folia, Turcz. Bull. Mosc. xxxvi. 21 1) militat sub 219 et 220 in 
coUectione sexta Drummondi. Folia iis Guichenotia^ lcdifoliie 
similia. 
jir 
Thtmele^. 
Pimelia Holroydii. 
(Sect. IIeterola;na). 
Ramulis cum foliis et involucro glabris, foliis oppositis ovalibiis 
fere sessilibus herbaceis glaucis majusculis planis obtusis, bractcis 
involucrantibus 4-6 ovato- v. cordato-orbiculatis, capitulis terrai- 
nallbus multifloris, axi cyIi?idraceo elongato villoso, floribus bi- 
sexualibus^ calycibus flavidis extus villosis basi sericeis haud 
articulatis, tubo lobls quater quinquiesve longlore, drupa parva 
sicca glabra conico-attenuata. 
In montibus Hammersley-Range ; C. IlarpGr (16). 
Planta circiter 3^ alta. Eamuli teretiusculi, pallide flavidi. 
Folia |-1|" longaj tenuiter uninervia, tenuissime venosa. Bracteas 
glaucediue foliorum participeSj |-f" longge. Axis pollicaris v. 
brevior, pedlcellis brevissimis tuberculatus, molli-villosus. Calyx 
semipollicaris. Stamina breviter exserta. Antherse fere ovatic, 
J"' longse, recurvse, Drupa ovato-conica, senslm rostrata, parte 
