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THTMELEiF. 



Pimelea congesta, 



Moore & 'Mueller. (Sect. Heteroloiina.) 



Fruticosa, erccta, foliis confcrtis caulinis oppositis lanceohttis 

 V. angusto- v. lineari-lanccolatis brevissime petiolatis lcniter con- 

 curvis utvinque glabris, axilla insertionis barbata, foliis involu' 

 crantibus quatuor sicut paucis proxiniis latinscule lanceolatis, 

 duobus intimis passim ovatis intcrne parcissime v. copiose sericeis, 

 capltulis plurifloris termiualibus, floribus iuvolucrum brevlter 

 superautibus bisexualibus, calycis majusculi cxtm scricci tuho 

 lobis aliquoties longiore, staminibus calyccni aequantibus, fructu 

 exsucco tenui-elHpsoideo parcc villoso, 



In cacumine montis Lidgbird et in aliis locis insul^e Lord Howe^s 

 Island ; C. Moore. 



Frutex pauci- v. plurl-pedalis. Ramuli satis robunti, prreter 

 axillas petiolorum glabvi, cicatvisato-tubcrculati, Folia ^l" longa, 

 diu apprcssa, setatc patentia; infima passim paucilinearia, 1-3'" 

 lata, nitoris supra expertia, unincrvia, herbacea v. potius chartacea, 

 haud evidenter venosa ; floralia quoad formam supremis rameis 

 satis similia. Calyces 6-8'^' longi, cano-sericei ; lobi ovales. An- 

 tbevffi Hueari-oblongse, J'" longse. Stylus apice tantura exsertus. 

 Receptaculum dense peuicillari-barbatum. Fvuctus fei'e 3'" longi, 



calyce persistente termiuutl. 



P. lougifoliaB pluribus notis cognata, sed jam priesentla involucri 

 differt. 



Pimelea spicata crescit ad Herbert's Creek prope urbcm Rocl^- 

 hampton foliis anguste lanceolatis secundum collectioncm cl. 

 Bowman. Planta quidem perennis, sed jam primo anno floret. 



Dvymispermi species me antea descripta^ ad Phaleriam geuevlce 

 antiqulorem veduceuda? sunt. 



Santalace^. 

 Exocarpos honialoclada. 



Moore & Mueller coll. 



Arborescens, aphylla, ramis demum teretiusculis, ramulis coni' 

 pressis fcre planis angustc linearibus alterne et remote crenato- 

 denticulatis, spicis glomeruliformibus pauciflovis saepe geminig, 

 pedunculis subtilissime pubescentibus e crenulis ramulorum emer- 

 gentibus bvevisslmis, flovibus pentameris pi^ne glabvis. 



In insula Lord Howe^s Island ; C. Moore; II et 32 suce coUec- 

 tionis. 



Frutex ad arborem saltem 15-pedalem demum auctus, ramosis- 

 siraus. Ramuli numevosi, paulo patentes v. stvictij \-V" lati, satis 



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