FLORA AUSTRALIENSIS. 
Orpen CV. THYMELEA, 
Flowers agree or rarely dicecious. Perianth simple, tubular 
or campanulate, 4-lobed or in genera not Australian 5-lobed, usually 
regular, the lobes imbricate in the bud, with the addition in man 
genera not Australian of small Fera d alternating ` with the lobes at 
their base. Stamens barmai 2 pene s many as the lobes of the 
erianth or twice any; filamen iis: inserte d^ in the throat or 
within the tube ; scthers a with 2 aralet cells opening longitudinally. 
Ovary free within the base of the perianth, 1- or rarely 2-c elled, with 1 
or rarely 2 or 3 pendulous vest ovules. Style simple, with a 
. album mbryo Higit with a superior radicle.—Shrubs trees or 
| rarel ‘tebe with a stringy M Leaves alternate or opposite, always 
simple and entire. Flower in bis or axilary clusters cum 
| A considerable Order, E distributed over r most parts of the globe. 
= Stamens 2. Perianth-lobes 4 . 1. PIMELEA. 
1 Stason 4, nem dh with the perianth- lobes. Densely tufted pro- 
strate shrub . 2. DRAPETES. 
Stamens ed as many as s perianth- lobes. Shrubs or small trees. 
| d lled, with 1 ovule. PPS scales 4, free or united 
in 3. WiksTRÜMIA. 
Ovary "2-celled, with 1 ovale i in each cell. _ Hypogynous iles 
ited in a short cu cup . 4. PHALERIA. 
1. PIMELEA, Banks and Soland. 
(Thecanthes, Wikstr.; UN RU aprire dmi ii and Calyptrostegia, 
Perianth tubular, with a spreading or rarely erect 4-lobed limb, LI 
_ out scales but often slightly thickened or folded round the throa 
1 — 2 inserted in the throat appodita the 2 outer perianth-lobes, 
1 d^. 
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