2 CV. THYMELEJE. [ Pimelea. — 
No hypogynous scales. Ovary l-celled, with 1 pendulous ovule. Style 
Veg attached to one side of the ovary immediately below the 3 
spe Fruit a small drupe, with a membranous or succulent epicarp, - 
e Waddie nut-like, crustaceous, often hooked at the top. Seed pen- - 
iius with a membranous testa; albumen scanty or copious ; = 1 
white Er. or ! follows, often silky-villous. 
The genus is limited to Australasia, comprising, besides the Australian species, one 1 
of which is also from New Zealand, nine others confined to New Zealand. [ 
Glab: Uus 
oe 1. Thecanthes. —Involucral — united into a 4-lobed cup. Perianth-tube 4 
br. 
Towlueil 1 lobes very broad, shorter than the entire part, usually 
ith 
forked veins 1. P. punicea. 
Involucral inci reaching to about the middle, with the midrib 
one prominen 
lioli k lobes very broad. Filaments twice as long as ’ 
the perianth-lobes. Flowers white 2. P. concreta. 
—€— : acute. Vim ens ood shorter than ‘the 
pes . Flowe 3. P. cornucopia. 
rre "e obes reaching ux to the base, several-nerved an 
longe Filaments much s than the 
ns iui x n Flowers red . 4. P. sanguinea. 
Sect. 2. Empimelea.— Znvolucral bracts free, like the stem-leaves or rasia 
oader. A ap epg silky-villous, not circumsciss.—. 
t 
y Oppos 
Stem and leaves glabrous. Involucral bracts rather broader 
than the stem-leaves. 
Toutes under j in. long. Perianth- "pue 2 x s E o. . 5, P. alpina. 
Leaves mostly above $in. Perianth-tube about 4 in 6. P. longifolia. 
Stem and under-side of the leaves i upper side gla- 
bro volucral bracts like the stem-leaves . P. cinerea. 
Stem and [n on both sides pre's MET silky. Tavolueral 
bracts like ps OPH 8. P. Milligan. 
(43. P. leptost. the — circumscis: but ‘the 
flowers in a M oet acis and the leaves asd rae ) 
Sect, 3. Heterolæna. ee bracts free, much broader than the lea 
pote ihe not circumsciss —Shrubs. Leaves E job flat (not concave, 
or with the margins recurved or Pu. Species ail West 
Leaves oblong or lanceolate, acute or mucronate, d to above 1 in. 
long. Perianth-tube above j in. long, with ng d 
purs the upper part with short appressed ps .. 9. P. spectalilis. 
Leaves of P. spectabilis but shorter and. less cute. Perianth- 
M be with only a few scattered hairs above the pag babe on 
nes 10. P. Lehmanniana. 
Leaves Sister shorter broader Y more obtuse.  Involucral 
y bra with coloured margins. Perianth- tube 4 to 6 
es E. 9354 hispida, 
emm oblong linear or lanceolate, mostly, sents the margins 
~ much recurved. Perianth-tu er $ in.:»lon . 12. P. rosea. 
8 ovato or oblong, get rok: in. xmas the e margins 
urved. Perianth-tübe under 4 in i pea Fori 
