Pimelea.] CV, THYMELEJE. 5 
Flower-clusters terminal, or in the forks. 
Lea ra int lanceolate, x i to 1 in. ae, 
more or less silky eos. . 48. P. microcephala. 
icons quite glabrous. . . 49. P. pauciflora. 
Leaves oblong, with recurved margins, 2 to 4 lines long . . 50. P. elachantha. 
Leaves small, ovate, coriaceous, less conc 
use or very much branched Ho. vlna gig y Rua. 
SEP py 
clustered, qui ie dla abrous as well as the leaves . 52. P. serpyllifolia. 
Erect, shortly di aio shrubs. Flowers silky-villous. 
mostly de use. Female perianth. tube not Minis 
nie e ov ‘ . P. flava. 
Leaves diy d iis; ` Female perianth-tube ' pro PE To 
above the ovary esi sometimes tardily circumsciss. . 54. P. petrophila. 
Src Epallage.—Flowers hermaphrodite or more or = diæcious. Perianth- 
| tube easily circumsciss after flowering, leaving the lower portion persistent round the 
m fruit. Anthers rather flat, with a broad dorsal connective, the cells closely par on 
the inner face the whole anther usually rolled tee ii floweri ing. Flowers in clusters 
or heads, rarely solitary, or in dense oblon 
. Flowers strictly dicecious. Leaves alternate, ir silk dies. 
Flowers solitary in the upper axils. Female periant pe A 
silky-villous 5. P. Bowmanni. 
ow usters. Femal ` perianth with the peii 
portion clothed with very long s xmi hai 
perianth shortly and equally — nd cant - 86. P. ammocharis. 
Flowers herma ite, or on some speciniens 
male. 
Softly villous plants. Flowers small, eme 2 or rarely 4, 
unequal and deciduous. 
Hairs appressed. Leaves mostly oblong, rarely 4 in. long . 57. P. curviflora. 
Hairs sean à Leaves _ — petiolate, un er 
in. lon ; . 58. P. hirsuta, — 
Hairs 2 ‘spre readi ing. R^ ovate or “oblong, à to 1 
owers rather lar; . 59. P altior. 
T y villons, or eb dm arl Eak plants, involucra bracts 
ral, not much bra er than the le 
Leaver flat, the midrib scarcely srona Eranti ' Bracts usually 
nu 
us. 
Filaments shorter than the corolla. . . . . . . . 60. P. octophylla. 
Slamonts pde than t Pe corolla 61. P. petrea. 
aves erect, concave the midrib prominent "under- 
th. Bracts stall about 
Leaves small (under j in.) iR -— aise Mi. n P. phylicoides. 
en ne 4 to near 4 in. long, narrow oblon, Sus . P. Eyre. 
LM mos tly a about 4 in. long . 31 P. longiflora. 
Stem and ALT glabrous, coded concave. Bracts (4 to 6) 
much tirtadee rives the le 
Leaves narrow, cor iacens, jan Perianth circumsciss ! 
above the o 
Flow ats gone Rogers, Perianth equally "n : 
vill . 65. P. stricta. 
Flower-heads usually erect. ` Perianth with long more 
spreading hairs in the low P. Preissii. 
Leaves broad, 1 to 14 in. deed rest at length spicate, . 
Bracts ve very deciduous. Perianth not circumsciss . . 67. P. Holroydi. 
.. P. grandiflora, Don. Hort. Cantab., and P. prinifolia Nois, quoted in Steude’s 
Honc are garden names which cannot now be identified. 
