6 ‘CV, THYMELEJE. | Pime 
Sect. 1. TuEgcaANTHES.—Involueral braets united into a 4-lobed eU 
ER hermaphrodite. Perianth glabrous, the aue not circumsciss 
Glabrous ap with ue or alternate lea 
1. P. punicea, R. Br. An erect rid slight 
branched annual ol $ to 1 ft. repe eddy Mte lanceolate, 
ute or mucronate, about 1 in. long. ower-heads on a rather ] 
erect terminal peduncle le; thickened at he ji Involucre broadly 
binate, 6 to 8. lines diameter, divided to below the middle into 4 b 
obtuse lobes, marked with forked veins, the two outer ones often sligh 
dilated pes overla ping the others at the base. Flowers red, m 
exserted. isis on very short conical pedicels within the inv 
luere at or near Pits base, the tube about 3.lines long, the lobes abo 
l line. Filaments about half the length of the lobes; anthers oblo 
with a narrow connective. Epicar AE Vi eM with a sci 
albumen and broad cotyledons.—Meissn. in DC. . xiv. 407; E 
"Ieonogr. t. ll. | Thecanthes punicea, Wikstr. i in nee R. Acad. Stock 
mucronate and the Tu veins of the involucre are not so prominent as isi the bs 
ar. bre pus Involucres $ in. diam., the flowers exceedingly n 
— Sandstone fied Up Mond ge r an and. Hooker's and Sturt’s Creeks, 
Mueller ; Purdie's Ponds, hia * Douall 
P. concreta, F. Muell. Fragm. v.73. A glabrous Hints 
m habit. ina foliage of P. punicea, but the peduncle in the onl; 
seen shorter than the last leaves and the —— white. Inve iu 
broad; divided to about the middle into 4 bt oad obtuse or sca 
acuminate obes, veinless except t ichtly conspicuous. 
erianths much exserted, the tub pea 3 lines long, the 1 
and obtuse, scarcely ? line nd: NA s at least twice as. long à: 
the lobes, with small oblong ant 
N. Australia. Camden Harbour, N xc Coast (Herb. F. Mueller). 
3. rnucopie, Vahl. Enum. i. 305. An erect glabrous 
stiff annual of about 1 ft, Leaves alternate or the — — oppo 
to ag = middle into broad acute lobes, with the midribs alone co 
spicu Flowers numerous, usually whitish, on short lat 
pedioels within the involucre at or near its base. Perianths scai 
uding beyond the involucral lobes, the a: tube about 2 
Durs circumsciss after flowering short rtly a e the ovary, the 
small and obtuse. Filaments s very short ; arcc ovate, wi with | 
connective. Epicarp oru Ped with a scan al 
broad emer Br. Prod. 359; Meissn. in DC. in 
! Thecanthes ucopie, Wikstr. in DA R. Acad. Stockh. 181 
Calida o cornucopia, Endl. Gen. Pl. Suppl. iv. = 60. 
