dee. CV. THYMELEJE. 19 
ilky: 8 
slender. e ipistrina, Bot. Reg. t. 1827; P. ae A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag t. 3330, 
DC. Prod. xiv. fon Caly yptrostegia hypericina, C. A. Mey. in Bull. Acad. 
Tempi iv. (1545) 74; D ans, F. Moore 1 Illustr. Hortcle viii. t. 295. 
s. Has and Clarence rivers, C. ; Sydney woods, Paris 
Eshiiion 18 1855, es "207, an Pg Illawarra, A. pee pei Shepherd ; Mittagong, 
Victoria. tone nA impe: F. Mueller ; Upper Genoa river, Stevens 
s oblong. oa TE than usual, nodding, with 
r.? macroste 
the pinid involucral Whictd s ds ng as the flowers. anth-hairs spreading, rigid and 
exceedingly ORE ei leaving the sas base ante ga a Hs mA upper part often 
| gl i i h 
1 satisfactory s: ihia 
| tralia. Sandy scrub, Kangaroo island, Waterhouse. 
— 80. P. humilis, R. Br. Prod. 301. A small shrub, branching from 
mæ the base, more or r less s silky-villous at least on the stems, the foliage 
E often becom ming glabrous, from under Gin. to 1 or eve n 14 ft. high. 
0 
. Leaves opposite, rather crowded, sessile, oblong or Fer re nnd 
, obtuse or rarely almost acute, 1 to near 3 in. long, flat or slightly con- 
vex or concave, the midrib rominent underneath, and the lateral veins 
. sometimes con Di cuous, Flow er-heads globular, the involucral bracts 
7 silky-villous inside, either nearly as long as the perianth- 
,, shorter. Perianths silky-villous, the tube 4 to 5 lines lon oit 
_ after flowering considerably above the ovary, the dpa " out a. lines 
long. Filaments usually about half as lon Td as the ovary; anthers 
. oblong, with a narrow connective, the els when opened planed fait to 
_ back. Fruit shortly stipitate within th rianth, but not seen ripe.— 
l poe in DC. Prod. xiv. 502; Hook. f I. Tasm. i. 334. 
3 Wimmera, Dallachy; Mount Ararat, Green ; Litt Hyer F. Mueller ; 
3 Barra Bur Hinteracker ; nate vale, Robertson; Portland, A 
4 a. Port Dal e, R. Brown; abundant on dry Mis ind pastures through- 
Out kogy island, J. D. Hoo gga 
- S. Australia. Mount Lofty range, F. Mueller; near Adelaide, F. Mueller, 
3 ant 
. 91. P. sericea, R. Br. Prod. 901. A bushy shrub of 1 to 2 ft. 
. resem bling P. nivea, but readily known by the dense indumentum of the 
[ branches and underside of the leaves" consisting of silvery-silky hairs. 
- Leaves opposite, crowded, ovate or oblong, under jin. ODE» labrous 
lower- 
long, Lor above the ovary after flowering, the lobes at least 
1$ fii Filaments rather longer than = ey connective 
i388 P. lanata, 
c2 
Meisan. in DC. Prod. xiv. 509; 
Hensl. in Maund, Botanist, ii. t. 61 peo of R. s 
