Pimelea. ] CV. THYMELEZX. 95 
dently allied to P. trichostachya and P. sericostachya, but is ne early glabrous and differs 
from the whole section in the persistent n" of the perianth, whilst other characters 
prevent the placing it in Hupimelea, It is very different 1 in the shape of the perianth 
as well as in the pane d from P. spicata, to which y is inadvertently ‘referre 
by F. Mueller, Fragm. v 
Sacr. 5. MALIsTACHYS, C. A. Mey.—Involucral bracts free, usually 
small or little different from the stem-leaves. Flowe rs (small) Shoe 
dicecious. Male perianth with a slender tube; Arn wi 
connective, the cells vey distinct, and when open n placed back to [d 
'o rtive. Female perianth-tube circumsciss anne the ovary 
after flowering, the jae ha persistent round the somewhat suc- 
. culent fruit and almost adnate to it. Leaves Bat TA or hair 
P. argentea, R. Br. Prod. 362. An erect shrub with siio 
irgate branches, attaining 5 or 6 ft., more or less clothed with soft 
a hairs appressed or somewhat woolly on the branches, and when 
roa nt giving the planta silvery-white appearance. Leaves oppo- 
f mes or su AERA A alternate, sessile, those below the inflorescence 
. oblong or lanceolate, flat or concave, often above 1 in. long, smaller on 
side branche es; the floral ones usually shorter and broa ider, varying 
however from ver like the stem-leaves and in distant pairs alon ng the 
. long ieafy branches, to short an ig ovate closely approximate or 
[ eee in leafy spik Flowers dicecious, very sma ft 
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B 
often nearly sessile and s only one perfect, the connective 
narrow. Female peri He usq para airy, the tube shorter than in 
. the males but circumsciss above the ovary Std owering, the s 
1 oe pe the anthers abortive or rudimentary. Style exserted, the 
M p hispid with long hairs. Fruiting base of the perianth 
pv, hisni bout 1 line long, the membranous or scarcely thickened 
= epicarp coming off readily sid i it, but not connate with it as stated by 
- C. A. Meyer, leaving the crustaceous endocarp (not the seed) minutely 
1 p rugose. — Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 607 ; P. argentea, P. vestita, 
X P. Shuttlewor orthiana, and P. myriantha, Meissn. in DC. et d. xiv. 513; 
Calypirostegia argentea, C. A. Mey. in Bull. Acad. Petrop. iv. veia 74, 
Australia. Goose Island Bay, R. Brown; grum Island, S. Coa . €u 
: ic ng pi tae river, «bem Leven, Gardner ey well ; N. of Stirling range, 
F. Mueller; thence to Swan river, Drummond 1 a n. ^. 730 , 731, Preiss, n. 1264, 
1265; northward 5 Man river and south- doo au rd to Vasse river, Olidfie ld. 
ave been unable to sort into varieties ‘the si duel wit species distinguished by Meiss- 
s ve riou other. n 
stantly dicci The supposed “ filiform persistent base" of the male pera ap- 
aei TS = ot in » fat the pedicel; the rudimentary ovary, when Basin is within the 
ecid 
45. P. clavata, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl.i. 11. An erect- -growing shrub, 
ranging from 6 or 8 ft. to twice that height, the foliage slightly silky- - 
