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Pimelea.] CV. THYMELER. 27 
— The aspect of these specimens is so totally different, that one would su vidi 
pose t do belg to a distinct species, but some specimens from Mount Barelley, wit 
the foliage nearly of P. drupacea, seem ‘to connect the two 
.? P.leptospermoides, F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 9. An erect shrub 
of 1 to 3 ft., slightly silky-hairy, the foliage ot a Met almost glaucous hue. 
Leaves mostly alternate, o PNE ,$ to 1j in labrous above, with 
or 3 veins on each nds the midrib and node parallel to it promi- 
nent underneath. Flowers in terminal and axillary sessile clusters, 
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wan sessile, the connective rather broad, but the cells quite distinct 
and at le € e ree back to back. Ovary apparently abortive. 
Quee Caw a, Thozet. aka "i fertile lowers have been observed, the 
affinities r? dot Species must remain uncert: 
48. P. microcephala, R. Br. Prod. 361, A much-branched spread- 
ing shrub, usually quite glabrous except the flowers, the branches rigid 
but slender. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, mostly 
to 1 in. long, or on some luxuriant shoots narrow and 14 in. long, flat 
or concave. lo wer-heads small, rae er with 2 to 4 involucral racts 
rather shorter and mer ke the stem-leaves but variable. Flowers 
stri 
ious. e per 
very slender, fully 2 lines ants the lobes abont one-third as lo sells 
cher nts very short; anthers with a narrow connective, the ce 
C. 
P. distinctissima, F. Muell. First e Rep. 17; Calgptrosiegia Mio eala, 
Endl. Gen. PI. "Suppl. iv. part 2, 61. 
rod Curriwillighie, Duis; Losi re Burkitt. 
N. S. Wal Peel's range, 4. Cunningham ; Murray and Darling desert to the 
Barrier range, m and other Expeditions. 
Vict Avoca and Murray rivers, Æ. Mueller ; N.W. districts, L. Morton. 
S tralia. y denies, Island and Petrel Bay, ’ R. Brown (the specimens very 
imperfect, yh flowers fallen away); Murray desert, F. Mueller ; Lake Gillies, Burkitt ; 
aps harbour, Forrest. 
W. Australia. Mon ek Oldfield, and probably the same locality, Drum- 
mond; Dick Hartog’s island, M 
49. P. pauciflora, R. Br. Prod. 360. A much-branched glabrous 
shrub, attaining sometimes 8 or 10 ft., but often much lower, iid 
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e usually more slender, with linear-lanceolate leaves. Flowers few. 
the head, and the perianth gis receptacle quite glabrous, the male 
mira not quite so slender as in P. mier ephea but the dicecious 
character and the structure of tlie flowers and fruits quite the same. 
The fruit is said to be red when ripe, but it does not appear to be at 
