38 CV, THYMELEJE. [Phat 
The genus is dispersed over the Eastern TETEN Southern Asia, and the islands. 
of the North Pet, South Pacific. The species are difficult to discriminate, E a 0 
the few specimens in herbaria. Jack's name, published in the Malayan Miscellany, h 
six years’ precedence over Reinwardt’s 
- Flower-heads terminal. Perianth- tube glabrous. 5-6 lines long 1. P. Blumei. 
Flower-heads terminal. Perianth-tube loosely pubescent, 7-8 
i 2. P. Neumanni. 
: ping st 2x5 wol 
Flower-heads mostly axillary « or lateral. Perianth-tube glabrous, 
14 in. long Chee EO PU ee Qu I Sos ee 
umei, Benth. var. latifolia. A bushy eer shrub. 
contracted at the base but the petiole distinct, mostly about Gi in. lon 
i broader 
to 4 lines = Flowers usually numerous. shine ft 
Pie sober pe Cape York, M Gillivray, w. 5 id rim in Java 
atra. 
confusion between this and P. ( Drymisperm 
wo specimens, cultivated at dii ferent times in re w Garden 
. longifo 
l'eysm., and is perhaps also ane with Decaisne’s Timor P. laurifolia olia. The A 
lian specimens have the leav id broader and less tapering than is usual i 
Javanese specimens of either ind 
2. P. Neumanni, well. A bushy shrub, pe except | 
5° Leaves hag alil shortly acuminate, tapering bel 
the middle, much narrowed at the base and n ene i decurrent al 
obtuse. wers numerous in the head.  Perianth -pubes 
outside, the tube 7 to : lines long ; lobes usually 5 but sometimes 
on] p about 2 2 lines long, obtuse. Puit rather ir than'in P. Blur 
Que Roc Miam Bay and Herbert river, Dallachy. Presses "e d 
tinct from y pied P laurifol olia from Timor, of which, however, have Be 
men for compari 
S P.e oiai F. Muell. An arborescent shrub, scarcely : 
high, C glabrous. Leaves elliptical-oblong, much acum 
