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Var. B. repens; prostrata, subrepens, caulibus gracilibus, foliis remotis obovatis, floribus parvis. P. 
prostrata, Forst. Prodr. et Herb. 
Has. Throughout the Islands, abundant, Banks and Solander, efe. (Cultivated in England.) 
A. most variable and extremely abundant little shrub, differing from P. virgata in the habitually prostrate 
mode of growth, small size of foliage, inflorescence, and short tube of the flower. Stems 4—6 inches to 2 feet long, 
and branches usually silky. Leaves + inch long on the average, often imbricated in opposite pairs, and forming a 
four-sided branch, at others loose, spreading or reflexed, flat or concave, sometimes very coriaceous, keeled below 
and smooth on both surfaces. Flowers in small heads, + inch long; stamens and style generally exserted, often 
considerably. Fruit a white berry.—Large erect states of this can hardly be distinguished from P. virgata, those 
with coriaceous, smooth, decussate leaves from JP. Urvilleana, and those with very silky ones from P. arenaria. 
Others are smooth and erect and coriaceous-leaved, like P. Gnidia. 
4. Pimelea arenaria, Cunn. ; fruticulus erectus v. prostratus, ramis cicatricatis ascendentibus, ramulis 
foliisque subtus dense sericeo-villosis, foliis laxis densisve decussatis patulis v. reflexis sessilibus late ovatis 
ovato-lanceolatisve obtusis rarius acutis coriaceis superne glabris nitidis opacis vel sericeis medio canalicu- 
latis 3-3 unc. longis siccitate fuscis, capitulis sub-10-floris, perianthii tubo brevi villoso limbo longiore 
laciniis late ovatis obtusis, fructu majusculo subbaccato. A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. t. 8270, et Prodr. P. 
villosa, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands, in various places, especially on sandy dunes, also in the interior, 
Banks and Solander, etc. Chatham Island, Diefenbach. Nat. name, “ Aute taranga,” Col. (Cultivated in 
England.) 
A beautiful small shrub, 8 inches to 2 feet high; the branches and stem densely clothed with shining white 
silky villous hairs. Leaves generally thickly set, broader than in any other New Zealand species, and densely silky 
beneath. Fruit eaten and bark used as that of the Broussonetia, whence the name “ Aute."— Very closely allied 
indeed to the P. sericea, Br., of the mountains of Tasmania, and only distinguishable by the short tube of the flower, 
which is not jointed in the middle, and by the short stamens and style. In all other respects these species exactly 
resemble one another. 
5. Pimelea Urvilleana, A. Rich.; fruticulus prostratus v. decumbens, ramis validis ascendentibus, 
ramulis erectis creberrime cicatricatis dense sericeo-villosis, foliis 2-4 unc. longis quadrifariam imbricatis 
patulis v. recurvis sessilibus ovatis v. ovato-oblongis rarius ovato-rotundatis obtusis v. subacutis coriaceis 
aveniis glaberrimis planis concavis carinatisve, capitulis densifloris, perianthii dense villosi tubo limbum 
sequante v. paulo excedente, limbi laciniis late oblongis obtusis, antheris vix exsertis. A. Rich. Flora. 
A. Cunn. Prodr. P. quadrifaria, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Not unfrequent on the coasts and interior, Banks and So- 
lander, ete. 
A curious little prostrate shrub, easily recognized by its habit and small thick leaves, imbricated in four rows. 
They are guite smooth, ž inch long; the branches that bear them are densely silky, and rough below, with the 
numerous scars of fallen leaves. The flowers are small, with a short tube and rather broad divisions. The natives 
are said to chew the stems of this (and probably other) species, to separate the wood from the bark, which latter is 
afterwards beaten into a pulp, and a cloth made from it, for the top-knots of the chiefs. The Broussonetia papyrifera 
was formerly used for similar purposes. As a species this is distinguished mainly by the combined characters of 
prostrate habit, silky branches, densely guadrifariously imbricated, coriaceous, smooth leaves; characters which P. 
prostrata often assumes in a less degree, and also P. arenaria. 
6. Pimelea Gnidia, Forst.; suffrutex erectus, ramis validis, ramulis cicatricatis glaberrimis puberulisve, 
foliis laxe quadrifariam imbricatis suberectis patentibus v. recurvis brevissime petiolatis ovatis subacutis 
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