Santalacea.] FLORA OF TASMANIA. 
14. Pimelea pauciflora (Br. Prodr. 360) ; frutex glaberrimus dioicus, ramis gracilibus, foliis lineari- 
v. obovato-oblongis lineari-lanceolatisve acutis aeunnimtisve. Ih.mlihns -1 iloribus multo lougioribiH, floribus 
parvis 2-4 terminalibus sessilibus rachiqitc glahrrrimis, pi-riamhiis persistent ilms muvin corticantibus sicro 
membi u ceis. — Lodd. Bot. Cab. 179. (Gum/, 105.) 
Hab. Rich soil by the banks of streams, but not common: Launceston, Grindelwald, Si. Patrick's 
and Lake Rivers.— (Fl. Dec.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia, from Wide Bay to Melbourne. (Cultivated 
A very distinct but variable bushy species, l-d feel nigh, with Blender glabrous branch) b, ofV i 
viated floriferous branchlets in the axils of the leaves, b-ans perfect!] ghbn as, .1 b m h I 
obovate-oblong to linear-lanceolate, quite glabrous, membranous. Flowers two to t'< ur to^th, .. -. -i!.- between the 
upper pair of leaves, dioecious. Perieni : fomak turgid, witA \ n 
and small lobes, persistent, forming (when dry) a membranous bladder; atricuhu around the fruit, which (innn de- 
scribes as a white drupe. 
15. Pimelea pygmaea (Mueller in Lumen, ixri. 346) : suffruticultu depressus ram. 
(parvis) densis imbricatis coriaceis elliptico-ovatis ubnvatisve dorso subcnrinatis lav, 
milibus, floribus (dioicis?) terminalibus solitariis paueisve 1'uhi- snpreinis olenitis, perianthm i 
iimbi lobis supenie dorso eiliatis. ((hum, 2017.) 
Hab. Summit of the Western Mountains, elev. 1000 
All my specimens of this riirious littli 1 -pt'cii- arc in t'ruit : and from the appcaraii.-i 
and stamens, it appears to be dioecious, the anthers ol the female (lowers Wwvs -mall ami apparently eftete. It 
forms densely-matted mossy patches, growing quite flat to th< 
Leaves concave. imliricathm-, --'■> line- lonu r . elliptieai-ovate. eiliate with a \< u ■ wj. I e.r- I ■■ ■ 
solitary, hidden amongst the upper leaves. Ocary with a pencil of hair- at 
Nat. Ord. LXXXII. SANTALAC&E. 
Of this curious Natural Order there are nearly fifty Australian species known to me, almost all of 
them either leafless plants, or provided with minute scales instead of leaves; mauv are ptol 
sites, an inter the attention of the < the development of their 
ovules and seeds, which in Sanialmn and some allied plants present most remarkable am 
affinities of the Order are not with those which are placed next to it here, but v. 
thacea, of neither of which are there any Tasmanian representatives. The Australian gi m 
and Antlobolus, have been removed from the Order on account of their superior fruit ; but, as the ovary of 
Snntahim is free in a young state, this character cannot be of ordinal value, and in all other r 
are truly San talaceous. The true Sandal-wood is Polynesian, and some closely allied species inhabit tro- 
pical Australia. The majority of the Australian » r • xtratropnal, and confined to th< 
South-west coast. 
Gen. I. EXOCAB1 
Flore* polygami v. hermaphroditi, glomerati v. spicati, bracteas cad turn, i-o- 
partitum. Stamina 5, basi laciniarum inserta, 
obtuso. Nux 1-sperma, supera, corticata, pedicello ampliato baccato maidens. Embryo mmutua an albu- 
minis carnosi ; radicula supera; eotyledonibu* minimis. — Arbores v. frntaces ; ran i- 
i.'tls, uiiimu interdt 
glomerulisve axillaribus ; floribus dibu*. 
