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THE TASMANIA.N FLORA. 



1. PIMELEA. 



at the throat ; Ipbes 4, 



2. P. milligani. 



1. f. cinerea. 



8. P. nivea. 



7. P. sericea. 



Perianth tubular, simple, or slightly thickened 

 spreading. Stamens 2, opposite two of the lobes. 



The genus is confined to Australian and New Zealand distribution. 



Plant small, densely tufted. Flowers solitary, axillary IB. P. pygmoea. 

 Plant erect. Flowers clustered. 



Leaves copiously hairy on one or both sides. 

 Leaves densely hairy on both sides 

 Leaves rather hairy on both sides ... 

 Leaves densely cottony on under surface ... 

 Leaves densely silky on under surface 

 Leaves lightly silky to glabrous. 

 Flowers numerous, in erect or drooping heads. 



Plant prostrate. Perianth glabrous or nearly so... 

 Plant erect, Perianth silky. 

 Flower-head erect. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves narrow. Flower 



white ... 

 Branches nearly glabrous. Leaves broad. 



Flowers yellow 

 Branches hairy. Leaves narrow, often hairy. 

 Flowers white 

 Flower-head drooping. 



Anthers on conspicuous filaments, cells turning 

 back to back after maturing. Bracts 

 glabrous or nearly so. 

 Leaves narrow, |-1 inch long 

 Leaves oblong, 1-.3 inches long 

 Anthers nearly sessile, cells still facing inwards 

 after maturing. Bracts hairy inside 

 Flowers few, in terminal, lateral, or axillary clusters. 

 Leaves lightly silky, f-j inch long... 

 Leaves hairy on midrib only, f-2 inches ... 

 Leaves glabrous. Perianth glabrous or nearly so, 

 Flowers axillary. Leaves 1-3 inches ... 



10. P.filiformis, 



3. P. glauca. 

 15. P. flava. 

 6. P. humilis.. 



4. P. linifolia.. 



5. P. liqustrina. 



17. P. stricta. 



16. P. curmflora. 

 9. P. drwpacea. 



Flowers terminal and lateral. 



Leaves 2-.3 lines long 



11. P. axiflora. 

 inch 12. P. pauciflora^ 

 ... 14. P. serpillifoUa. 



Flowers terminal. 



1. P. CINEREA, M. Br. A slender sparely-branched shrub, mostly 2-5 feet 

 high, more or less copiously silky-hairy on the branches, under surfaces of the 

 leaves, and the flowers. Leaves opposite or nearly so, narrowly to broadly oblong, 

 shortly stalked and acutely pointed, hairy beneath, glabrous above, |-lf inch 

 long. Flowers in terminal, or nearly terminal, few-flowered heads, not surrounded 

 by difEerentiated leaves, usually bearing 2, sometimes 4, rarely 6, leaves as an 

 involucre. Perianth about 2| lines long, woolly-hairy on the outer surface, 

 persistent round the fruit, or the upper portion falling when the fruit is nearly 

 ripe. Fruit with a thin hard pericarp. P. gunnii, Hook. 



Common chiefly on hills in the south and west. Fl. Jan. 



2. P. MTLLiGANi, Memn. A small densely-branched shrub, white all over, with 

 close tomentum. Leaves opposite, crowded at the ends of the branches, ovate or 

 oblong, about ^ inch long, white, with tomentum on both surfaces. Flowei'S in 

 terminal few-flowered heads, subtended by ordinary foliage leaves. Perianth 

 about 2h inches long, woolly-hairy outside, persistent round the fruit, or the 

 upper portion falling as the fruit matures, 



Towards the summits of Mounts Sorell and Owen. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



