CXII. THYMELiEACEiE. 
1367 
Pimelea.] 
12. P. leptostachya (spikes slender), Benth. FI. Austr. vi. 24. A slender 
undershrub (or annual with a hard base?), much branched, with erect or ascending 
stems of £ to 1ft., glabrous or sprinkled with a few silky hairs especially on the 
inflorescence and flowers. Leaves alternate, lanceolate or oblong-linear, ^ to lin. 
long. Flowers small, in loose spikes scarcely forming a head when very young, 
and lengthening to 1 or l^in., without involucral bracts. Perianth about 
lines long, sprinkled with appressed hairs, not circumsciss after flowering, the 
lobes rather long, filaments short ; anthers with a narrow connective, the cells 
placed back to back when open. Fruiting perianth about 3 lines long, bottle- 
shaped at the base, contracted into a short neck terminating in the persistent 
lobes. Fruit acuminate, the epicarp membranous, hairy at the apex, the endocarp 
tubercular-rugose, not hooked. 
Hab.: Herbert’s Creek and Rockhampton, Bowman. 
13. P. leptospermoides (Leptospermum-like), F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 2 ; 
Bentli. FI. Anstr. vi. 27. An erect shrub of 1 to 3ft., slightly silky-hairy, the 
foliage of a pale almost glaucous hue. Leaves mostly alternate, oblong, to 
l£in. long, glabrous above with 2 or 3 veins on each side of the midrib and 
nearly parallel to it prominent underneath. Flowers in terminal and axillary 
sessile clusters without involucral bracts different from the stem-leaves, those in 
the specimens seen all males. Perianth silky-hairy, with a slender tube 4 to 5 
lines long and narrow lobes about 1 line. Anthers oblong, nearly sessile, the 
connective rather broad, but the cells quite distinct and at length placed almost 
back to back. Ovary apparently abortive. 
Hab.: Cawarra, Bowman . — Until the fertile flowers have been observed, the affinities of this 
species must remain uncertain. 
14. P. microcephala (flower-heads small), R. Br. Prod. 361 ; Benth. FI. 
Anstr. vi. 27. “ Yackahber/’ St. George, Wedd. A much-branched spreading 
shrub, usually quite glabrous except the flowers, the branches rigid but slender. 
Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, mostly J to lin. long, or on 
some luxuriant shoots narrow and lAin. long, flat or concave. Flower-heads 
small, terminal, with 2 to 4 involucral bracts rather shorter and broader than the 
stem -leaves but variable. Flowers strictly dioecious. Male-perianth more or less 
silky-hairy, the tube very slender, fully 2 lines long, the lobes about one-third as 
long. Filaments very short ; anthers with a narrow connective, the cells when 
open placed back to back. Female perianth very short and villous, the small 
erect lobes just protruding above the ovary, usually enlarged with the fruit, which 
is then 2 lines long and sometimes protrudes beyond the lobes. Epicarp 
membranous. Seed with a scanty albumen and broad cotyledons. — Meissn. in 
DC. Prod. xiv. 515 ; P. distinctissima, F. v. Muell. First Gen. Rep. 17 ; Calyptro- 
stegia microcephala, Endl. Gen. PI. Suppl. iv. part 2, 61. 
Hab.: Curriwillinghie, Dalton ; Peak Downs, Burkitt. 
15. P. pauciflora (few flowers), B. Br. Prod. 360 ; Benth. FI. Austr. vi. 27. 
A much-branched glabrous shrub, attaining sometimes 8 or 10ft., but often much 
lower, closely allied to and much resembling luxuriant specimens of P. 
microcephala, but usually more slender, with linear-lanceolate leaves. Flowers 
few in the head, and the perianth and receptacle quite glabrous, the male 
perianth not quite so slender as in P. microcephala, but the dioecious character 
and the structure of the flowers and fruits quite the same. The fruit is said to 
be red when ripe, but it does not appear to be at all succulent. — Meissn. in DC. 
Prod. xiv. 515 ; Hook. f. FI. Tasm. i. 335 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 179. 
Hab.: Dividing Range, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham-, Mount Lindsay, IF. Ilill; Warwick, 
Beckler ; Wide Bay, Bidwill. 
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