580 THYMELAEACEAE. [| Pimelea. 
Nortu Isnanp: Rocky peaks at Hihi, Kauaeranga River, Thames, W. Townson / 
Ruahine Mountains, Colenso, B. C. Aston! Tararua Mountains, Petrie. SOUTH 
IsLAnpD: Marlborough and Nelson—Mount Stokes, Pelorus River, J. H. Macmahon !/ 
Torrent Bay, Sandy Bay, R. J. Kingsley! Maitai Valley, Wangapeka Valley, 7’. Ff. C. ; 
Mount Rochfort, W. J'ownson! Otago—Dusky Bay, Forster, Menzies, J. D. Enys! 
Garvie Mountains, Poppelwell. Sea-level to 4000 ft. December—January. 
Very close to P. buxifolia, but always to be distinguished by the glabrous branches. 
3. P. Poppelwelli Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlix (1917) 54.—An erect 
much-branched shrub 3-5 ft. high, glabrous except the inflorescence and 
sometimes a few hairs in the axils of the floral leaves; bark dark reddish- 
brown. Leaves dark-green, close-set, opposite, shortly petioled, 4-4 in. 
long; broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, subacute, coriaceous, glabrous, more 
or less concave above, slightlv keeled beneath, veinless; margins slightly 
thickened ; floral leaves rather longer and broader, thinner, veined. Flowers 
in compact 8-12-flowered terminal heads, polygamo-dioecious, white or 
rose. Perianth densely silky-villous, 4in. long. Fruit unknown. 
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SoutH# Isuanp: Otago—Garvie Mountains, Symmetry Peaks, Eyre Mountains, 
Poppelweli! Mount Cleughearn, J. Crosby Smith / 
I have only seen two specimens of this plant. Apparently it only differs from 
P. Gnidia in its smaller, broader, and more obtuse leaves, and might well have been 
regarded as a variety cf that species. 
4. Pimelea Crosby-Smithiana Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliv (1912) 
186.=-A low diffusely branched shrub, apparently not exceeding 1-3 ft. 
in: height, glabrous except the inflorescence; branches stout, marked with 
the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves closely quadrifariously imbricated, 
erecto-patent, concave above, sharply keeled beneath, 4-1 in. long, } in. 
broad, narrow oblong-ovate, acute, quite glabrous, thick and coriaceous, 
abruptly narrowed into a short thick petiole; margins thickened; floral 
leaves similar or rather broader. Flowers in 6—12-flowered terminal heads, 
small, sessile, polygamo-dioecious. Perianth densely silky-villous; tube 
equalling the leaves. Fruit not seen. 
South Istanp: Otago—The Hump, alt. 3000 ft.,. between Lake Hauroko and 
the sea, J. Crosby Smith / 
This belongs to the same section of the genus as P. Gnidia, but is amply distinct 
from that species and any other. The small uniform leaves, which are densely quadri- 
fariously imbricate, give the plant a very different appearance to any other New 
Zealand species. 
). P. Traversii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 243.—A small very 
stout usually erect densely branched shrub 6-24 in. high; branches stout, 
often tortuous, prominently tubercled at the insertion of the fallen leaves, 
glabrous or slightly pubescent, usually with a tuft of silky hairs in the 
axils of the leaves; bark blackish-brown. Leaves closely quadrifariously 
imbricated, sessile, 4-4 in. long, oblong or obovate-oblong to suborbicular, 
obtuse, thick and coriaceous, quite glabrous, midrib evident or obscure, 
veinless, margins: often edged with red; floral leaves larger and broader, 
often twice or thrice as large, sometimes drying a peculiar verdigris-green. 
Flowers numerous, densely capitate, white or pinkish-white, polygamo- 
dioecious. Perianth densely silky-villous, 14 in. long, the females shorter 
and broader than the males. Anthers in the male flowers almost reaching 
the top of the lobes, in the female flowers small and empty and on very 
short filaments. Ripe fruit not seen——-Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 610. 
