584 THYMELAEACEAE. [ Pimelea. 
or deflexed, 4-1in. long, linear-oblong to oblong or oblong-ovate, obtuse 
or subacute, thick and coriaceous, concave, nerveless, usually glabrous on 
both surfaces; floral leaves usually larger and broader. Flowers in 4-8- 
flowered leads at the tips of the branches, small, white. Perianth 4-+ in. 
long, villous with long white hairs; lobes equalling the tube, broadly 
oblong, obtuse. Fruit baccate, white-—A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 348 ; 
Raoul Choix (1846) 42; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 221; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. (1864) 244; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 615. PP. prostrata var. 
Urvilleana Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv (1856) 517. Gymnococca microcarpa 
Fisch. and Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. x (1845) 47. 
Norru IstAnp: Usually near the sea. Bay of Islands, Cunningham ; Whangarei 
Heads, Great Barrier Island, 7. Kirk / Little Barrier Island, 7. F. C.,; vicinity of 
Auckland, Colonel Haultain! Taranaki, Dieffenbach. SoutnH Istanp: Nelson— 
Tasman Bay, D’Urville ; coast near Charleston, Petrie / October—March. 
A very imperfectly understood species, apparently only differmg from states of 
P. prostrata in the copious snow-white hairs on the young branches. 
13. P. Suteri 7. Kirk m Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvi (1894) 259.— 
A small much-branched shrub 4-12 in. high; branches spreading or sub- 
erect, often tortuous; the younger ones sparingly pilose with rather long 
straight silky hairs; bark dark red-brown or black. Leaves crowded, 
shortly petiolate or nearly sessile, erecto-patent, about 4in. long, narrow 
linear-lanceolate, subacute, coriaceous, concave above, both surfaces glabrous 
or rarely with a few lax hairs, margins and apices ciliated with long 
straight hairs. Flowers in 4-8-flowered heads at the tips of the branches, 
white, polygamo-dioecious. Perianth 4-4in. long, villous with white 
hairs. Fruit baceate, red, ovoid, acute, hairy at the tip.—Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 613; JU. N.Z. Fl. 1 (1914) t. 175. 
SoutH Istand: Nelson—Dun Mountain Range, Monro! W. T. L. Travers! 
P. Lawson! R. J. Kingsley! F. G. Gibbs! T. F. C. 2500-4000 ft. 
P. Suieri is allied to P. prostrata and P. Lyallii, but differs from both in its 
peculiar habit, and in the much narrower leaves, which have their margins and apices 
ciliate with long hairs. Up to the present time it has not been found except on the 
Dun Mountain Range, where it is not uncommon. 
14, P. Lyallii Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 222.—A small stout 
_ prostrate or suberect much-branched shrub 6-18in. high; branches 
sometimes long, spreading or trailing, at other times shorter, ascending 
or erect ; the younger ones more or less silky-pilose with appressed hairs, 
rarely almost glabrous; bark dark red-brown. Leaves usually close-set, 
erect or patent, §-31n. long, linear-oblong or elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, concave, nerveless, glabrous above or nearly so, 
silky with long hairs beneath or almost glabrate ; floral leaves similar to 
the others. Flowers in 4—12-flowered heads at the tips of the branches, 
white. Perianth about jin. long, densely silky-villous; lobes ovate- 
oblong, obtuse. Anthers short, oblong.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 245; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 614. 
NortH Istanp: Ruahine Mountains, Colenso! Tryon! A. Hamilton!  Soutu 
IstanD, Stewart Isnranp: Abundant in mountain districts throughout. Usually 
eee aa to 4000 ft., but descends to sea-level in the south of Otago. December- 
farch. 
An exceedingly puzzling plant. Perhaps nearest to P. prostrata, from which it 
can generally be distinguished by the more or less silky leaves and branchlets. When 
slender and more erect it approaches some states of P. virgata, but the habit is 
altogether different. P. sericeo-villosa is at once separated by the larger broader 
leaves, densely clothed with long silky hairs. 
