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Pimelea. | THYMELAEACEAE, 585 
15. P. sericeo-villosa Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 245.—A much- 
branched prostrate shrub, forming compact depressed patches 3—18in. 
across, everywhere densely villous with long pale silky hairs; branchlets 
short, stout, densely leafly. Leaves crowded, closely imbricating, erect, 
+-+1n. long, linear-oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or acute, concave, 
both surfaces villous with long straight hairs, which usually completely 
conceal the leaf. Flowers in 2—6-flowered heads at the tips of the branches, 
white. Perianth $+in. long, densely silky-villous; lobes ovatezoblong, 
obtuse.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z, Fl. (1906) 614. a gh IS (dus ho 
SoutH Istanp: Marlborough—Mount Duppa, J. H. Macmahon ! Awatere Valley, 
Cockayne, Monro. Nelson—Wairau Mountains, W. 7. L. Travers; Jollie’s Pass, 
Haast! T. F. C.; Clarence Valley, 7. F. C. Canterbury—Lake Tekapo and Mac- 
kenzie Plains, 7. #. C. Otago—Waitaki Valley, Hector and Buchanan! Clutha 
Valley from Cromwell to Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea, Petrie! Ben Lomond, 
Lake Wakatipu, 6. C. Aston; Garvie Mountains, Popnelwell. 
A distinct little species, differing from P. Lyallii in its more completely prostrate 
and often densely compacted habit, and in the far more copious covering of long 
straight silky hairs, 
2. DRAPETES Banks, 17%* 4 
Small prostrate spreading or densely tufted shrubby plants. Leaves 
small, alternate, imbricate, concave. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamo- 
dioecious, sessile in small terminal heads. Perianth tubular or funnel- 
shaped; lobes 4, spreading; throat usually furnished with 1 or 2 scales 
opposite each lobe, rarely naked. Stamens 4, inserted on the throat of 
the perianth and alternate with its lobes ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers 
oblong. Hypogynous scales wanting. Ovary sessile, 1-celled ; style long ; 
stigma capitate ; ovule solitary, pendulous. Fruit a small drupe; epicarp 
thin, fleshy ; endocarp crustaceous. Seed pendulous, cotyledons broad, 
thick. 
A small genus of 5 species, found in Fuegia, New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea, 
and Borneo. The New Zealand species are endemic. 
Branches glabrous or slightly villous. Leaves  4—)in., linear 
or linear-ligulate. Male perianth funnel-shaped. Scales 4, entire 
. or 2-lobed, or 8 in very closely approximate pairs Ba .. IL. D, Dieffenbachii. 
Branches densely villous. Leaves }—1 in., linear-subulate, broadest 
at the base. Male perianth funnel-shaped. Scales 8, in distinct 
pairs... 4: +f Ke i os .. 2. D, villosa, 
Branches closely compacted. Leaves 4,-;,in., ovate-oblong, 
subacute. Male perianth almost campanulate. Scales 8, in 
distinct pairs... = ws ai: a .. 3. D. Lyalliz. 
Fruiting specimens of a Drapetes found on Mount Sinclair, Banks Peninsula, 
have been identified by Dr, Berggren with the Australian and Tasmanian D. tasmanica 
Hook. f., but I have seen no specimens. According to Bentham, it is very close to 
D, Dieffenbachii, principally differing in the smaller and more hairy perianth, the 
lobes of which are as long as the tube. 
1. D. Dieffenbachii Hook. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii (1843) 497, t. 17.— 
A small creeping and rooting much-branched plant ; stems woody at the 
base, 3-12in. long; branches stout or slender, scarred, ascending at the 
tips, glabrous or slightly villous with short white hairs. Leaves usually 
close-set and imbricating, but sometimes distant on barren shoots, sub- 
erect, often incurved at the tips, ;4-lin. long, linear or lin at-houlate, 
obtuse, concave in front, convex on the back, grooved or striate or almost 
