— P . spathulata, L a i . N o v . H o ll. i. 9 . t. 4 . P . nutans, M e isn . in L in n a a , xx v i. 3 4 8 . Calyptrostegia
spathulata, C. A . M e y e r in B u lle t. Aea d . S t. P e te rsb . iv. 7 1 . {Gunn, 6 2 3 , 1 2 4 4 .)
H a b . Common in dry, sandy tracts, th roughout th e Islan d .— (Fl. N o v .) {v. v.)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia, N ew South W a le s, and Victoria.
A very pretty plant, 3 feet or so high, with a slender, very sparingly branched, glabrous stem, bearing erect,
linear or Hnear-oblong or linear-spathulate leaves, 4 ~ f inch long, and terminal, nodding, many-flowered heads.—
Leaves one-nerved, quite glabrous, not thickened or recurved at the margin. Bracteal leaves ovate, acute, glabrous.
Flowers cream-coloured, the tube silky, but not so densely as to be white.— Meisner distinguishes this from Smith’s
F. linifolia by the nodding capitula, smaller, less pubescent flowers, and exserted style, but a large suite of specimens
shows occasional individuals witli all these characters.
1 1 . P imelea Unifolia (Smith, PI. N o v . H o ll. 3 1 . t . 1 1 ) ; fruticulus glaber erectus, ramis gracilibus
glaberrimis, fo liis lin eari-ob lon gis lanceolatis spathulatisve 1-ne rviis marginibus planis, capitulis multifloris
terminalibus erectis, bracteis 4 ovatis acutis glabris capitulo brevioribus, perianthiis medio artieulatis dense
se rice is.— B r . P r o d r . 3 5 9 ; B o t. M a g . t. 8 9 . Calyptrostegia linifolia, C. A . M e y e r in B u lle t. Aea d . S t.
P e te r sb . iv. 7 1 .
H a b . Tasmania, Brown.
D i s t r i b . S outh-eastern Australia, common, from P o r t J ack son to Victoria. (Cultivated in E ngland.)
I have seen no Tasmanian specimens of this plant; what Giuin sends under the name (No. 1 244, saying that
it is easily distinguished by Brown’s characters from P . cernua) is only a small specimen o f cernua, having neither
the densely süky perianths nor upright capitula o f P . linifolia. These two species are however very nearly allied,
and may merge into one. I have examined forms o f both from Southern Austraba (some of MueUer’s especially),
that prove them both to be extremely vaiiable.
1 2 . Pimelea glauca (Br. Prodr. 3 6 0 ) ; fruticulus suberectus v . prostratus, ramis ramulisque glaberrimis,
fo liis erectis imbricatis obovato-oblongis lanceolatisve acutis subcarinatis glaucis coriaceis, capitulis
terminalibus erectis, bracteis 4 ovatis acutis 2 interioribus ciliatis, perianthiis supra articulationem sericeis,
racbi peniciUata.— B u d g e in L in n . Trans, x . 2 8 6 . t . 1 3 . / . 2 . Calyptrostegia glauca, C. A. M e y e r in
B u lle t. Acad. S t. P e te rsb . iv . 7 1 . {Gunn, 4 4 1 , 7 3 2 , 7 3 3 , 8 7 2 .)
H a b . Common i n lig h t sandy soil, especiaUy upon th e north coasts.— (Fl. N o v .) {v. v )
D i s t r i b . S outh-easte rn Australia, from P o r t Jackson to Melbourne. (Cultivated iu England.)
Generally a smaU and prostrate species, though some o f m y specimens are erect and twiggy.— Stems, branches,
and foliage quite glabrous. Leaves inch long, erect, imbricating, coriaceous, glaucous, ovate or obovate-laneeo-
late or oblong, acute, with a strong dorsal costa. Heads tem in a i, erect. Bracts ovate, acute, the two inner more
or less (generally deeply) cüiated. Floicers süky, their general receptacle covered ivith long, snow-white hairs.
§ 6, Leaves all opposite, glabrous. Capitula terminal. Involucral leaves scarcely differing in fo rm from the cauline.
1 3 . P imelea humilis (Br. Prodr. 3 6 1 ) ; nana, caulibus erectis prostratisve breviuscuUs pube scentibus
villosisve , foliis oblongis lineari-oblongisve ob tu sis utrinque glabris 1-ne rviis, capitulis terminalibus
e rectis multifloris, bracteis 4 ob lon g is ovato-oblongisve obtusis, perianthiis se rice is.— B o t. Reg . 1 2 6 8 .
{Gunn, 5 , 1 9 7 .)
H a b . Abundant in dry hills and pastures throughout th e Islan d .— (Fl. O c t., N o v .) {v. v )
D i s t r i b . South-eastern A u str a lia ; Victoria. (Cultivated in England.)
A small, generally prostrate, and much branched species, readily distinguished by the pubescent or villous
stems and branches, 2 -8 inches high, oblong, blunt, glabrous leaves, and glabrous bracteal leaves, wbich are also
blunt, rather broader than the cauHue, sometimes ovate, and often margined with red.
1 4 . Pimelea pauciflora (Br. Prodr. 3 6 0 ) ; frutex glaberrimus dioicus, ramis gracilibus, fo liis lineari-
V. obovato-oblongis lineari-lanceolatisve acutis acuminatisve, floralibus 2 floribus multo longioribus, fioribus
parvis 2 - 4 terminalibus sessilibus rachique glaberrimis, perianthiis pe rsistentibus nucem corticantibus sicco
membranaceis.— Lodd. B o t. Cab. 1 7 9 . {Gunn, 1 9 5 .)
H a b. Rich soil by th e banks o f streams, b u t n o t common : Launc eston, Grindelwald, S t. P atrick’s
and Lak e Rivers.— (F l. D e c .)
D i s t r ib . South-eastern Australia, from W id e B ay to Melbourne. (Cultivated in E ngland.)
A vei-y distinct but variable bushy species, 4 - 6 feet high, with slender glabrous branches, often bearing abbreviated
floiiferous branchlets in the axüs o f the leaves. Leaves perfectly glabrous, 4 - l i inch long, vai-jdng from
obovate-oblong to Hnear-lanceolate, quite glabrous, membranous. Flowers two to four together, sessile between the
upper pair of leaves, dioecious. P erianth quite glabrous, short, 4 inch long ; female turgid, with very small mouth
and small lobes, persistent, forming (when dry) a membranous bladdery utriculus around the fmit, which Gunn describes
as a white drupe.
1 5 . Pimelea pygmæa (Mueller in Linnæa, xxvi. 3 4 6 ) ; suffruticulus depressus ramosissimus, foliis
(parvis) densis imbricatis coriaceis e lliptico-ovatis obovatisve dorso subcarinatis laxe ciliatis, floralibus consi-
milibus, floribus (dioicis ?) terminalibus solitariis paucisve foliis supremis occultis, perianthio brevi urceolato
limbi lob is superne dorso cihatis. {Gunn, 2 0 1 7 .)
H a b. S ummit o f th e W este rn Mountains, elev. 4 0 0 0 feet, Gunn.— (Fl. Jan.)
All my specimens o f this curious Httle species are in frait ; and from the appearance of the persistent perianth
and stamens, it appears to be dioecious, the anthers o f the female flowers being small and apparently effete. It
forms densely-matted mossy patches, gi-owing quite flat to the giuund. Stems rather stout, and branches tufted.
Leaves concave, imbricating, 3 -3 lines long, elHptical-ovate, ciHate with a few long hairs. Flowers smaH, females
solitary, hidden amongst the upper leaves. Ovary ivith a pencü of hairs at the apex.
N a t . O r d . L X X X II , SANTALACEÆ.
O f th is curious Natural Order there are nearly fifty Australian species known to me, almost all of
them either leafless plants, or provided with m inute scales instead o f lea v e s; many are probably root-para-
sites, an in ter estin g poin t worthy o f the attention o f the Colonial observer, as is the development o f their
ovules and seeds, wliich in S an talum and some allied plants present most remarkable anomalies. The
affinities o f th e Order are n o t w ith those which are placed n ex t to it here, bu t with O la c in ea and Loran-
thacea, o f neither o f which are there any Tasmanian representatives. The Australian genera, Exocarpus
and Anthobolus, have been removed from the Order on account o f tlieir superior fruit ; but, as the ovary of
S an talum is free in a y ou n g state, th is character cannot be o f ordinal value, and in all other respects they
are truly Santalaceous. The true Sandal-wood is Polynesian, aud some closely allied species inhabit tropical
Australia. The majority o f the Australian S an ta la c ea are however extratropical, and confined to the
S outli-we st coast.
Gen. I . E SO C A R P U S , L ab.
Flores polygami v. hermaphroditi, glomerati v. spicati, bracteis caducis. P e rian th ium rotatum, 4 - 5 -
partitum. S tam in a 5 , basi laciniarum inserta, filamentis brevissimis. Ovarium stylo brevissimo ; stigmate
obtuso. N u x 1-sperma, supera, corticata, pedicello arapliato baccato insidens. Embryo miuutus axi albuminis
carnosi ; ra d icu la supera ; cotyledonibus miuimis.— Arbores v . frutices ; ramis ramulisque snbarticu-
la tis , u ltim is intei-dum f o lia c e o -d ila ta tis ; foliis m inimis squamaformibus, ra riu s majoribus p la n is ; spicis
glomerulisve a x illa rib u s ; floribus minimis, sessilibus, v iridibus.