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614 11. P. Lyallii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 222.—A small stout prostrate or suberect much-branched shrub 6–18 in. 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, ⅙–½ in. 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 ¼ in. long, densely silky-villous; lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse. Athers short, oblong.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 245.

12. P. sericeo-villosa, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 245.—A much-branched prostrate shrub, forming compact depressed patches 3–18 in. across, everywhere densely villous with long pale silky hairs; branchlets short, stout, densely leafly. Leaves crowded, closely imbricating, erect, ⅛–¼ in. 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 ⅙–⅕ in. long, densely silky-villous; lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse.