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PIMELÉA* humilis. 
Lowly Pimelea. 
DIANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. THYMELRE. ; 
PIMELEA Banks et Solander. — Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 
4-fido, fauce esquamatâ. Stamina duo fauci inserta, laciniis exterioribus 
opposita. Stylus lateralis. Stigma capitatum. Nux corticata, rarò bac- 
cata. Frutices. Folia opposita, rarò alterna. Flores capitati, ter- 
minales, foliis involucrantibus, sepe dissimilibus, interdùm connatis, rariùs 
spicati v. axillares, quandoque dioici. Perianthii tubus in plerisque medio 
articulatus, articulo inferiore persistente. — R. Brown prodr. 1. 359. 
§ 2. Folia opposita. Capitulum terminale. Folia floralia 
rameis subsimilia. : : 
P. humilis ; foliis utrinque glabris oblongis obtusis; floralibus ovalibus intüs 
villosiusculis, perianthiis sericeis, caule erecto subsimplici, ramis pubes- 
centibus. R. Brown l.c. Römer et Schultes, 1. 274. Spreng. syst. 
1:98 
Frutex humilis, ramulis simplicibus, erectis. Folia imbricata, ovato- 
oblonga, subtüs convexa, glauca, glabra. Involucri foliola conformia, intus 
en margine ciliata. Flores pauct, 8-10, sericei, basi glabri. Stamina 
revia. 
Our drawing of this was made at the Comte de Vandes' 
in June 1828. 
A low greenhouse shrub, native of New Holland, whence 
it has been introduced within a few years. Like the rest 
of its genus, it is cultivated without any difficulty in peat 
and loam, and propagates readily by cuttings. 
We refer this to P. humilis, solely by Mr. Brown's brief 
diagnosis, with which it agrees tolerably well; not having 
* A name said to be derived from aue, fat; for the application of 
which there seems to be no intelligible reason. 
