1578 



PIMELEA* hispida. 



Long-stalked Pimelea. 



MONOGYNTA 







Nat.ord. Thymel^e^ Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 



Botany, p. 75.) 



PI MEL EA . 



fol 



1. Folia opposita. 

 dissimile. 



Capitulum terminate. Involucrum foliis ramcis 



P. hispida ; involucris tetraphyllis longk pedunculatis : foliolis subrotundo- 

 oyatis extiis glabris intds levissim& pubescentibus capitulo dimidio bre- 

 vioribus, calycis tubo dimidio inferiore hispido, foliis oblongo-Ianceolatis 

 linearibusque. 



P. hispida. R. Br. prodr. 360. 



Frutex omni parte glaber, salvisfloribus, erectus 9 ramosus; ramis gracili- 



ous, ascendentibus, pallida viridibus, mox rufescentibus. Folia inferiora 



tinearia, opposita, superiora oblonga, v. oblong o-lanceolata, subalterna. 



^apitula ante expansionem subglobosa, apiculata. Involucri foliola subro- 



tundo-ovata, extus glabra, intus levissimd pubescentia, margine roseo-colorata. 



Calyces rosei ; tubo inarticulato , sericeo, basi pilis longis hispido 9 apice sub 



laciniis pilis similibus barbato. 



A beautiful little shrub, native of the south-west coast 

 of New Holland, where it was originally discovered by 

 Dr. Brown. It is nearly allied to the older and better- 

 known P. rosea, to which it is superior in beauty, and from 

 which it is readily known by its broader leaves, larger flower- 

 heads, and especially by the long stiffish hairs that clothe 

 the base of the calyx densely, and the apex sparingly, so 

 as to give the flowers the aspect of delicate feathers. These 

 hairs are long, uninterrupted, very transparent tubes, with 

 a considerable number of minute particles within their 

 cavity; they are doubtless extremely well adapted to 

 shew distinctly that curious motion in the fluids of plants 





See fol. 1268 



