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PIMELEA* sylvestris. 



Forest Pimelea. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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

 Botany, p. 75.) 



PIMELEA.— Supra, vol. \5.fol. 1268. 



2. Folia opposita. Capitulum terminale. Folia floralia rameis sub- 

 similia. 



P. sylvestris ; foliis utrinque glabris lanceolatis acutis : floralibus 4-5 capi- 

 tulo multifloro brevioribus, perianthiis glabris : tubo infundibuliformi. 

 R- Br.prodr. 361. 



rrutex glaber, strictus ; ramis teretibus, pallide viridibus. Folia ovato- 

 lanceolata, v. lineari-ohlonga, acuta, utrinque glabra. Capitula terminalia, 

 ramuhs lateralibus breviora, multiflora ; bracteis involucri lineari-oblongis, 

 Jloribus brevioribus. Flores albi, glabri, roseo leviter tincti. Calyx limbo 



ln fundibulari, in ttibum basi valde anqustatum producto. Stamina longe 

 exserta. 



A native of the southern coast of New Holland, where 



K T* S ori £ ina,, y f° und b y Dr - Brown, and more recently 

 b y Mr. Baxter. For the opportunity of making our drawing, 

 we are obliged to Mr. Knight, of the Kings Road, in whose 

 Nursery the species flowered in June last. 



A hardy and very pretty greenhouse shrub, easily 

 increased by cuttings. 



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J. L. 





Seefol. 1268. 



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