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* PIMELEA inc^na. 



Hoary Pimelea. 



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DIANDRIA MO^OGYfilA. 



Nat. ord. Thymelace^e. 

 PIMELEA . Bot. Reg. vol. 1 5. fol 



P. incana ; ramulis lanatis, foliis distantibus ovatis ovalibus et orbiculatis mar- 



libus mult6 longioribus, staminibus long^ exsertis. 

 P. incana. R. Brown prodr. 1. 217. 

 P. nivea. Floral Cabinet, not of Labillardiere. 



laxis villosis 



r antes us 



xferiora 



suprema 



floralibus 



cinis cBqualia. Ovarium et stylus glabri. 



2. Capitula laxa, multiflora, haud involucrata, foliis 

 Calyces villosi, candidiy basi rosei, laciniis oblonais 



For specimens of this very pretty shrub I am indebted to 



Miss Copeland of Leyton, who obligingly sent it 



Ap 



me 



It at that time was a bush about five feet higl 



with long slender side branches 



and 



covered with 



top of the pi 



of pink and white flowers from the foot to the 



It is a native of Van Diemen's Land, and was raised by 



Mr. A. Kinnock, the Gardener at Ley 



the year 



from seeds given Miss Copeland by Mr. Turnbull 

 flowers were produced for the first time in 1836. 



The 



This species, like all the rest of the genus, succeeds very 



well on the front shelf of 



green-house, if not too much 



See Bot. Reg. fol. 1268. 



