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PIMELEA spectabilis. 
Showy Pimelea. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. THyMELACER. 
PIMELEA. Botanical Register, vol. 15. fol. 1268. 
P. spectabilis ; foliis oppositis lineari-oblongis acutis sessilibus glaucis ra- 
misque glaberrimis, capitulis spheericis sessilibus multifloris, calycis 
limbo sericeo tubo villosissimo, involucri foliolis ovatis acuminatis colo- 
ratis. Lindl. Append. Bot. Reg. t. xli. 
Frutex humilis, levis, glaucescens. Folia alterna et opposita, subdecus- 
sata, oblongo-linearia, acuta, ascendentia ; suprema pauld latiora, demium in 
Soliolis involucri mutata. Hee sex circiter, forma ovatd acuminatd, apice re- 
curva, margine sanguineo colorata, flores in cyathi formam ambeunt. Flores 
carnei, demum pallidi, jrumerosissimi, quoad tubum pilis longissimis scabridis 
vestiti, in limbum sericd tantum tecti, capitulum sphericum pugni infantis 
magnitudine efficiunt. 
This is one of the best Swan River shrubs yet intro- 
duced. It is in the way of P. hispida, but is much hand- 
somer, has heads of flowers twice as large at least, and is 
readily known when out of flower, by the smooth rather 
glaucous leaves, so arranged as to form four rows along the 
stem. 
‘When the flowers first expand, they are like the accom- 
panying figure, but as the rest unfold the whole flower-head 
increases considerably in size, and the slender branches bend 
beneath its weight. “At the Swan River it appears that the 
bracts acquire a much brighter colour than with us, and thus 
give the plant a still gayer appearance. 
Among other good qualities the species of Pimelea possess 
that of living for a long time when cut and placed in water, 
and so become useful ornaments of bouquets. 
* See Botanical Register, fol. 1268. 
