C 3833 ) 
PIMELEA NANA. Dwarr PIMELEA. 
KKK KKK KEKE EEE EK EEE 
Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Tuymetez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, fauce esqua- 
mata. Stamina duo fauci inserta laciniis exterioribus op- 
posita. Stylus lateralis. Stigma capitatum. 
Frutices. Folia opposita, raro alterna. Flores capitati, 
terminales, foliis involucrantibus sepe dissimilibus, inter- 
dum connatis, rarius spicati v. axillares, quandoque dioict. 
Perianthii tubus in plerisque medio articulatus, articulo 
inferiore persistenti. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Pimexea nana ; foliis alternis, rarius suboppositis, spathu- 
lato-linearibus, utrinque pilosis, uninervibus, floralibus 
rameis similibus ; capitulis terminalibus, multifloris ; 
stylo staminibusque limbo perianthii equantibus. 
Grah. 
Pimetea nana. Graham in Ed. Phil. Journ. for July, 
1840. 
We received this plant at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 
in 1839, from Mr. Low of Clapton. It is a native of the 
Swan River Settlement in Australia, and flowered abun- 
dantly in the greenhouse in the end of April, and in May 
and June. It is allied to P. longiflora (Bot. Mag., 3281) 
but is easily distinguished from this, by its much more 
humble growth, its single-nerved leaves, and its exserted 
stamens and style. It will probably be short-lived. 
Descr. Stem (eight inches high) woody, slender, erect, 
with alternate, ascending branches, its whole surface, (ex- 
cepting 
