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PiMELEA SPECTABILIS. SHowy Pimevea. 
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Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat, Ord.—TuyMeELEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, fauce esqua- 
mata. Stamina duo fauci inserta lacinils exterioribus oppo- 
sita. Stylus lateralis. Stigma capitatum.—Frutices. Folia 
opposita, raro alterna. Flores capitati, terminales, foliis 
involucrantibus se@pe dissimilibus, interdum connatis, rarius 
spicati vel axillares, quandoque dioict. Perianthii tubus in 
plerisque medio articulatus, articulo inferiore persistenti. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Pimexta spectabilis ; foliis oppositis lineari-oblongis acutis 
sessilibus uninerviis glaucis ramisque glaberrimis, capi- 
... tulis terminalibus multifloris, perianthii limbo sericeo 
.:., tubo piloso, involucri foliolis late ovatis acutis utrin- 
que glabris subcoloratis capitulum equantibus. 
Pimetea spectabilis. Lindl. Bot. Reg. Append. p. 4l. 
This beautiful species was received at the Botanic Gar- 
den, Edinburgh, in 1839, from the rich collection of Mr. 
Low of Clapton, and flowered abundantly, and for the first 
time, in the greenhouse, in March, 1841. It was said to have 
crimson bracts; but, though blooming in fine clear weather, 
there is only a slight reddish tinge perceptible at the extre- 
mities; nor has any part of the flower, except the tips of the 
unexpanded perianth, the anthers, and germen, the least 
roach to colour of any kind. This may cause some 
doubt as to the species being identical with P. spectabilis 
of Linptey ; which, he says, has pink flowers ; but in other 
respects it agrees with the character. In no species in cul- 
tivation, nor yet native specimens, so far as | have seen, are 
the capitula nearly so large as in this. 
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