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PIMELEA HISPIDA. HtIsPpID-FLOWERED 
PIMELEA. 
Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—TuyrMeEzaz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, fauce esqua- 
mata. Stamina duo fauci inserta, laciniis exterioribus op- 
posita. Stylus lateralis. Stigma capitatum. Nusx corti- 
cata, rard baccata.—Frutices. Folia opposita (raro al- 
terna.) Flores capitati, terminales, foliis involucrantibus, 
sepé dissimilibus, interdum connatis, rariis spicatt vel axil- — 
lares, quandoque dioici. Perianthii tubus in plerisque medio 
articulatus, articulo inferiore persistenti. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Pimetea hispida; involucris tetraphyllis : foliolis ovatis 
margine simplici intis subsericeis capituli dimidio bre- 
vioribus, perianthii tubo dimidio inferiore hispido, foliis 
lanceolatis linearibusve. Br. 
Pimetea hispida. Br. Prodr. p. 360. Spreng. Syst. Veg. 
v. 1. p. 92.. Bot. Reg. t. 1578. 
This is assuredly the handsomest of this very pretty Aus- 
tralian Genus, whether we consider the beauty of its blos- 
soms or the great quantity of them produced by a single 
plant: of which one now before us, scarcely a foot high, is 
loaded with upwards of forty heads of flowers. It requires 
the usual treatment of those New Holland plants, which we 
- derive from the Southern coast, where the present species 
was discovered by Mr. Brown. 
Descr. An erect shrub, with numerous, upright, slender, 
glabrous branches. Leaves opposite, broadly lanceolate, 
obtuse, 
