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Pimevea Henpersont. Mr. HENDERSON'S 
PIMELEA. 
KKK KEKE EERE KEE EEE EEK 
Class and Order. 
DianpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—TuymMeteaz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium \iberum, tubulosum, coloratum ; limbo 4- 
fido raro 5-fido, zstivatione imbricata. Corolla o, sed in 
quibusdam squamule fauci inserte. Stamina definita, fauci 
tubove inserta, sepius 8, nunc 4, rariusve 2, dum laciniis 
perianthii numero equalia aut pauciora iisdem opposita. 
Anthere biloculares, loculis medio longitudinaliter dehis- 
centibus. Ovariwm simplex, monospermum, ovulo pen- 
dulo. Stylus 1. Stigma indivisum. Pericarpium nuca- 
mentaceum, v. drupaceum. Albumen nullum v. tenue, car- 
nosum. Embryo rectus, inversus. Cotyledones plano-con- 
vexe. Radicula brevis, supera. Plumula inconspicua.— 
Caulis fruticosus (rarissime herbaceus ) cortice tenact. Folia 
exstipulata, alterna v. opposita, integerrima. Flores capi- 
tati, spicati, terminales v. axillares, nune solitarii. Br. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Pimeea Hendersoni ; involucro tetraphyllo, foliolis ovatis 
utrinque-glabris ciliatis capitulum congestum equan- 
tibus, perianthii tubo dimidio inferiore hispido, supe- 
riore sericeo, foliis oppositis lanceolato-linearibus. 
The species, which seems to be quite distinct from any 
one hitherto described, must be placed between P. decussata 
and P. rosea. It is a native of King George’s Sound, and 
was raised by Messrs. Eacie and Henperson from seed sent 
to them by Capt. Cueyne in May, 1837, and when about 
eighteen 
