Tas. 8574, 
PIMELEA FerRvuernea. 
West Australia. 
THYMELAEFACEAE, Tribe EuTHYMELAERAE. 
Pimevea, Banks; Benth. et Hook. Ff. Gen, Plant. vol, iii. p, 189. 
Pimelea ferruginea, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. vol. i. p. 10, t. 5; Benth. Fl. 
Austral. vol. vi. p. 10; species P. roseae, RB. Br., affinis sed foliis latioribus 
brevioribus apice subobtusis vel leviter mucronatis recedit. 
Frutex erectus, ramosus, usque ad 4-6 dm. altus, ramis glabris. Folia opposita 
et decussata, obovato- vel elliptico-oblonga vel oblongo-oblanceolata, apice 
subobtusa vel leviter mucronata, basi leviter angustata, circiter 1:1 cm. 
longa et 4 mm. lata, sessilia, margine plus minusve recurva, costa pagina 
superiore obscura inferiore subprominente, nervis lateralibus pagina utraque 
obscuris. Capitula terminalia, globularia, multiflora; involucri bracteae 4, 
suborbiculares, apice acutae, 1 cm. longae, 7 mm. latae, membranaceae, 
coloratae, glabrae. Perianthii tubus cylindricus, 1-1 cm. longus, 1°25 mm. 
diametro, superne leviter dilatatus, extra pilis numerosis inferne longis 
patentibus superne brevioribus adpressis obtectus, intus glaber; lobi 4, 
oblongi, apice rotundati, 3°5 mm. longi, 2°25 mm. lati, extra longe et 
adpresse pubescentes, intus glabri. Stamina 2, filamentis 4 mm. longis, 
antheris 1 mm. longis. Diseus hypogynus, e lobis 4 minutissimis per 
paria connatis vel approximatis paribus perianthii lobis duobus interioribus 
Oppositis constitutus. Ovariwm oblongo-cylindricum, apice rotundatum, 
1°5 mm. altum, 0°75 mm. diametro, glabrum; stylus lateralis, 1*2 cm. 
longus, glaber.—P. decussata, R. Br. Prod. p- 360; Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. 
vol. i. p. 602, vol. ii. p. 270, et in DC. Prod. vol. xiv. p. 502; Sweet, Fl. 
Austral. t. 8; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1283; Maund, Botanist, f. 186. P. diosmi- 
folia, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t.1708. Heterolaena decussata, C. A. Mey. in Bull. 
Acad. Petrop. vol. iv. p. 73.—W. B. Turrit. 
The Pimelea which forms the subject of our plate is an 
old garden plant more familiar in coliections in the days 
When cultivators were emulous in the successful treatment 
of hard-wooded species than it appears to be now. It is 
@ native of West Australia, in the southern parts of which 
colony it is widely distributed. Like many other widely 
Spread species, /?. ferruginea varies somewhat in the 
colour of its flowers. In the plant which was the basis of 
(our figure these are bright pink, but from the various 
_ Coloured figures of the species which have been published 
we learn that the flowers may vary from a pale pink to 
a fairly deep red. The bracts subtending the heads of 
flowers are of a greenish-pink hue. The spreading white 
September, 1914. 
