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PIMELEA ARENARIA. SAND PIMELEA. 
ERE KEE EEE KKK KEK KRKEK 
Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord —TuyMetea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, fauce esqua- 
mata. Stamina 2, fauci inserta, laciniis exterioribus oppo- 
sita. Stylus linearis. Stigma capitatum. Nux corticata, 
raro baccata.—F rutices: Folia opposita vel alterna. Flores 
capitati, terminales, foliis involucrantibus sepe dissimilibus, 
interdum connatis, rarius spicati vel axillares, quandoque 
dioict. Perianthii tubus in plerisque medio articulatus, ar- 
ticulo inferiore persistente. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Pimeea arenaria ; foliis (decussato-oppositis) ellipticis ob- 
tusiusculis patentibus supra glabris subtus cano-hirtis, 
floralibus capitulum 5—7-florum subaquantibus, peri- 
anthii tubo brevissimo suburceolato lanuginoso persis- 
tenti, stylo staminibus parum longiore, fructu baccato. 
Allan Cunningham MSS. 
Pimexea arenaria. Allan Cunningham MSS. 
Descr. A small, erect shrub, branched in a dichotomous 
manner, the branches hairy, especially the younger ones. 
Leaves opposite and decussate, ovate, acute, sessile or 
scarcely petiolated, standing out horizontally or sometimes 
reflexed, obscurely downy above, densely clothed with 
appressed, silky hairs beneath, which give the margins a 
ciliated appearance ; colour glaucous green. The floral 
leaves stand closer together than the rest, forming a sort 
of involucre beneath the flower, but they are not otherwise 
different. Flowers white, capitate, terminal, pure white, 
nearly 
