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PIMELEA syLvEstrIs. Woop Pimewea. 
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Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Tnymezez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo A-fido, fauce e squa- 
mata. Stamina duo, fauci inserta laciniis exterioribus oppo- 
Sita. Stylus lateralis. Stigma capitatum. Nux corticata, 
raro baccata. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Pime.ra sylvestris ; foliis oppositis utrinque glabris lanceo- 
latis acutis, floralibus 4—5 rameis subsimilibus capi- 
tulo terminali multifloro brevioribus, perianthiis gla- 
bris, tubo infundibuliformi. Br. 
Pimetea sylvestris. Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 361. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 92. 
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~~ This pretty species of the Genus, with its copious heads 
of delicate rose-coloured flowers, and prominent stamens 
with orange-coloured anthers, has been raised in the Glas- 
Sow Botanic Garden from seeds sent by the late Mr. Fraser, 
and adds another to the species not hitherto, we believe, 
Cultivated in the gardens of Europe. 
A shrub, with rather copious, green, and rounded 
branches, quite glabrous. Leaves opposite and decus- 
Sate, lanceolate or oblongo-lanceolate, acute, or, not un- 
Frequently obtuse, single-nerved, glabrous, of a glaucous 
Steen colour; those of the involucre smaller, aud shorter 
than the capitulum. Heads of Flowers large, of a pale 
nse colour. Perianth quite glabrous ; tube infundibuli- 
orm, curved, very narrow at the base ; limb = nage : 
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