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PIMELEA GRACILIFLORA. SLENDER-FLOW- 
ERED PIMELEA. 
TEE KEE EEE ERE EEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
DianpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Tuymetes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, fauce esqua- 
mata. Stam. 2, fauci inserta, laciniis exterioribus opposita. 
Stylus lateralis. Stigma capitatum. Nux corticata, raro 
baccata. Br. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Pimetea graciliflora; glabra, foliis oppositis patentibus lan- 
ceolatis acutis supra punctatis floralibus subsimilibus 
6—7 involucratis capitulo multifloro brevioribus, peri- 
anthiis glaberrimis, tubo gracili filiformi-clavato. 
Of this extensive Genus the species are very difficult to be 
distinguished, and at first sight, the present plant might be 
easily taken for the P. sylvestris, lately given at t. 3276 of 
this Magazine, and it flowers at the same season ; but on a 
more accurate examination, it will be found that the leaves, 
which are narrower, are marked with impressed dots on 
the upper surface, and the flowers are pure white, with a 
much slenderer and more filiform tube. It is extremely 
pretty, flowering freely in the greenhouse im common peat 
soil, and retaining its snowy blossoms for a considerable 
length of time. It was raised from seeds sent by Mr. Bax- 
TER from King George’s Sound. 
Descr. Stem, in our plants, two feet and two feet and a 
half high, erect, slender, branched, chiefly upwards. Leaves 
opposite and decussate, rather remote, patent or horizontal, 
lanceolate, 
