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PlMELEA LlNIFOLIA. FLAX-LEAVED 

 PlMELEA. 



Clafs and Order. 



DlANDRlA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Characler. 



Cat. o. Cor. 4-fida. Stam. fauci inferta. Nux corticata, 

 l-locularis. Smith. 



Specific Characler. 



PlMELEA* linifolia ; foliis lineari lanceolatis, capitulis ter- 

 minalibus involucratis^ corolla extus villofa. 

 Smith Nov. HolL 1. p. 31. /. ti. Willd. Sp. PL 

 1. p. 50. Mart. Mill. DicJ. 



Desc. Stem fhrubby with a ferrugineous bark : branches 

 ereft, fubdichotomous. Leaves oppofite, decuflate, horizontal, 

 fmooth, linear-lanceolate, thickened at the margin : middle 

 nerve depreffed underneath, raifed on the upper furface. ln- 

 florefcence a terminal umbel, fupported by an involucre of four 

 ovate, acute, quite entire leaflets. Flowers white, fcentlefs. 

 Corolla tubular, with a quadrifid limb ; tube and the two ex- 

 terior laciniae of the limb villous, the two interior fmooth. 

 Filaments two, inferted into the margin of the tube, the 

 length of the lacinise. Anthers orange- coloured. Germen 

 fuperior, oval, green : Jiyle filiform, longer than the tube (in 

 the centre flowers fhorter) : fligma fimple. 



For this elegant fmall greenhoufe Ihrub, which continues to 

 bloom through the greateft part of the year, we are indebted 

 to Mr. Loddiges of Hackney. 



It is a native of New South-Wales ; may be propagated by 

 cuttings or from feeds imported from its native country. 



* For what reafon Dr. Solander applied this name to the genus is unknown ; 

 hat, being derived from m^x^fat, in pronunciation the accent Ihould be laid 

 upon the laft e, not on the firft ;— Pimelea not Pimelea, as has been duly noticed 

 by Prof. Martyn. 



