1827 



* FlMEl.KA ligustrlna. 

 Privet- leaved Phnelea. 



DIANDRIA MOSOGYKIA, 

 Nat. Ord. THYMELACEiE. 



PIMELEA.— Suprd, vol. \5.foL 1268. 



1. Folia opposita. Capitulum terminale. Involucrum folds rameis 

 dissimile. Br. prodr. 359. 



P. ligustrina ; iiivolucris tetraphyllis, foliolis ovatis extOis veiiosis intus pubes- 

 centibus, periantbiis sericeis, receptaculis fructiferis ovatis pube brevissima, 

 foliis ovalibus oblongo-lanceolatisve venosis. Br. I. c. 



P. ligustrina. Lab. FL Nov. Holl. 1 . ;?. 9. ^. 3. 



A neat species of the extensive genus Pimelea, found 

 from Van Diemen's Land to Port Jackson, and growing in its 

 native places as much as ten feet high. We have specimens 

 from Mr. Gunn of Launceston, and others. 



It is a hardy greenhouse plant, readily multiplied by 

 cuttings. It only requires good ventilation during winter, 

 so as to prevent its being destroyed by damp. Our drawing 

 was made in Mr. Lowe's Nursery in March 1834. 



We are not aware of the particular part of the island of 

 Van Diemen in w^hich this shrub occurs ; but if it is from the 

 south side it will probably prove hardy in the southern parts 

 of England. 



* Sec folio 1268. 



