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PIMELEA* humilis. 

 Lowly Pimelea. 



DIANDRIA M0N6GYNIA. 



Nat. ord. ThymeL;E;E. 



PIMELEA Banks et Solander. — Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 

 4-fido, fauce esquamata. Stamina duo fauci inserta, laciniis exterioribus 

 opposita. Stylus lateralis. Stigma capitatum. Nux corlicata, raro bac- 



cata. Frutices. Folia opposita, raro alterna. Flores capitati, ter- 



minales, foliis involucrantibiis, scepc dissimilibu%, intcrdiim connatis, rariUs 

 spicati V. axillares, quandoque dioici. Perianthii tubus in plerisqiie medio 

 articulatus, articulo viferiore persistente. — R. Brown prodr. 1. 359. 



§ 2. Folia opposita. Capitulum terminale. Folia fioralia 

 rameis snbsimilia. 

 P. humilis ; foliis utrinque glabris oblongis obtusis ; floralibus ovalibus intiis 



villosiusculis, perianthiis sericeis, caule erecto subsimplici, ramis pubes- 



centibus. R. Brown I. c. Romer et Schultes, 1 . 274. Spreng. syst. 



1. 92. 



Frutex humilis, ramulis simplicibus, erectis. Folia imbricata, ovato- 

 oblonga, subtus convexa, glauca, glabra. Involucri foliola conformia, intus 

 sericea, margine ciliata. Flores pauci, 8-10, sericei, basi glabri. Stamina 

 brevia. 



Our drawing of this was made at the Comte deVandes' 

 in June 1828. 



A low greenhouse shrub, native of New Holland, whence 

 it has been introduced within a few years. Like the rest 

 of its genus, it is cultivated without any difficulty in peat 

 and loam, and propagates readily by cuttings. 



"We refer this to P. humilis, solely by Mr. Brown's brief 

 diagnosis, with which it agrees tolerably well ; not having 



* A name said to be derived from 7r;fcsA«, fat ; for the application of 

 which there seems to be no intelligible reason. 



