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NATURAL ORDER, THYMELACE. 
MONOCHLAMYD, : Artificial division DIANDRIA, 
OF to which abi ont asin 
DECANDOLLE. this Plant belongs. OF LINN 
No. 61. 
-GENUS. Prwerea. Bayxs. Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, 
fauce esquamata. Stamina duo, fauci inserta, laciniis exterioribus vA So 
Sryuuvs lateralis. Sriema meters Nvux rticata, raro baccata, R. Brown 
Prodromus Flore Nove Hollandiz, 3... 
SPECIES. Pime ea ranata. is orbiculatis, ovato-rotundatisve, obtu- 
sis, subsecundo-adversis, planis, subtus lanato -tomentosis supra glaberrimis, 
J. S. HENSLOW. 
CHARACTER OF THE Gaxvd, PIMELEA. PERIANTH (a calyx) fun- 
nel-shaped, its limb 4-cleft, and throat without scales. STAMENS two, 
inserted in the throat, and opposite to the two outer lacinie. STYLE 
lateral. Sticma capitate. Nur generally covered with a bark, rarely 
succulent. 
Description OF THE Species, PrmELEA LANATA. BRANCHES 
clothed with dense white tomentum. Leaves orbicular, the upper- 
most more or Jess ovate and obtuse, scarcely petiolate, plain or slightly 
concave. Their upper surface dark green, and very smooth and glossy; 
their under, covered with dense white somewhat woolly tomentum. 
They are placed opposite and decussate, but are twisted half way 
round on the petioles, so as to range vertically with the upper surfaces 
facing outwards, or towards the light, which arrangement somewhat 
conceals the tomentum beneath, and gives the plant a pleasing appear- 
ance. INFLORESCENCE in terminal capitula, of about 20 flowers, 
subtended by about 4 leaves, nearly disposed as an involucrum. 
Fiowers white, with a pink tinge towards the lower part of the tube. 
Caxyx monosepalous, the margins of the 4 lacinie somewhat inflexed. 
The tube is jointed, and falls off immediately above the germen, to 
which the lower portion adheres as a covering. The whole is tomentose 
antral TO THE argeatadcsatra 
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previous to appearance of the embryo. 
