on the outside. Stamens 2, with the free part of the filaments rising 
from the throat, and about the length of the calyx-limb. ANTHERS 
orange, oar 2-celled, erect, but united half way along the back to 
the filam Ovary ovate, one-ovuled. Styze exserted, unilateral. 
Stiema ioe but small; both stamens and style are deflected at 
the throat, so as to lie flat upon the segments of the calyx. 
Poputar anp Geocrapuican Notice. This plant appears to be 
very closely allied to Pimelea nivea of Labillardiere Nove Hollandix 
Plantarum Specimen, Vol. 1, Pl. 6, but differs in the margin of its 
leaves not being revolute, and in having the branches covered with 
very long and dense tomentum. It is highly probable that a more 
perfect acquaintance with these plants in their native localities, would 
enable us to detect several intermediate forms to those already enu- 
merated, and prove many of them to be mere varieties and not true 
species; but in the present state of our knowledge we must be con- 
tent to add one more to the list, without venturing to reduce it to an 
already described form. The Genus Pimelea is composed of elegant 
shrubs, inhabitants of rocky places in Australia and New Zealand. 
Many plants in the family to which this belongs (Thymelacex) have 
their inner bark remarkably silky in its texture, and among them is 
the Lagetta lintearia of Jamaica, from which the celebrated Lace-bark 
is procured ; so called from the delicacy of its structure, and which is 
capable of being subdivided into numerous thin layers, each imitative 
of fine lace. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLtrure. The seed was sent 
in 1834, from Van Dieman’s Land, to Alderman Copeland, and the 
plant from which our drawing was taken, flowered freely in 1836, and 
is now (May 1837) five feet and a half in height, covered with flowers 
from top to bottom. It is in the possession of Miss Copeland, of Ley- 
ton, and we are indebted to the pencil of Miss Hall for the drawing, 
who also obligingly furnished us with the fresh specimen from which 
our description has been made. The luxuriance with which this at- 
tractive plant grows, and the abundance of its flowers recommend it to 
the notice of the cultivator. Cuttings will strike root in fine sand un- 
der a bell-glass. The young plants should be potted in sandy peat. 
Derivation OF THE NAMEs, 
PME EA from wipedy PIMELE, fat, on what accountis not obvious, unless the 
fresh fruit of some of the species contains fatty matter. Lanara, woolly, in al- 
lusion to the kind of pubescence beneath the leaves and on the branches. 
