‘PIMELE’A DECUSSA’TA, 
DIOSMA.LEAVED PIMELEA. 
EXOGENZ. OR DICOTYLEDONE A, 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs 
Variety: diosmeefolia. 
MONOCH oe By Artificial divisions DIANDRIA, 
to which MONOGYNIA 
DEPeRDOLAE. this Plant belongs. \ ik OF LINNEUS. 
* s No. 136, : 
NUS. plone ac sala Perianthium re apd toon ee a 
fauce esquamata. Sra ere, fauci inserta, laciniis exterioribus 
Strrxuvs lateralis, Seti sa ae * UX corticata, raro senate mate 
Prodromus Flore Nove Hollandiz, p 
PECIES. Primerea pecussata. Invotucro tetraphyllo, foliis rameis 
dissimile, foliolis late ovatis, semicoloratis, utrinque glabris; capit r- 
minale; perianthii tubo hispido; foliis decussatis, ovalibus coriaceis. R. Brown. 
VARIET PIMELEA DECUSSATA DIOSM#FOLIA. Fottouis involucri ee 
acutis, lanato- cilintis; capitulum subzequantibus ; cptanii ta saturaté roseis. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, PimELEA. PERIANTH Pai a is 
its limb 4-cleft, and throat without scales. STAMENs two, inserted in 
the throat, and opposite to the two outer lacinie, Srye lateral. 
Stiema capitate. NuvT generally leathery externally, rarely suc- 
culent. 
DESCRIPTION OF PIMELEA DECUSSATA, VARIETY, DIOSMEFOLIA, — 
Survs, erect, three feet high. Branches lax and spreading. LEAvEs 
oblong, coriaceous, opposite, decussating, reflexed, mucronulate, dark 
green above, glaucous below. CapiTuLuM crowded, terminal, rather 
small. Invoxucre of four ovate acute subcoloured leaves, which are 
glabrous on both sides, but ciliated on the edges; scarcely shorter 
than the capitulum. Pertanta bright rose-coloured, hispid on the 
outside, hairs very long on the lower half of the tube, and on the out- 
side the limb, shorter and sub-appressed on the upper half of the 
tube. STameENs inserted into the throat of the perianth, scarcely 
half the length of the limb. Styne much exserted, lateral. Stigma 
capitate. GERMEN oblong, glabrous, green. 
PopuLar aND GEoGrapnicaL Notice. This very pretty plant 
was received at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Mr. Makoy, of 
Liege, under the name of Pimelea diosmeefolia, but I am convinced it 
