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PIMELEA decussata.
CroSs-leaved Pimelea.
Linnean Class and Order. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
Natural Order. THYMELjE^E. Brown prodr. l.p. 358.
Perianthium liberum, tubulosum, coloratum; limbo 4-fido rarö 5-fido, aestivatione
imbricatä. Corolla 0, sed in quibusdam squamulae fauci insertae. Stamina definita,
fauci tubove inserta, saepius 8 nunc 4 rariüsve 2, dum laciniis perianthii numero
aaqualia aut pauciora iisdem opposita. Anthem biloculares, loculis medio longitudi-
naiiter dchiscentibus. Ovarium simplex, monospermum, ovulo pendulo. Stylus 1.
Stigma indivisum. Pericardium uucamentaceum, v. drupaceum. Albumen nullum v. te-
nue, carnosum. Embryo rectus, inversus. Cotyledones plano-convexae. Radiculu brevis,
supra. Plumula inconspicua. Caulis fruticosus, (rarissime herbaceus,) cortice tenaci.
Folia exstipulata, alterna, v. opposita, integerrima. Flores capitati,v. axillares, nunc solitarii. spicati, terminales
PIMELEA. Perianthium infundibuliforme, limbo 4-fido, fauce esquarnatä. Stamina
duo, fauci inserta, laciniis exterioribus opposita. Stylus lateralis. Stigma capita-
tum. Nux corticata, rarö baccata.—Frutices. Folia opposita, rarö alterna. Fiores capitati,
terminales, foliis involucrantibus scepi dissimilibus, interdum connatis, rariüs spkati v.
faexriiollraer epse, rsqiusatenndtoi.q uBe rdoiwoinc i.p roPderr.i a3n5t9h.ii tubus in plerisque medio articulatus, articulo inSect.
I, Folia opposita. Capitulum terminale. Involucrum foliis rameis dissimilei
P. decussata, involucris tetraphyllis: foliolis late ovätis semicoloratis utrinque glabris,
perianthii tubo hispido, foliis decussatis ovalibus coriaceis. Brown prodr. p. 360.
Rcem. et Schult, syst. 1. p. 273.
Pimelea decussata. Spreng, syst. 1. p. 91. Swt. hört. brit. p. 352.
Pimelea ferruginea. Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 10. f. 5.
A handsome upright branching evergreen Shrub: branches erect, smooth. Leaves opposite, crossing each other, nearly
sessile, or with an exceedingly short fleshy footstalk, roundly
oval, obtuse, flat, smooth, with a cartilaginous margin : upper
side of a dark green: underneath paler, and densely marked
with pale confluent irregular crooked lines. Involucre of 4
broad, roundly oval, concave, smooth leaves, which surround
the head of flowers. Flowers numerous, crowded in a close
head, of a bright rose-colour. Perianthium tubular; tube
slender, densely clothed with hispid hairs, the lower ones very