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Flax-leaved Pimelea.
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DIANDRIA Monogynia. Fl. inferior, of one petal, regular.
Gen. Char. Cal. nullus. Cor. quadrifida. Stamina fauce inserta. Nux corticata, unilocularis.
Cal. none. Cor. four-cleft. Stamina inserted into the orifice. Nut coated, of one cell.
Spec. Char. P. foliis lineari-lanceolatis, capitulis terminalibus involucratis, corolla extus villosa.
Leaves linear-lanceolate. Heads of flowers terminal, furnished with an involucrum. Corolla hairy on the outside.
THIS elegant shrub flowered in the greenhouse of Lord Viscount Lewisham, in February 1794. The same
