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31 PIMELEA linifolia.

Flax-leaved Pimelea.

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Fl. inferior, of one petal, regular.

Cal. none. Cor. four-cleft. Stamina inserted into the orifice. Nut coated, of one cell.

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