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qualup|ˈkwæləp| The name of an estate in Western Australia, used attrib. in qualup bell to designate a local shrub, Pimelea physodes (cf. pimelea), which has greyish-green leaves and reddish-yellow bracts forming bells round the flowers.
1921E. H. Pelloe Wildflowers W. Austral 50 ‘Qualup Bell’... An erect shrub of about 3 ft., glabrous except the flowers. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 25 July 26/2 What is the qualup bell?.. It is a native of Australia..and carries bell flowers which are tinged with yellow, green and purple. 1966Times 11 Nov. (W. Austral. Suppl.) p. iv/2 The lovely qualup and mountain bells; the hoveas, the myrtles. |