Descr. This appears to constitute a climbing and twining shrub 
with slender, rounded, dark green, wiry stems, variously branched ; at 
the setting on of the branches are small, membranaceous scales. Leaves — 
alternate, rather remote, distichous, lanceolate, entire, glabrous, mem- — 
branaceous, dark green above, paler beneath, furnished with a midnb, a 
and finely striated, at the base much contracted and twisted, so as to a 
form a minute sort of petiole. Flowers ina terminal, bifid cyme of from _ 
five to eight flowers, which are pendent. Perianth campanulate, of six — 
yellow-green, oblongo-lanceolate, striated pieces, the three inner more — 
delicate, and rather shorter than the outer. Stamens six. Filaments — 
short, a little dilated at the base, and apparently united into a ring. An- — 
thers linear, yellow, two-celled. Germen globose, green. Style slender, — 
subulate, white. Stigma acute. — 
_ For the means of publishing a figure of this interesting plant, I am 
indebted to W. T. Arron, Esq., who supplied me with drawings and — 
specimens for that purpose: the plant having been introduced to the — 
Royal Garden at Kew from New Holland by Attan CuNNINGHAM, 
Esq. late Colonial Botanist there, who has recently returned from that — 
country, after many years’ residence, which have been wholly, and most — 
enthusiastically devoted to the Natural History and Geography of itt 
so that Science cannot fail to derive great benefit from his researches. _ 
Mr. Brown has in his Prodromus called in question the propriety — 
of referring this Genus to Luzuriaca of the Flora Peruviana: and 
when I had lately the pleasure of looking over some specimens of the — 
et plant with that profound Botanist, he was quite satisfied om 
int. <i 
Mr. Cunnrneuam has hence been induced to give it the name of 
Gerronopiesrum, and observes, that Mr. Don has ascertained that 
the true Luzurtaca belongs to the Smrzace#; and that our present 
Genus differs from Eusrreruus in having the divisions of the perianth 
equal and beardless; but more especially in its indehiscent fruit, which 
is a Berry, containing sometimes but a single seed; that of EusTRE- 
PHUS being distinctly a trilocular, hard, baccate capsule, which, wher 
burst, exhibits many large, black seeds. | 
G. cymosum was found by Mr. Brown about Port Jackson, and 
also within the tropical parts of New Holland. Mr. CunnincHAM 
observes it to inhabit dense, subhumid woods on the sea-coast, in which 
Corypna australis, the Ausoruita, or Tree-fern of the colony ; Ev- 
TREPHUS Jatfolius ; Acuras australis ; Trocuocarpa laura; 
— Cepreta Joona; Frevpia australis; Carciitia australis; several 
parasitical Epip—npra; with the more splendid Australian FivicEs 
and Musct, luxuriantly grow: on the belt of a mountain bounding the 
: Illawarra, or Five Islands’ District, in lat. 343° on the West, and else-- 
mc in like shaded situations, on the extended shores of New South 
Besides the two species of Mr. Brown, G. cymosum and G. montd- 
num, Mr. Cunnincuam has discovered a third, which he has als? 
introduced at Kew. It differs in habit from G. cymosum ; and that 
Botanist distinguishes it as “G. asperum; ramulis membranaceo-angu- 
latis asperis.” ; 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamens and Pistil, 3, Pistil:—magnified. 4 
