336 THE GUNYANG. 



Hab. Oil the highest summits of the Australian Alps, near swamps. 

 Closely allied to C. alpina. As a genus, I consider Carpha as near 

 allied to Oreobolus as to Gyathochcete, RJiynchospora^ or Chatospora, 



LI. GraminetE. 



181. ^hx\i?xi?L unighmis (Sect. TetrarrJiena) , F. MuelL ; stems 

 branched, with the vaginse and leaves scabrous, otherwise smooth; 

 spikelets glabrous, distinct ; perianth nerved, blunt ; gemmella of the 

 lower sterile flower a little longer than the solitary glume, and as long 



as the hermaphrodite flower. 



Hab. In humid valleys on the Brodribb River. 



It bears the greatest resemblance to Ehrharta {Tetrarrhena) contexta, 

 but differs from this in the equal length of the sterile flowers, and from 

 all others in the want of the outer alume. 



Account of the GuNYANG:* a New indigenous Fruit of Victoria; bi/ 



Dr. Frederick Mueller, Government Botanist for the Colony of 



Victoria. 



The number of fruits indigenous in this Colony is so limited, that 

 any addition to them cannot fail to attract a far more general attention 

 than even the most important discoveries in the medicinal properties of 

 our plants, or in their geographical distribution or affinity likely would 

 secure. With this view I selected from a series of new plants, which 

 . were obtained during my last journey through the eastern parts of this 

 Colony, the " Gunyang," for an early publication. That the natives 

 apply a special name to this production of our Flora warrants its use- 

 fulness in their nomadic life ; and as, in fact, the Gipps' Land tribes 

 collect this fruit eagerly, and as probably cultivation will improve it 

 so much as to render the plant acceptable for our gardens, I hope to 

 be excused in not having chosen a more valuable object for a special 

 paper. 



The Gunyang bush is a kind of Solanum or Nightshade, and has 

 much the appearance of S. aviculare (S. laciniatum, Ait^,\ to which 



• Solanum vescum, Muell. See p. 165 of this volume. 

 + The Kancraroo Aimlo of thn PnlnTiicta 



