Gumiancs. N. O. Rutaceie. 



TAB. CCLXX 



BORONIA NANA. 



Radice fusiformi multicipite, caulibus numerosis brevibus gra- 



cilibus simplicibus, foliis breviter petiolatis S-foliolatis, foliolis 



lanceolatis acuminatis punctatis, pedunculis axillaribus lon- 



gitudine foliorum, floribus octandris, filamentis ciliatis stylo 

 hirsute, carpellis 2* 



Hab. On the top of Rocky Cape, Van Dieman's Land. Ronald 

 Gunriy Esq. (w. 894.) 



Badix lignosa, fusiformis, tortuosa, parce fibrosa, superne multi- 

 ceps. Caules plurimi, simplices, breves, foliosi. Folia opposita, 

 breviter petiolata, trifoliolata :foliola crassiuscula, quasi carnosa, 



lanceolata, acuminata. Pedunculi solitarii, axillares, uniflori, 

 angulati, rubri, foliorum longitudine. Sepala 4, persistentia, 



ovata, acuta, rubicunda. Pelala 4, persistentia, ovata, obtusa, 



calycem duple superantia. Stam. 8. Filamenfa evecta^ paulu- 



lum incurvata ; alternis brevioribus, omnibus ciliatis persisten- 



tibus : AnthercB cordatee. Ovarium profunde 4-lobum, disco 



hypogyno parvo insertura. Stylus brevis, pilosus. Carpella 



2, majuscula, patentia, oblonga, subrecurva, compressa, supra 



longitudinaliter dehlscentia. 



I quite agree with the discoverer of this, Mr Gunn, in consi- 

 dering it an entirely new species. The tallest of the numerous 

 stems never exceed those now figured, and all the specimens 

 possess the characters here given. It is among the smallest, if 



not the vprv smallest of its kind. (J. HJ\ 



Fig. 1. Portion of the stem with leaves. /. 2. Flower. /. 3. 

 Stamens and pistil: (the ciliated margin of the stamens, repre- 

 sented in the original drawing, is here by an oversight omitted.) 

 /- 4. Pistil, f. 5. Fruit, surrounded by the persistent floral cover- 

 ings. /. 6. Carpels, separated from the floral coverings: 

 magnijied. 



