Gunniana. N. O. Halorageas. 



TAB. CCXC. 



GONIOCARPUS SERPYLLIFOLIUS. J*. Hook. 



Diffusus minute pubescenti-scaber, foliis oppositis ovatis acutis 

 marginatis integerrimis vel grosse subinciso-serratis, floribus 

 solitariis sessilibus in axillis foliorum supremorum subspicatis, 

 petalis cymbiformibus acutis extus hirsutis. 



Hab. Common on open plains of the western parts of Van 

 Dieman's Land, and on the Hampshire Hills. Rojiald Gum, 



Esq. {n. 257.) 

 Caules ramosi, diffusi, graciles, scabriusculi. Folia opposita, 

 parva, vix 2 lineas longa, rigida, minute pubescenti-scabra, 

 ovata, sessilia, marginata, enervia, supra convexiuscula, subtus 

 paululum convexa, margine subcartilagineo-pallida, integer- 

 rima vel grosse et remote serrata. Flores sessiles, solitarii, in 

 axillis foliorum minorum superiorum, et quasi spicati. Calycis 

 tubus obovatus, tetragonus, 8-striatus, ovario 4-loculari arete 

 adhserens : limbus 4-partitus, laciniis cordatis acutis margina- 

 tis. Petala 4, ovario longiora, cymbiformia, acutissima, dorso 

 carinato hirsute. Stamina S. Filamenta hrevxssima. Anthera 

 lineari-oblongae, 44oculares. Stigmata 4, sessilia, magna, 

 dense plumosa. 

 Fia. 1. Leaf. /. 2. Flower and floral leaf. /. 3. Stamen. / 4. 



the 



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open vertically, showing two of the cells and the pendent ovules. 



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magnified, 



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