Gunnianm. N. O. Crassulaceae 



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TAB. CCXCV 



TlLL^A VERTICILLARIS, 



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Caule ascendente basi prascipue ramoso, foliis oppositis lato- 

 lanceolatis costatis venis lateralibus arcuato-deflexis, novellis 

 axillaribus fasciculatis, floiibus quadrifidis pedunculatis axil- 

 liaribus solitariis v. subverticillatim congestis, squamis hypo- 

 gynis fasciculatis. 



Tillaea verticillaris- De Cand. Prodr, 3.p, 382. 



Tillaea pedunculata. Sieb. PL Exsicc. Nov. HolL n. 173. {non Sm.) 



Hab. New Holland. Sieber. Van Dieman*s Land; abundant 



rocks 



Lichens 



a little soil. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (w. 91.) King George's 



Sound. Mr Eraser. 

 Caides palmares ad spithamaeam, basi procumbentes ramosi, dein 

 erecti. Foiia semiunciam fere longa, membranaceo-carnosa, 

 opposita, lato-lanceolata, acuta, integerrima, sessilia, fere 

 connata, costata, nervosa, nervls arcuato-deflexis. Folia 

 novella axillaria, fasciculata. PeduncuU axil] ares, vel supe- 

 riores congesti, saepe subverticillata, nunc foliis breviores nunc 

 longiores, uniflori. Sepala 4, late ovata, acuminata, petal- 

 orum ovato-lanceolatorum longitudine. Stamina 4. Squamm 

 hypogyndB 4, spatbulatse germini appressae, staminibus alter- 

 nantes- Ovaria 4, in stylum acuminatum recurvatum atten- 



uata* 



This is the largest species of the genus with which I am 



acquainted. It seems not uncommon in Australia. 



Fig. 1 . Portion of the stem with leaves and flowers, /. 2. 

 Single flower. / 3. The same fully expanded x— magnified. 



