Gunnian<B. N. O. Haloragei^. 



TAB. CCXCIX. 



MiLLIGANIA CORDIFOLIA. J. Hook. 



Gen. Char.— Milligania.* HooL — Dioica. Masc. Spicm 

 pedunculatae. Flores subsessiles, monandri, nudi, 1-bibrac- 

 teati. Filamenla brevissima, Anthercp (magnae) subrotundae, 



biloculares, ad marginem longitudinaliter dehiscentes Fgem. 



Flores capitati, [capitulum subsessile) bracteati. Calyx ovaiio 

 arete adhaerens; tubus ovoius^ subtriangularis, limbo tripartite, 

 insequalij piloso, unico duplo longiore. Styli 2, subulati, 

 pubescenti-hirsuti, aequales, nunc 4 inaequales quorum duae 

 breviores. Ovarium 1-loculare, 1-ovulatum, ovulo pendente 

 ex apice podospermi. Fructus drupaceus siccitate Tugosns. 



. ^ , Herba 



paludosa^ acaulis^ radice suhfusiformi^ fibrosa. Folia radicalia^ 

 petiolata^ patentia^ cordata^ oblusa^ se^ratuy supra glabra subtus 

 nervis petiolisque glanduloso-kirsutis, Peduncul us {seu scapus) 

 radicalism Flores masculi spicati ; foeminei capitalati^ brac^ 

 teati. Fructus capitulum rubrutUy Rubi Idaei magnitudine. 



M, cordifolia. J. Hook. 



Hab. Burghley and Middlesex Plains, Van Dieman's Land, 

 growing in wet places, in large dense patches, many feet in 



Nucula 



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procure one or two old spikes of male flowers. The fruit is 

 as large and as red as a strawberry/* Of the natural family to 

 which it belongs I think there can be no doubt; nor can one 

 fail to observe its close affinity both in habit and structure of its 

 flowers with some Gunners. J. Hook. 



The principal figure represents a male plant naL size. Fig. 



1. Capitulum of female flowers. / 2, 3. Single female flowers. 



/ 4. Ovary laid open. /. 5, 6. Female flowers, varieties, with 



4 styles. / 7. Fruit in a dry state. / 8, 9. Male flowers. /. 



10. Anther, cut through transversely:— ma^wt^ed 



* So named in compliment to Br Milligan, of Van Dieman's Land, the 

 friend of Mr Ronald Gunn, and his companion in mmy of his berboriiing ex- 

 cursions. 



