Gunniane. N. O. Epacridez. 
TAB. DCCCXLYV. 
Dracopnyttum Miniieant, Hook. 
Subacaulis, foliis coriaceis rigidis e lata concava basi subulatis 
canaliculatis falcato-secundis spicam superantibus apicibus 
(siccitate seepe spirilater tortis) marginibus asperulis, pedun- 
culo scapiformi pubescente, spicis terminalibus compositis, 
spicularum bracteis basi latissima membranacea inferioribus 
elongato-foliaceis, corolla tubo late cylindraceo sepala lato- 
lanceolata equante, staminibus vix exsertis liberis, stylo in- 
cluso, squamulis hypogynis lato-obcordatis. 
Has. Mount Sorell, Macquarrie Harbour, Mr. Milligan. (R. 
Gunn, Esq., n. 2051.) 
Till the discovery of this very fine species of Dracophylium by 
Mr. Milligan, in 1846, the genus was supposed not to exist in 
Tasmania, and Dr. Hooker (Fl. Antarctica, vol. i. p. 48) describes 
the genus Richea as its representative. Our Herbarum is in- 
debted to Ronald Gunn, Esq., not only for a magnificent new 
species of Richea (L. squamosa, Hook. fil.), but for the present 
very distinct Dracophyllum. The specimens sent of the present 
plant, of which our figure is a fair sample, are said to be the 
full size, but these probably grow in tufts, from a short caudex. 
Fig. 1. Stamen. f. 2. Pistil and hypogynous scales. (f. 3. 
Flower :—magnified. 
