Gunniane. N. O. Epacridez. 
TAB. DCCCL. 
RicuEs scoparia, Hook. fil. 
Caule brevi lignoso apice fastigiatim ramoso, foliis sesquiuncialibus 
erectis rigidis strictis e lata semiamplexicauli basi subulato- 
pungentibus leviter canaliculatis marginibus carinaque (apicem 
versus) asperulis, spica terminali dense composita folia vix 
superante bracteata, bracteis lineari-acuminatis longitudine fere 
floris, sepalis late ovatis, corolla ovali, ore brevissime 5-dentato — 
clauso. 
Richea scoparia, Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 6. p. 273. 
Has. Mount Wellington and Valentine’s Peak, Van Diemen’s 
Land, Lawrence, Backhouse, R. Gunn. Mount Sorell, Mac- 
quarrie Harbour, 2. Gunn (n. 2049). 
This is undoubtedly a Richea of Brown, according to the struc- 
ture of the corolla, which is closed at the mouth, and separates 
transversely from its base before the fruit ripens. It is, as Dr. 
Hooker observes (/. c.), very different from any other known 
species. 
Fig. 1. Stamens, pistil, and hypogynous glands. 2. Flower 
and bracts :—magnified. 
