Gunniane. N. O. Stylideze. 
TAB. DCCCLI. 
ForsteRA BELLIDIFOLIA, Hook. 
Glabra, caule perbrevi radicante, foliis rosulatis spathulatis ob- 
tusis subcoriaceis marginatis, scapo digitali filiformi unifloro 
nudo vel ante apicem bi-tribracteato, bracteis lnearibus, flore 
inclinato, calycis tubo globoso glabro, limbi lobis lineari-ob- 
longis, corolle limbi subregularis lobis oblongis obtusis paten- 
tibus sinubus squama erosa auctis. 
Has. Mount Sorell, Macquarrie Harbour, Van Diemen’s Land, 
R. Gunn, Esq. 
This appears to be a very curious little plant, of which unfor- 
tunately our specimen only afforded one, not very perfect, flower ; 
and some apology is due for its representation in such a state. 
If we see correctly, the corolla is nearly regular, with five spread- 
ing, oblong, obtuse segments, and alternating with them, in the 
sinuses, is a fimbriated or erose scale. The stigma also appears 
to be two-lipped. Our main object in offering so incomplete a 
figure, is to direct attention to the plant and its locality: and we 
are not without hopes that we shall soon be able to give a more 
complete analysis of it. If, as we suspect, a Vorstera, it is the 
first that has been detected in Australia. 
Fig. 1. Flowering, and f. 2. fruiting specimen :—xaturad size. 
f.3. Upper extremity of scape with a flower. # 4. Upper portion 
of the column with stamens, and what appeared to be a two-lipped 
style :—magnified. 
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