Gunniane. N. O. Crucifere. 
TAB. DCCCLX XXII. 
Carpamine rapicata, Hook. fil. 
Glaberrima foliosa, rhizomate crasso valde elongato diviso, foliis 
ccs oaths ate is, siliquis —= strictis pedicellatis anguste 
elliptico-lanceolatis stylo breviusculo terminatis, valvis mem- 
branaceis planis subenerviis, pees obovatis compressis 
taoane atis 
. Summit of Mount Olympus, Van Diemen’s Land ; alt. 5000 
fect, R. Gunn, Esq. 
unn says of this curious species, “A number of pro- 
cumbent brittle branches spring from one root, and have no leaves 
except at the extremities. A large bed of snow lay at Midsummer 
in a hollow close to the plants which are found between the ba- 
saltic columns that crown the mountain.” as is 
most distinct: it rather resembles an Aradis than a Cardamine in 
habit, but its pod is that of the latter genus. The procumbent 
rhizomata are as thick as the little finger, and 6-8 ioigh long. 
J.D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 7.2. Petal. 3. Stamen. f 4. Siliqua. 
7.5. Seed. # 6, Embryo :—al/ magnified. 
