Gunniane. N. O. Cunoniacez. 
TAB. CCCI, 
WEINMANNIA BIGLANDULOSA, 
Foliis simplicibus elliptico-lanceolatis obtusis grosse obtuse ser- 
ratis in petiolum brevem articulatis ad articulum minute bi- 
glandulosis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris petiolum 
subzequantibus bibracteatis, antheris longe acuminatis. 
Weinmannia biglandulosa. All. Cunn. Mst. in Herb. Nostr. 
Has. Van Dieman’s Land, where it is called “* Native Beech ;” 
All. Cunningham, Esq. Particularly abundant on the banks 
of the Emu River, in the Hampshire hills. Ronald Gunn, Esq. 
Mr Lawrence. 
Mr Cunningham observes that this shrub, or tree, grows to 
the “ height of 30 or 35 feet.” Mr Gunn’s remarks are, “ It is 
most abundant about Emu River, forming almost impenetrable 
scrubs (as we call thickets in Van Dieman’s Land). The stems 
are flexuose, bending in and out in all directions with one 
another; and, being pretty tough, our friends James Backhouse 
and Dr Milligan called the plants ‘right and left scrub;’ as 
they had to work to the right and left to get out of them. 
The stems, which lie in all directions, are from 8 to 18 feet long, 
or thereabouts, but seldom exceeding 8 feet in perpendicular 
height. Of course situation affects it a good deal. Soil, rich 
jalluvial.”—I have hesitated whether or not there were charac- 
“ters sufficient to constitute a genus of this plant :—but, except 
the 2-seeded cells (if that number be constant) of the capsule, 
the much acuminated anthers, the very narrow petals, the broad 
and flat hypogynous disk, and the very different inflorescence, it 
\seems sufficiently to accord with the simple-leaved Weinmannie. 
_ Fig. 1. Flower and bracts. Jf. 2. Flower laid open. f- 3. 
Petal. £. 4. Stamen. f. 5. Anther. /f. 6. Pistil. f. 7. Ovary 
id open :—magnified. 
