Gunniane. N. O. Haloragex. 
SAS. GCCVE 
Meronecres Brownu. J. D. Hook. 
Meionectes Brownii. 
AB. Van Dieman’s Land, near Circular Head, in wet places. 
Mr R. Gunn, (n. 883.) 
Herba inconspicua, aquatica, glaberrima. Caules debiles, ra- 
mosi, basi radicantes, spithamei, tenues. olia alterna, pec- 
tinata, v. laciniata, subteretia; inferiora capillaceo-multifida, 
glaberrima, crassiuscula, opaca, lurido-virescentia, segmentis 
acutis, l-nerviis; juniora minus dissecta. Pedunculi axillares, 
solitarii, } lin. longi, basi bibracteolati. Flores minimi, in- 
conspicui, } lin. longi, penduli. Calycis tubus urceolatus, 
ovarium includens, eoque adhzrens, compressus, bisulcatus, 
limbo bipartito,laciniis oppositis late ovatis obtusis trinerviis, 
Petala 2, obovata, cymbiformia, ad apicem valde rotundata, 
dentibus calycis longiora, opposita, sequalia, enervia. Sta- 
mina 4, 2 petalis opposita, 2 iis alterna, filamentis brevibus. 
Anthere oblonge, subquadrate, biloculares, flavee, longitudin- 
aliter dehiscentes. Styli 2, breves, conico-subulati, basi coaliti, 
hirtelli. Ovarium ovatum, compressum, bisulcatum, bilocu- 
lare, 2-ovulatum. Ovula pendula. Fructus nucumentaceus, 
2-3 lin. longus, ovatus, compressus, rugulosus, cum denti- 
bus persistentibus calycis coronatus, 2-locularis, 2-spermus. 
emina alba, oblongo-elliptica. Embryo rectus, centralis, in 
albumine carnoso. 
A most distinct and remarkable genus of Mr Brown, who 
mentions it in the botanical appendix to Flinders’ voyage, as 
containing only half the number of parts to the flower that the 
other genera of Haloragee possess. Whether this be the species 
on which he founded the genus or not, | am unable to say. 
The ripe seed-vessels are large in proportion to the size of the 
flower, which is very diminutive, and hangs down from the 
axils of the leaves. J. D. H. 
— Fig. 1. Flowers. f. 2. The same, with the petals removed. 
JS: 3. Young ovary. f 4. Ripe fruit. f 5. The same cut trans- 
versely; and f. 6, cut longitudinally :—magnified. 
