Gunniane. N. O. Myrtacez. 
TAS. GCCCVHEL 
LEPTOSPERMUM RUPESTRE. J. D. Hook. 
Ramosum prostratum humile, foliis parvis obovatis ellipticisve 
brevissime petiolatis apice obtusis punctatis nitidis glaberrimis 
obscure 1-nerviis, floribus subsessilibus, calycibus hemispheri- 
cis sub lente puberulis, limbo glabro deciduo colorato. 
Has. Rocks on the summit of Mount Wellington and other 
mountains in Van Dieman’s Land, at an elevation of 3000 
feet above the level of the sea. Mr Lawrence. Fraser. R. 
Gunn, Esq. (n. 295.) New Zealand. Fraser in Herb. Hook. 
A small, prostrate, much branched shrub. Branches 2-3 feet 
long, spreading, their apices downy. Leaves numerous, alter- 
nate, coriaceous, obovate-elliptical, scarcely petiolate, 4-6 lines 
long, entire, smooth, of a yellowish or brownish-green colour. 
lowers numerous, solitary in the axils of the leaves, on very 
short peduncles. Calyces turbinate, the tube, in the buds, espe- 
cially downy, the teeth broad, spreading, obtuse, membranaceous, 
deciduous, red in the centre, with brown, diaphanous margins. 
Petals whitish. Stamens numerous. Fruit of 5 cells, sur- 
rounded by the semi-superior calyx, from the tube of which the 
epidermis readily peels off. J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flower. J. 2. Germen. jf. 3. Do. cut open. fi 4. 
Ripe fruit. /. 5. The same cut open longitudinally. f 6 and 7. 
Seeds :—magnified, 
