It is known that, under certain conditions, *-representability and extensibility to the unitized *-algebra of a positive linear functional, defined on a *-algebra without unit, are equivalent. In this paper, a new condition for an analogous result is given for the case of a hermitian linear functional defined on a quasi *-algebra (A, A0) without unit.1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 46K10, 46K70, 47L60.