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~Goopenia Lavicata. SMoorH GoopDENIA. © 
So ee , 
Clafs and Order. 
PeEnTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 
Generic Charaéfer. . 
Flores monopetali, fuperi. Cap/. bilocularis. Cor. fupra longitu- 
dinaliter fiffa, ftigma urceolatum ciliatum. Smith Tranf. Linn. 
Soc..v. 2. p. 346.- : ‘ 
| Specific Charaéer. | | 
GOODENIA Jevigata foliis obovato-lanceolatis dentatis. 
glabris. = 
In the Autumn of 1792, Samuet Toxrrrey Efq. moft 
kindly invited me to infpeét a vaft number @ the natural 
produétions of Botany-Bay, in his poffeffion ; colle&ed with — 
great affiduity, and brought over in high prefervation by 
Captain Tencu; among other curiofities, he fhewed me 
_fpecimens of the earths of that country, imported in very 
{mall bags. I fuggefted to Mr. Toxrrey, that thofe earths 
might poffibly contain the feeds of fome curious and unknown ~ 
plants; he readily acquiefced in the. idea, and permitted me 
to make trial of them: accordingly, in the Spring of 1793, I 
expofed them in fhallow pans, on a gentle tan heat, keeping 
them duly watered; in the courfe of the Summer they yielded 
me fourteen plants, moft of which were altogether new, and 
among others the fpecies of Goodenia here figured; this we 
have fince found to be a hardy greenhoufe plant, flowering 
from July to Odober, and very readily increafed by cuttings. 
_ The oldeft plant in our poffeffion is about a foot and a half 
high, much branched, the ftalks are round and {mooth to the 
naked eye, green below, above purplifh, the leaves are fmooth, 
of a deep bright green colour, alternate, ftanding on footftalks, 
which gradually widen into the leaves, fomewhat ovate, and 
‘deeply toothed; the flowers grow in the alx of the leaves, 
forming a thin fpike, they are feflile, of a pale violet colour, 
and have a peculiar fmell which is rather unpleafant; at the 
fide of each flower are two long narrow Braétee; the Calyx, 
which is placed on the germen, is compofed of five fhort ovate ~ 
leaves, which appear edged with hairs if magnified; the Corolla 
‘is monopetalous, ‘the lower part, which at firft is tubular, fplits 
: longitudinall. 
