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GOODIA PUBESCENS. HAIRY GOODIA. . 



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DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. labium fuperius abbreviatum, 2-dentatum : inferius 3- 

 dentatum, produ&ius. Corolla carina truncata. Leg. pedicel- 

 latum-, complanatum, dolabriforme, 2-fpermum. Stigma capi- 

 tatum. 



Specific Characler and Synonym. 



GOODIA pnbefcens ; foliolis obcordatis villofis. 

 GOODIA pnbefcens. Herbar. Bank/. 



We have given another fpecies of Goodia at No. 958, 

 but without any fpecihc character, that being at the time the 

 only one known to us. It may be characterized, Goodia 

 lotifolia; foliolis obovatis glabris. 



Our prefent plant is chiefly diftinguifhed by having its 

 branches, peduncles, and foliage covered with a foft pu- 

 befcence. There are, however, flight differences in every part, 

 fufficient to (hew that the two fpecies are really diftincl. 



The plant from which our drawing was taken flowered but 

 fparingly, but in fome native fpecimens that we have feen, the 

 racemes at leafl equalled, in fize and number of bloffoms, 

 thofe of Goodia lotifolia. 



The genus Goodia fhould be placed next to Bossi^a, 

 from which it is chiefly diftinguifhed by its legume being only 

 two-feeded. 



Both fpecies being natives of Van Diemen's Ifland, may 

 perhaps be found hereafter to be hardy enough to live without 

 fheker, in the open ground, at leaft in the mildeft of our 

 winters. Hitherto, however, they have been confidered as 

 greenhoufe fhrubs. Propagated by cuttings or feeds. Com- 

 municated by Meffrs. Loddises and Sons, 



