gsm rage 
rais cttm 
Dr. SurTH's Account, &c. 347 
fuperfluous to fay any thing in a volume which contains his Dif- 
fertation on the Britifh fpecies of Carex In the conftruétion 
of this name T have followed the example of Yournefort, who 
formed Guzdelia from Gundelfcheimer, a word (like Goodenough) 
too long to be retained entire in: a generic name: 
I am poffeffed of eight very diftinét fpecies of this genus, of 
which I fhall give the fpecific characters, more particularly de- 
{cribing the firft, for which we are obliged to Mr. Hoy, who has 
it alive in Sion Gardens. 
4 
IY. GOODENIA ovata.. 
iique. glabris, íru&u lineari. 
“+. Doré Wem 
à EE y 
Oval joe Godna: : 3 
Stem fhrubby, erect, angular, Ératiched, leafy. 
Leaves alternate, on footftalks, without ftipulæ, ovate, varying- a 
little in breadth, acute, ferrated with fine, fharp, fpreading, 
rather unequal teeth, of a bright green, veiny, fmooth on both 
fides, paler beneath. Focffalks channelled above, with a tuft 
of down in their axillz. 
Flowers yellow, from 3 to 5 in a dicliotomous panicle, arifing foli- 
tary from.each axilla of the uppermoft leaves, and above half 
as long as the correfponding leaf. Footfalks fomewhat angu- 
lar, fmooth, with 2 fubulate braéteæ at each fubdivifion. 
Calyx of 5 equal, fubulate, erect, fmooth leaves, permanent. 
Corolla tubular, the tue cloven on the upper fide from top to 
bottom, fmooth, greenifh and ftriated externally. Limb in 
5 equal, obovate fegments, all directed forwards, yellow, mem- 
T3 branous, 
