53 LXiv. GOODENOVIE.'E. [Goodem. 



7. G, pinifolia. Be Vr. Gooden, 157. t. 30. An erect slinib, thesliort 

 leafy branches clothed witli a white tomentum, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 

 crowded, linear-terete, entire, ^ to 1 in. long. Panicles terminal, loose and 

 slender, about 6 to 9 in. lonjif, the priinary branches or peduncles fillforraj tlie 

 upper ones 1-flowered, the lower irregularly several-flowered. Bracts and 

 bracteoles minute. Calyx-lobes linear, acute. Corolla yellow, glabrous out- 

 side, nearly ■§- in. long, the tube sometimes a'dnate bigher up than the calyx, 

 the upper lobes separated lower than the lower ones and rather unequally 

 winged. Dissepiment of the ovary exceedingly sbort ; ovules 3 or 4. lu- 

 dusium not ciliate. Capsule ovoid-globidar, scarcely 3 lines long. Seeds 

 rather large broad and flat^ with a thickish border, 



■\V. Australia. Swan River, Drummond^ \st ColL 



8. G. decurrens, i2. i?/\ P;W. 575. A rather rigid perennial, with 

 ascending or erect stems of 1 to 2 ft., leafy only in the lower half, c|uite 

 glabrous or the inflorescence slightly pubescent Leaves oblong or the lower 

 ones rarely ovate, tootlied or rnrely entire, 1|- to 3 or even 4 in. long, the 

 upper ones all more or less decurrent on the stem, the floral ones all reduced 

 to snudl linear bracts. Flowers rather large, yellow, in a terminal leafless 

 irregular raceme or narrow panicle, the upper peduncles l-flowered^ the lower 

 ones often bearing a loose cyme of 3 to 5 flowers. Bracteoles very small 

 Calyx-lobes linear or lanceolate. Corolla about | in. long, tlie upper lobes 

 separate lower down than the others and unequally winged. Dissepiment of 

 the ovary reaching high up ; ovules sei^eral in 2 rows in each cell. Indusium 

 ciliate. Capsule 3 to 4 lines long. Seeds flat with a thickened margin. 

 DC. Prod. vii. 513 ; De Vr. Gooden. 138. 



N. S. Wales. Common in tlie Blue Mountains, 7?. Brown, ^[^^^r, « ^^\ Fraser, 

 and others. '*' 



9. G. raceznosa, F. MuelL Fragm, i. 114. A glabrous shrub or under- 

 shrub of 1|- to 3 ft., the brandies angular, witb raised lines decurrent from 

 the leaves. Leaves rather crowded, narrow^-liuear, entire, mostly 1 to \\ i"- 

 long, the floral ones reduced to small linear bracts. Flowers rather small 

 in a dense terminal raceme, the peduncles short, the lower ones often with a 

 cluster of 2 or 3 flowers, the upper ones 1-flowered. Calyx-lobes subulate. 

 Corolla slightly glandular-pubescent, about \ in. long, the upper lobes sepa- 

 rate lower down than the others. Ovary very prominent within the corolla- 

 tube, the dissepiment short; ovules not numerous, in 2 rows in each cell- 

 Capsule ovoid, about 3 lines long. Seeds ratber large, flat. 



Queensland. Arid ranges on the Burnett river, F, Mueller. 



10. G. "bellidifolia, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 319. A perenuia' 

 with a tufted stock, glabrous except the inflorescence, or the base of the 

 leaves also pubescent, the flowering stems leafless or nearly so, 1 to 1^ "■ 

 high. Leaves radical, petiolate, from broadly obovate and 1 to li in- ^^''S 

 to naiTow oblong-spathulate and 3 or 4 in. long, always broader than in G- 

 steUlfjera, entire or irregularly toothed, rather thick; the stem ones few a"'' 

 very small or none besides the small floral bracts. Plowers rather suiaH. 

 sessile or nearly so in little clusters along the rhachis of a Ion"- interrupt^" 



