156 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Zoöeliacee. 
NAT. Orp. XLVI. GOODENOVLE, Br. 
Gen. I. GOODENIA, Sm. 
Calycis tubus ovario adnatus; limbus superus equaliter 5-partitus. Corolla unilabiata v. bilabiata. 
Anthere distincte. Stylus simplex. Capsula 2-4-locularis. Semina imbricata, compressa. 
A large Australian and Tasmanian genus, of which one species is also common to New Zealand and the coast 
of Chili, and others are found in various tropical latitudes. The New Zealand species differs from the rest of the 
genus in the corolla not being two-lipped, and its lobes, which are valvate, not being winged, whence the name 
Selliera (given to it originally by Cavanilles) has been retained for it by many botanists. The whole plant is but a 
few inches long, succulent, ereeping, herbaceous, generally growing near the sea. Leaves alternate, fleshy, 3 inch 
to 5 inches long, linear-spathulate or very long lirear-ligulate, blunt, quite entire, nerveless ; petiole half-clasping 
the stem. Peduncles axillary, solitary or two together, erect, one- to two-flowered, with two subulate bracts above 
the middle. Calyx of five nearly equal lobes, superior. Corolla one-lipped ; lobes ovate, acute, not winged. Anthers 
not united together. Style simple. Capsule rather fleshy, two-celled, many-seeded. (Named in honour of Dr. 8. 
Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle, a writer on British Botany.) 
1. Goodenia repens, Lab.; glaberrima, subcarnosa, caule repente, foliis lanceolato-spathulatis v. an- 
guste lineari-ligulatis integerrimis, pedunculis axillaribus v. binis 1- rarius 2-floris foliis sequilongis v. 
brevioribus supra medium 2-bracteolatis, corolla 1-labiata, laciniis apteris valvatis, capsula carnosa. Lab. 
Fl. Nov. Holl. v. 1. p. 58. t. 76. Br. Prodr. A. Cumn. Prodr. A. Rich. Flora. Selliera radicans, 
Cavanilles, Icones, v. 5. p. 49. t. 474. f. 2. Goodenia radicans, DC. Prodr. Lobelia littoralis, Banks et 
Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Abundant on all the coasts, Banks and Solander, ete. Ruapuke 
Island, Lyall. 
This curious little plant abounds on the Chilian coast, from Valdivia to Valparaiso ; and, according to Mr. 
Bridges, is called “ Yerba Santa Maria,” and used by the natives to cure wounds. It is very common on all the 
Tasmanian shores. In New Zealand, Tasmanian, and Chilian specimens, the peduncles vary extremely in length, 
and are sometimes two-flowered. The length of the capsule also varies much; in some Valparaiso specimens it is 
club-shaped, and nearly half an inch long, the usual form in all countries being broadly obovate and turgid. The 
seeds are precisely alike in all states; they are pale, orbicular, compressed, with a narrow wing and compressed 
dotted faces. 
Norge. The Scevola Nove-Zelandiz of A. Cunningham’s Prodromus is Hymenanthera crassifolia; see p. 1T. 
Nar. Ong». XLVII. LOBELIACEA, Juss. 
Gen. I. COLENSOA, Hook. fil. 
Calycis tubus obovato-obconicus ; lobis subulatis, eegualibus. Corolla bilabiata, dorso fissa ; labii supe- 
rioris lobis 2 linearibus acutis, labio inferiore trifido. Anthere lineari-oblonge, apices versus piloso-tomentose, 
inappendiculatee. Stylus bifidus ; lobis subzequalibus, divaricatis. Bacca globosa, coriaceo-carnosa, 2-locu- 
laris, polysperma ; ovula placentis discoideis peltatis axi affixis adnata. Semina globosa.—Herba basi Zignosa, 
erecta, glabrata. Folia longe petiolata, serrata. Flores Jonge pedunculati, racemosi; racemis brevibus, 
terminalibus, nutantibus. Corolla elongata, caerulea, genitalibus exsertis. 
An erect, simple or sparingly branched herb, 2-8 feet high, woody at the base. Stem flexuose, smooth. Leaves 
