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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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at top, scarcely a span in height ; leaves opposite, on very 

 short petioles, ovate, acute, serrate, smooth, spreading a line 

 in length ; flowers on the branches in spikes, remote, mostly 

 on one side, drooping, minute. It flowers in August. 

 Found in abundance about Nagasaki. 



Goodenia; a genus of the class Pentandria, order Monogy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth five-leaved; 

 leaflets equal, awl-shaped, erect, permanent. Corolla: one- 

 petalled, superior : tube cloven on the upper side, from top 

 to bottom ; limb five-cleft ; segments equal, obovate, directed 

 forwards. Stamina: filamenta five, shorter than the tube, 

 and projecting through its fissure ; antheree linear, vertical, 

 two-celled. Pistil: germen inferior, five-angled ; style sim- 

 ple, longer than the stamina, and standing out with them ; 

 stigma cup-shaped, ciliated. Pericarp: capsule two-celled, 

 two-valved, bursting at top, and becoming revolute ; the par- 

 tition, which is parallel to them, remaining erect. Seeds: 

 several in each cell, imbricated, lenticular. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Corolla: longitudinally cloven on the upper 

 side, exposing the organs of fructification ; border five-cleft, 

 leaning one way; antheree linear. Stigma: cup-shaped, 

 ciliated. Capsule: two-celled, two-valved, with a parallel 

 partition. Seeds: many, imbricated. The plants belonging 

 to this genus must be raised from seeds brought from their 

 native country; when once obtained, they may be readily in- 

 creased from cuttings. They are not very tender, but may 



be preserved in the dry-stove, or a good glass-case. The 



species are, 



1. Goodenia Ovata ; Ovate Yellow Goodenia. Leaves 

 ovate, toothletted-serrate, both they and the corollas smooth ; 

 fiuit linear. Stem shrubby, erect, angular, branched, leafy; 

 flowers yellow, from three to five in a dichotomous panicle, 

 arising solitary from each axil of the uppermost leaves, and 

 about half as long as the corresponding leaf; peduncles 

 somewhat angular, smooth, with two awl-shaped bractes at 

 each subdivision ; calicine leaflets smooth ; corolla tubular ; 

 tube smooth, greenish, and striated externally ; border yellow, 

 membranous, with a thick greenish plait running from the 

 tube to the point of each segment behind. Native of Port 

 Jackson, New South Wales. 



2. Goodenia Albida; White-flowered Goodenia. Leaves 

 obovate, toothed, both tliey and the corollas smooth; style 

 and stem hairy. Native of New South Wales. 



3. Goodenia Paniculata ; Panicled Yellow Goodenia. 

 Leaves obovate-lanceolate, toothed, both they and the co- 

 rollas hairy ; stem almost naked, panicled. Native of Port 

 Jackson, New South Wales. 



4. Goodenia Bellidifolia ; Daisy-leaved Yellow Goodenia. 

 Leaves obovate, toothletted, fleshy ; stem almost naked, 

 spiked ; corolla hirsute on the outside ; fruit four-valved. 

 Native of Port Jackson, New South Wales. 



5. Goodenia Stricta; Rigid Blue Goodenia. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, entire or toothed, fleshy, smooth ; corolla hirsute on 

 the outside ; stigma contracted at the mouth. It flowers 

 in October, and is a native of Port Jackson, New South 

 Wales, in marshy ground. 



6. Goodenia Ramosissima ; Branching Blue Goodenia. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, somewhat toothed, both they and 

 the stem hispid ; style very hirsute at top ; corolla hairy on 

 the outside. Stem herbaceous, two or three feet high, much 

 branched and straggling, round, rough with short stifF hairs, 

 as are also the leaves; flowers solitary, terminating the 

 branches, and appearing in October ; the plaits of the co- 

 rolla are externally hairy ; the antheree are very minutely 

 bearded. Found at Port Jackson, in New South Wales. 



7. Goodenia Heteruphylla ; Various-leaved Goodenia 



Leaves entire, toothed or lobed, hairy ; fruit roundish ; co- 

 rolla almost naked. Native of New South Wales. 



8. Goodenia Hederacea ; Trailing Goodenia. Leaves 

 roundish, entire, or five-lobed ; corolla woolly on the out- 

 side ; stem prostrate. Native of New South Wales. 



9. Goodenia Leevigata; Smooth Goodenia. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, toothed, smooth. Stems round, smooth, green 

 below, purplish above ; flowers axillary, forming a thin spike, 

 sessile, pale violet, having a peculiar and rather unpleasant 

 smell ; at the side of each flower, are two long narrow bractes ; 

 calicine leaflets short, ovate, appearing edged with hairs when 

 magnified ; germen oblong, usually abortive with us. It 

 flowers from July to October. Native of Botany Bay. 



Gooseberry. See Ribes. 



Goose-foot. See Chenopodium. 



Goose-grass. See Galium Aparine. 



Goose-grass, Great. See Asperugo. 



Goose-tongue. See Achillea. 



Gordonia ; a genus of the class Monadelphia, order Poly- 

 andria. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth outer 

 four-leaved, deciduous ; inner five-leaved ; leaflets roundish, 

 concave, permanent. Corolla: petals five, obovate, concave, 

 large, united at the base. Stamina: filamenta numerous, 

 filiform, coalescing at the base into an obtuse body ; antheree 

 oval, upright. Pistil: germen ovate; style short, five-cor- 

 nered ; stigmas five, sharp, horizontal. Pericarp : capsule 

 ovate, sharp, five-celled; cells bifid half way, five-valved. 

 Seeds: two, with a leafy wing on one side. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Calix: five-leaved. Petals: five, united at 

 the base by means of the nectary. Filamenta : inserted into 

 the nectary. Capsule: superior, five-celled. Seeds: winged. 

 The species are, 



1. Gordonia Lasianthus; Smooth Loblolly Bay. Leaves 

 leathery, smooth on both sides ; flowers peduncled. The 

 stem is five or six feet high, and branched; the leaves four 

 inches long, and one inch and a half broad in the middle, 

 slightly indented on their edges, and of a thick consistence : 

 the flowers axillary, on very long peduncles ; the petals are 

 yellow and thick ; the stamina are joined at their base to the 

 style, and form a short column, but spread open at the top, 

 filling the mouth of the tube. Native of North America. As 

 this plant grows naturally in water, it is not kept alive in this 

 country without difficulty. Mr. Miller raised several plants, 

 which continued till winter, but not one of them survived, 

 though he placed some of them in the stove, and supplied 

 them with an abundance of water. 



2. Gordonia Pubescens ; Pubescent Loblolly Bay. Leaves 

 pubescent beneath ; flowers subsessile. Branches subpubes- 

 cent ; flowers axillary, sessile towards the tops of the branches ; 

 leaflets of the outer calix subovate, acuminate at the tip, 

 tomentose, as are also those of the inner. It has been long 

 in the open air in the garden at Trianon in France ; but, 

 like the rest of the trees and shrubs from South Carolina, is 

 not very capable of enduring cold. The flowers are white ; 

 but they come out so late, that the frost destroys them before 

 they expand. Native of South Carolina. 



3. Gordonia Franklinia ; Franklin's Gordonia. Leaves 

 smooth ; flowers sessile; fruits globular. This beautiful tree- 

 like shrub rises with an erect trunk, to the height of about 

 twenty feet, with alternate branches ; leaves oblong, narrowed 

 towards the base, serrate, sessile or subsessile ; flowers to- 

 wards the extremity of the branches, solitary, sitting close in 

 the bosom of the leaves, often five inches in diameter when 

 fully expanded ; petals snow-white, the lower one hollow, 

 formed like a cap or helmet, entirely excluding the other 

 four, until the moment of expansion ; its exterior surface is 



