574 GOODENOVIifc. 



OvariumQ- v. 1-loculare (rar6 4-loculare). oftiris inde- 

 finitis, v. definitis, erectis : nunc glarrcut& intef 

 filamenta 2 anteriora instructum. Stylus ), sim- 

 plex (rarjssime- divi&um). Stigma carnosum, obtu- 

 sum, iudivisum v. biloburn, Indusio submembrand- 

 ceo, cyaihiformi, integro v. bilobo cmctum. 



Pericarpium, dum semina indefinita, ( Capsula 2-k>cuh 

 (raro 4-loc.) v. septo abbreviato subunilocularis. 

 DissepimenlumvnWw (integris v. bipartitis) plerum- 

 que parallemm, raro contrarium, axi semmifero ; 

 dum semina definita (1 in singulo loculo), Drupa 

 v. Nux (raro Utriculus,) fundo senoinifero. 



Semina Testa saepius crassiuscula; quandoque nitea- 

 nientacea. Albumen carnosum, semini conforme, 

 raro deficiens. 



Embryo erectus, longitudine fere albuminis. Cotyle- 

 dones mediocres, saepe foliaceae. Plumula incon- 

 spicua. 



Herlce (v. Frutices) non lactescentes, in hemispheria 

 australi potissnnum et intra tropicum borealis rari&9 

 provenientes, pube dum adsit saepius simplici, nunc 

 gland.ulosa v. rariiis stcllata. Fotia sparsa, exstipu- 

 lata, simplicia, sa?pius indivisa, quandoque lobata, 

 s«pe dentata. Injiorescetitia termmalis, v. axillaris, 

 varia. Flores distincti, rarissime aggregati, flav», 

 caerulei, purpurascentes, raro rubicundi. 



Ofts. Indusium fere peculiare stigmatis characterem ordinis 

 essentialem praebet, genera alioqui arcte arfinia (Brunonia 

 torsan excepta,) associantem, et optime a Campanulaceis 

 pariter isostemonibus, atque a Stylideis raeiostemonibus, 

 genitalibu-que coalitis distinguentem. 



Sect. I. Semina indefmita. 



GOODENIA. Smith. 



Calyx sUperus, limbo 5-partito, laciniis aequaltbus. Antheiec 



distinctee. Stylus simplex. Capsula bilocularis (raro 4- 



locularis), dissepimento parallelo, nunc abbreviato. Se- 



mina imbricata, compressa. 



Herbae {raro Surfrutices) sa^pius caulescentes. Folia alterna, 



integra, 



