232 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Goodenoviea. 
laris, dissepimento parallelo, nunc abbreviato. Semina imbricata, compressa. — Herbse, rarius suffrutices ; 
foliis alkrnis ; floribus axillaribus terminalibusve, fiavis purpureisve. 
An Australian genus, of which about forty species are known : these are numerous both on the eastern and 
western parts of the Continent, and a considerable number are tropical also.— Herbs or nndershrubs, with alternate 
leaves, and axillary or terminal yellow (in most of the Tasmanian species) flowers. Calyx-lobes five, equal. Corolla 
with a split tube, often bearing a gland opposite the slit, and two-lipped (rarely one-lipped) limb. Stamens five, 
attached to the corolla ; filaments and anthers free. Capsule two-celled, with many imbricate seeds. (Named in 
honour of Dr. Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle, an amateur Botanist.) 
1. Goodenia ovata (Sm. Linn. Trans, ii. 347) ; erecta, suffruticosa, glabra, foliis ovatis acutis sac- 
cato-dentatis, calycis laciniis anguste linearibus, capsula lineari, seminibus uniseriatis.—^^. Bot. Rep. t. 68; 
Vent. Hort. Cels. t. iii.; Cav. Ic. vi. t. 4. t. 506; Br. Prodr. 576; DC. Prodr. vi. 514. G. acuminata, 
Br. Prodr. 575; Be Friese, Gooden. 140. {Gunn, 45.) 
Hab. Abundant in copse-woods, etc. — (El. Nov., Dec.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia, from Sydney to South Australia. 
An erect shrub, 2-4 feet high.— Branches slender. Leaves petiolate, ovate, acute or subacute, 1-2 inches 
long, sharply toothed, the petioles sometimes with a tuft of wool in the axil. Flowers in axillary, trifid peduncles, 
yellow. Calyx-lobes very narrow and slender.— The G. acuminata, Br., does not appear to be distinct from G. ovata. 
2. Goodenia geniculata (Br. Prodr. 577) ; herbacea, subsericeo-pilosa, eglandulosa, rhizomate 
subrepente, foliis plerisque radicalibus anguste lanceolato-spathulatis elongatis obtusis subcoriaceis integer- 
rimis dentatisve, scapis gracilibus medio bibracteolatis fructiferis geniculato-deflexis, calycis villosi lobis 
linearibus obtusis.— DC. Prodr. vii. 514; De Friese, Gooden. 136. {Gunn, 846.) 
Hab. Rocky Cape, in poor sandy soil, Gmm.— (El. Dec.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia : Port Phillip, Gunn; Melbourne, Adamson, etc. 
A scarce plant in Tasmania, but apparently common on the opposite coast of Australia. Mr. Mueller sends 
the G. hederacea, Sm., as a variety of it, but I have seen no intermediate states, though such very likely occur.— A 
small species, 2-4 inches high, more or less covered with silky hairs. Rhizomes branched, creeping. Leaves almost 
all radical, very narrow-lanceolate, spathulate or linear, entire or remotely toothed. Scapes slender, longer than the 
leaves, erect, single-flowered, with two opposite, linear bracts about the middle, the part above the bracts reflexed 
suddenly when in fruit. Flowers large, yellow, i-* inch across. Calyx villous. Lobes of the coroUa with broad 
wings, pubescent in the centre of the back. 
3. Goodenia hederacea (Sm. in Linn. Trans, ii. 349) ; subacaulis, herbacea, pubescens v. lanata, 
eglandulosa, ramis gracilibus prostratis, foliis obovatis rotundatis spathulatis oblongisve obtusis varie cre- 
nato-dentatis sublobulatisve, pedunculis scapiformibus 1-3-floris, calycis tubo villoso laciniis linean-ob- 
longis.-i?,-. Prodr. 577; DC. Prodr. 514; De Friese, Gooden. 147. G. lanata, Br. et DC. I.e.; De 
Friese, Gooden. 146. {Gunn, 430.) 
Hab. Common in dry pastures, etc.— (Fl. Nov.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia : Victoria, Mueller. 
Herbaceous, pubescent or tomentose.— Branches slender, prostrate, 3-5 inches long. Radical leaves verv 
numerous, 1-2 inches long, narrowed into the petiole, obovate or spathulate or oblong, blunt, sinuate, toothed or 
remotely lobulate. Peduncles slender, axillary, erect, one- to three-flowered, when divided bracteate at the axils. 
Flowers yellow, conspicuous, nearly 1 inch across. Calyx-lobes long, linear-oblong, its tube villous. Corolla-lobes 
with broad, wavy margins. 
(Lab. Nov. Holl. i. 52. t. 75) ; pilosa v. glabrata, herbacea, caulibus erectis 
