322 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
GOODENIAS 
Natural Order GooDENOVIE&. Genus Goodenia 
GOoDENIA (named in honour of Bishop Goodenough, of Carlisle, 1743- 
1827). A genus of about seventy species of greenhouse herbs, shrubs or 
_ sub-shrubs, with radical or alternate leaves, distinguished by the five- 
parted calyx, the tubular two-lipped corolla cleft in the back, and the 
five anthers cohering until the flower opens. Stigma as in Dampiera. 
Species restricted to Australia. 
GOODENIA GRANDIFLORA (large-flowered). Stem herb- 
aceous, 3 to 4 feet high. Leaves oval-lance-shaped, toothed. 
Flowers large, yellow with purple streaks; July. Introduced from New 
South Wales (1803). 
G. ovATA (egg-shaped). Stem erect, shrubby at the base, 2 to 4 feet 
high. Leaves oval or broad-lance-shaped. Flowers yellow; July. 
Introduced 1793. 
G. STELLIGERA (starry). Stem erect, few-leaved, 1 to 1} foot high. 
Leaves thick, very slender. Flowers yellow; corolla hairy outside ; 
June. Perennial, introduced 1823. 
Cultivation as suggested for Dampiera. 
Principal Species. 
LESCHENAULTIAS 
Natural Order GoopENovIEs. Genus Leschenaultia 
LESCHENAULTIA (named in honour of L. 'T. Leschenault, 1773-1826, a 
French botanist and traveller). A genus of sixteen species of greenhouse 
herbs, shrubs and under-shrubs, with oblique corollas with erect lobes, 
and the tube slit to the base: including some of the most effective of 
greenhouse shrubs. The species are all natives of Australia alone. 
PrincipalSpecies,  LESCHENAULTIA BILOBA (two-lobed). Stem branched, | 
shrubby, a foot high. Leaves slender. Flowers blue; 
segments of corolla deeply-two-lobed with a point between them ; June 
to August. Introduced 1840. The var. major is larger than the 
type in all respects. Also known as L. Drummondi and L. grandi- 
3 L. Formosa (handsome), Stems shrubby, 1 foot high. Le eee 
very slender, parallel-sided. Flowers scarlet, drooping, solitary in the 
