GOO 



GOO 



fliell. Albumen flcfliy, fhapcd like the feed, fcldom want- 

 ing. 



Ewlno ftraight, about as long as the albumen. Coty- 

 ledons of a middling lize, often leafy. PUimula inconfpi- 

 cuous. 



Thefe plants are either herbaceous or flirubby, not milky, 

 chiefly found in the fouthern hemifphere, rarely witliin the 

 northern tropic. Their pubcfccnce when prcfont is gene- 

 rally fimple, fometimes glandular, rarely ftellaled. Leaves 

 fcattered, with'iut llipulas, fimplc, mollly undivided, fome- 

 times lobed, often toothed. Inflorefcence terminal or axil- 

 lary, various. Flowers diftinfl, very rarely aggregate, 

 yellow, blue or purplilh, feldom reddifli. 



The firft feftion, with indefinite feeds, contains fix genera ; 

 Gooileiiia, Calngyne, Euthaks, VeUeia of Smith, Lechenaulua 

 and Anthattum : the fecond, with definite feeds, three genera; 

 Scicvola of Linnxus, much augmented, Diafpqfis and Dam- 

 piera : the third feflion, with a fingle-feeded ulriculus, is 

 contrived to admit the Brunoiiia, named after the worthy 

 and intelligent author, by Dr. Smith in the loth volume of 

 the Linnxan Society's Tranfadtions not yet publilhed. 

 The place of this genus in a natural fcries is extremely dif- 

 ficult to determine. It agrees with the Goodenovtis chiefly 

 in having an integument to the ftigma, but in habit, aggre- 

 gate flowers, four dillinA brafteas, and fome other marks, 

 agrees with the Dipfaceie of .Tuffieu, to wliich it is referred, 

 not without doubt, in the Linna^an Tranfaftions. It con- 

 fills of two fpecies, Brunoma ferkea, and nufralis, herbaceous 

 plants, with the afpeft of fimple-leaved Scahhfa. 



GOODEROE, in Geography, a town of Abyfrinia ; 94 

 miles SS.E. of Mine. 



GOOD HOPE, or Hope Island, an ifland in the S. 

 Pacific ocean, difcovered by Le Maire and Schooten in 

 1616. The land is mountainous, not very high, and 

 abounds with cocoa-nut trees ; the coaft affords no anchor- 

 ao-e. S. lat. 16 . E. long. 174'' 15'. — Alfo, the name of 

 a Danifh colony in Well Greenland. N. lat. 64^ 

 Good Hope, Cape of. See Cape. 



GOODIA, m Botany, in memory of Mr. Pe :er Good, 

 an indnftrious gardener, employed in coUedling feeds in 

 New South Wales for the Kew garden. He died, fome 

 years fince, in that remote country, and Mr. Brown has 

 always been fo fenfible of his merits, that he has long 

 deftined a genus to his honour. — Salif Farad. Lond. t. 41. 

 Sims, in Cm-t. Mag. t. 958 — Clafs and order, D'ladelphia 

 Decandria. Nat. Ord. fapi/isnacea, Linn. Legummofie, 

 Juff. ... 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, fomewhat 

 bell-fliaped ; its upper lip with two, lower with tliree, longer 

 and fharper, teeth. Cor. papihonaceous. Standard bruad, 

 inverfely heart-fiiaped, ercft. Wings horizontal, obovate, 

 rather Ihorter. Keel nearly equal to the wings, abrupt, of 

 two petals united in their lower part. Stam. Filaments ten, 

 diadilphous, nine in one fet, one diftind. ; anthers roundifh. 

 P'ljl. Germcn (talked, ovate, comprefTed ; flyle awl-lhaped, 

 afcending ; Itigma fimple, obtufe. Perk. Legume ilalkcd, 

 ovate, comprefTed, of one cell, gibbous and flat at the back. 

 Seeds two, roundifh, comprefTed. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx two-lipped ; the upper cloven, broadeft 

 and 'fhorteft. Legume ilalked,. comprefTed, flat at the 

 upper edge, of one cell. Seeds two. 



Obf. This genuSj as Dr. Sim,>! obferves, ought to be 

 placed next to Bojfixa, Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 9. 302, from 

 which it differs elfentially in its legume, which has no 

 dilated thickened edges, nor is it internally fpongy nor 

 raanv-celled. The llamens are truly diadelphous, in which it 



differs from Crotalar'm, as alfo in not having an inflated le- 

 gume, though its habit comes nearetl to that genus. 

 Two fpecies are known. 



1. G. lotifolia. Curt. Mag. t. gjS^^Leaflets fmooth, a» 

 well as the branches and flower-ilalks. — Native of Van 

 Dicmen's land. One of the firfl New Holland plants raifed 

 in this country, and very hardy in the green-houfe, poffibly 

 able to bear our climate. Mr. Alton favoured us with 

 fpecimens from Kew in 1796. It is a delicate fmooth 



JJjrub, with ternate fomewhat glaucous leaves, and terminal 

 clullers of numerous yellow Jloiuers, the bafe of whofe 

 ftandard, and part of the wings, are flained with crimfon, 

 as in many New Holland flowers of this family. The legume 

 is fomewhat ovate, with a taper bale, fmooth, but marked 

 with numerous, tranfvcrfe, parallel, reticulated veins. One 

 feed only is ufu.Jly perfe&ed. 



2. G . pubefceiis . Curt. Mag. t. 1310, — Leaflets downy, 

 as well as the branches and flower-flalks. — Very like the 

 former, and brought from the fame country. It flowered at 

 Mr. Loddige's at Hackney, We think with Dr. Sims it 

 hasfufficiently thcafpcflof a diftiuft fpecies, though its downi- 

 nefs, often a variable circumflance, affords the only fpecific 

 characler. The leaflets in the plate do not anfwcr to his 

 definition of obcordate, and we believe they vary in fliape, 

 as in many leguminous plants. 



GOODIANELLl, in Geography, a town of Hindooflan, 

 in Myfore ; 19 miles N. of Seringapatam. 



GOODIMANELLE, a town of Hindooftan, in My- 

 fore ; 20 miles W. of Bangalore. 



GOODINGARY, a town of Hindooftan, in Tinevelly, 

 near the coall ; 50 miles S. of Palamcotta. 



GOODLUCK Bay, a fmall bay in the ftrait of Magel- 

 lan, entirely furrounded by rocks. This bay fupplies a 

 little wood, and plenty of good water, but it is very difficult 

 of accefs. S. lat. 53' 23'. W. long. 74^ 33'. Variation 

 two points eafterly. 



GOODNESS, in Theology, exprefTes one of the attri- ' 

 butes of the Deity, fometimes denominated Bene-voknce. (See 

 Attuibutes and Benevolence,) Dr. Paley, in his " Na- 

 tural Theology," illuftrates and proves the divine goodnefs 

 by two propofitions, v\-hich may be .cvijiced by obfervations 

 drawn from the appearances of nature. Thc^fiifl of thefe 

 propofitions is, that in a vaft plurality of intlances in which 

 contrivance is perceived, the defign of the contrivance is te- 

 neficial. No productions of nature difplay contrivance fo 

 manifeilly as the parts of animals, and all thefe parts have a 

 real, and, with very few exceptions, a known and intelligible, 

 fubferviency to the ufe of the animal. Nor is the benevolent 

 defign of the creator abortive. The world, made with this 

 defign, is a happy world. The air, the earth, the water, 

 teem with delighted exiflence. This argument is ftated by 

 the author in his "Moral Philofophy'' in the followino- 

 manner; " Contrivance proves defign ; and the predominant ' 

 tendency of the contrivance 'indicates the difpofition of the 

 defigner. The vrorld abounds with contrivances, and all- 

 the contrivances which we are acquainted with are direfteti 

 to beneficial purpofes. Evil no doubt exifls ; but is never, 

 that we can perceive, the objedt of contrivance. Teeth 

 are contrived to eat, not to ache ; their aching now and tlien ■ 

 is incidental to the contrivance, perhaps infeparable from it • 

 or even, if you will, let it be called a defeift in the contri-' 

 vance ; but it is not the objedl of it. This is a diflinftion 

 which well deferves to be attended to. In defcribing imple- 

 ments of hufbafidry, you would hardly fay of tlie fickle, 

 that it is ma-Je to cut the reaper's hand, though , from thf 

 conflru(5lion of the inllrument, and the manner of ufing it, 

 this mifciiief often follows. But if you had occafion to 



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