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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



The name means to push or sprout well. U. macropliylla 

 is a New Holland plant with large leaves, and brown and 

 yellow flowers ; it is showy in the greenhouse. Soil, peat 

 and loam. 



GOODENIA. 



Gen. Char. (Fentandria Monogynia.) Corolla labiate, five-cleft, 

 waved, longitudinally split, pushing forth the stamens ; anthers 

 linear ; stigma pitcher-shaped, ciliated. 



Named after Dr. Goodenough, a lover of natural his- 

 tory. Small New Holland shrubs, generally with yellow 

 flowers, except rigida, incand, etc., which are blue; the others, 

 ovata, paniculata, gracilis, and grandijiora, flower from May 

 to August or October. Soil, peat, loam, and sand. 



STYLIDIEJE. 



Exogens, with flowers in spikes, racemes, corymbs, or solitary. 

 Calyx adherent, with from two to six divisions, two-lipped or re- 

 gular, not falling off. Corolla monopetalous ; its limb irregular, 

 with from five to six divisions. Stamens two ; filaments joined 

 with the style into a longitudinal column. Anthers twin-like. 



