GOLDFUS'SIA ISOPHYL'LA. 
EQUAL-LEAVED GOLDFUSSIA. 
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NATURAL ORDER, ACANTHACEiE 
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DIDTXA5IIA, 
ANGIOSPEEMIA 
OF LIXKEUS. 
No, 244. 
GENUS. Goldfossia. Nees von Esenbeck. Calyx o-partitus, sub- 
aequalis. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo 5-fido, obtuso sequali. Stamina 
incliisa didynama, bumiliora ssepe brevissima reflexa. AxTHERiE nutantes; 
locelli in connectivo uncinato glanduloso obliqui ovati membranacei. Stigma 
simplex subulatum altero latere crenatum. Capsula sexangularis bivalvis, a 
dissepimento solubilis, loculis inferius dispermis. Semina discoidea, retina- 
culis subtensa. Inflorescentia ; flores pauci in capitiilo, bibracteolati, bracteis 
deciduis; rarius spicati, spica post delapsas bracteas magis elongata, capitula 
pediinculata,pedunculo simplici Yel diviso. Frutices foliispenninerviis,curTi- 
nerriis, nervis omnibus apicem petentibus, nee vero attingentibus. 
SPECIES. Goldfossia isophylla (Nees) foliis lanceolatis sequalibus 
remote serrulatis septuplinerviis. 
Character of the Genus, Goldfussia. Calyx five-parted, 
nearly equal. Corolla funnel-shaped; limb five-cleft, blunt, equal. 
Sta3IINa included, didynamous, the smaller ones often very short and 
reflexed. Anthers nodding, the cells oblique, ovate, membranous, 
upon a glandular hooked connective. Stigma simple, subulate, 
crenate on one side. Capsule six-angled, bivalvular, the valves 
separable from the dissepiment, the cells having in the bottom two 
discoid seeds, subtended by retinacula. 
Description of the Species, Goldfussia isophylla. Stem 
erect, slender, much branched, angled, glabrous. Leaves opposite, 
equal, narrow, lanceolate, much attenuated at both extremities, dis¬ 
tantly serrulate, entire towards the base, glabrous, dark green above, 
paler below. Flowers in terminal or axillary lax capitula, each 
subtended by a lanceolate glabrous bract. Calyx deeply but un¬ 
equally four-five-cleft, segments unequal, lanceolate, blunt, whitish, 
but brown and pubescent on the sides and edges. Corolla lilac, 
veined, angled, funnel-shaped, curved towards the upper sides, undu- 
