Refugium Botanicum. | [April, 1868. 
TAB. 8, 
Natural Order GooDENIACES. 
Genus GoopEntA, Smith. 
Sect. OcHRosantuHus, G. Don.— Capsula bilocularis vel septo abbreviato 
subunilocularis. Corolla bilabiata flava, lobis alatis stigmatis labia 
corolle parallela. 
G. ovata (Smith. Linn. Trans. vol. i. p. 34). Caule suffruticoso erecto 
glabro, petiolis brevibus, foliis ovatis serratis, cymis axillaribus 
trifloris pedunculis petiolis longioribus, corolle segmentis obovatis 
subeequalibus, seminibus uniserialibus.— Brown, Prodr. El. Austr. 
pavios D.C. Prodr. vii. p. 614. 
A native of Australia. 
An undershrub, with long almost woody terete naked branches. 
Leaves alternate. The petioles a quarter to half an inch long, the 
blade ovate, two to three inches long by about half as broad, the 
point acute, the base cordate, the edges regularly, sharply, but 
not deeply toothed. lowers in three-flowered cymes from the 
axils of the leaves. The main peduncle slightly exceeding the 
petiole. The pedicels equal, about half an inch long, with a pair 
of linear bracts where they fork, and each with a similar pair 
about the middle. Calyx green, naked, herbaceous, seven to 
eight lines deep, the slender tube about equalling the five linear- 
subulate teeth. Corolla bilabiate, the tube about equalling the 
calyx, the divisions obovate, three-eighths of an inch deep, sub- 
equal, yellow, veined towards the throat with red. Stamens con- 
siderably shorter than the calyx-teeth, equalling the stigma, the 
cup or involucre of which is bearded round the edge at the base. 
Seeds in a single row.—ZJ. G. B. 
This plant was raised from seeds kindly presented to me by 
S. Solly, Esq., F.R.S., who obtained them from Australia. Its 
golden yellow flowers are produced freely, during the winter 
months, on upright or spreading branches, forming a small bush 
some two to three feet high. It is well worth cultivating as an 
ornamental plant, and grows freely in a mixture of sandy loam 
and peat. ‘The temperature should be that of a cool greenhouse. 
—W.W.S. 
