sequently assumes a very different appearance, owing to a 
change in the form of the tdustwm or membranous ap- 
pendage which shrouds it. | 
The present genus consists of stemless herbaceous plants” 
with a radical subspatulate foliage, yellow flowers and an 
indusium of the largest dimensions. 
We shall introduce in this place some instructive re- 
marks by Mr. Brown. : ; 
“< T have elsewhere observed, that in two genera of Good 
* enovie, namely, EurHaLes and VELLEIA, the base of the 
‘““ corolla coheres with the germen while the calyx remains 
* entirely distinct. This structure I had stated as being 
“‘ peculiar to these genera, and as in some degree inyali- 
“< dating one of Jussieu’s arguments for considering the floral 
© envelope of Monocotyledones as calyx rather than corolla. _ 
“The fact, however, seems not to be admitted by Richard, 
“ who in a dissertation already quoted describes what has 
* hitherto been called calyx in VEuLEIA as bractez: a view 
‘< of the structure which in those species of that genus having 
“ triphyllous calyx, may appear plausible, but of which the 
“ probability is diminished even in those with pentaphyllous 
“ calyx, and still more in Kurnaues, where the calyx is also 
“tubular. But a stronger argument for the part usually 
“¢ denominated calyx being in these genera really such, may 
“be derived from certain species of Goodenia, in which it 
‘‘ will be admitted that both calyx and corolla are present, 
“and where, though both these envelopes adhere to the 
“‘vermen, they may be separately traced to its base; the 
“ coloured corolla being plainly visible in the interstices of 
** the foliaceous calyx.” 
“ Goodenovie, whose maximum exists in the principal 
“parallel of New Holland, are nearly, but not absolutely 
“confined to Terra Australis; the only known exceptions 
“ to this consist of the genus Cypxia, which is peculiar to 
‘« Africa, and chiefly occurs at the Cape of Good Hope; of 
«‘ some species of Scmvoxs which are found within the tro- 
«nics; and of GoopEnovia Jittoralis, which is common to 
“the shores of Terra Australis and. New Zealand, and 
“ according to Cavanilles is also a native of the opposite 
“ coast of South America.” Brown gen. rem. im append. to 
_ Flind. voy. 2. 560. 
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