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'GOODENIA L^VIGATA. SMOOTH GOODENIA.
Clafs and Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
Generic Character.
Flores monopetali, fuperi. Caff, bilocularis. Cor. fupra longitu-
dinaliter fifla, ftigma urceolatum ciliatum. Smith Treat/. Linn.
Soc. v. 2. p. 346.
Specific Character.
GOODENIA lavigata foliis obovato-lanceolatis dentatis
glabris.
In the Autumn of 1792, SAMUEL TOLFREY Efq. moft
kindly invited me to infpeQ: a vaft number of the natural
productions of Botany-Bay, in his pofleflion ; collected with
^-reat affiduity, and brought over in high prefervation by
Captain TENCH; among other curiofities, he fhewed me
fpecimens uf the earths of that country, imported in very
(mall bags. I fuggefted to Mr. TOLFREY, that thofe earths
might poffibly contain the feeds of fome curious and unknown
plants ; he readily acquiefced in the idea, and permitted me
to male trial of them : accordingly, in the Spring of 1793, I
cxpofed them in fhallow pans, on a gentle tan heat, keeping
iheii duly watered ; in the courfe of the Summer they yielded
fine fourteen plants, moft of which were altogether new, and
among others the fpecies of Coodcnia here figured ; this we
ihave iince found to be a hardy greenhoufe plant, flowering
from July to Oftober, and very readily increafed by cuttings.
The oldeft plant in our pofleffion is about a foot and a half
bi,L>h, much branched, the ftalks are round and fmooth to the
.naked eye, green below, above purplifh, the leaves are fmooth,
f a deep bright green colour, alternate, ftanding on footftalks,
'hich gradually widen into the leaves, fomewhat ovate, and
leeply toothed ; the flowers grow in the alse of the leaves,
'"i :ning a thin fpike, they are feflile, of a pale violet colour,
and have a peculiar fmell which is rather unpleafant; at the
': i of each flower are two long narrow Braftese; the Calyx,
' i.'ch is placed on the germen, is compofed of five (hort ovate
'-• i v es, which appear edged with hairs if magnified; the Corolla
1 monopetalous, the lower part, which at firft is tubular, fplits
longitudinally