P L A T E CCCCLXVI.
G O O D E N I A T E N E L L A .
Slender Goodenia.
C L A S S V. O R D E R L
FENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Polntal
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 5-fida, supra longitudinaliter fissa^
genitalia exserens. Stigma urceolatum, ciliatum.
SPECIFIC
GOODENIA teneUa^ foliis prostratisi spathulatis,
margine leviter pilosis. Plores plures, germinantes
a duabus bracteis oppositis : corollis
luteis : petalis duobus superioribus
maculatis. Rami gracileSj longi, emergentes
a radice, terram comprimunt, et
postea adscendunt.
ssoM five-cleft, longitudinally cloven on the
upper side, exposing tlie organs of generation.
Summit cup-shaped, and fringed.
CHARACTER.
GOODENIA witli slender stems, prostrate leaves
which are spathula-shaped, with lightly-
Laired margins. Flowers numerous, branching
out from two opposite floral leaves.
Blossoms yellow : the two upper petals are
spotted. Branches slender, long, and emerging
from the root, press the earth, and
afterward ascend.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
] . The empalement.
2 . A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal, magnified.
THIS delicate new Goodenia represents tlie entire plant, as communicated to the author by the Comtesse
de Vandes, in whose choice collection near Bayswater it flowered for the first time. It is certainly
one of the most graceful plants hitherto introduced from N ew South Wales. Its general exterior
approaches very near a generic division of Goodenia called Velleia, and is by Labillardiere figured
under the title of Velleia trinervis. The abundance and succession of its bright yellow blossom, joined
to its light and airy appearance, will no doubt insure it a place in most collections. I
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