Edwards's Botanical Register/Appendix to the first twenty-three volumes/A sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River Colony/Goodeniaceae

by John Lindley

Goodeniaceæ.

The species of this order are very numerous, and are chiefly blue-flowered; the proportion of yellow species being

inconsiderable. The prettiest of the latter is a Velleya,¹⁰⁸ allied to V. spathulata, R. Br., but whose calyx has five sepals. Euthales trinervis, R. Br., is also found here, and several Goodenias, all however mere weeds, with the exception of Goodenia rigida, Benth., and a plant allied to G. incana, R. Br., if not the same, both which are pretty blue-flowered plants resembling Lobelias. Mr. Frazer found an aquatic stoloniferous species, covering the sandy bottom of the shoal water of Pelican Point, but I do not know which it was. Of Scævola there are many; of that genus S. anchusæfolia, calliptera, and pilosa, Benth., are showy herbaceous plants; S. multiflora¹⁰⁹ is also of some beauty, in consequence of its numerous pale blue flowers arranged in close leafy spikes; S. platyphylla¹¹⁰ is a broad-leaved hairy species, with white flowers of considerable size; but S. squarrosa,¹¹¹ fasciculata, Benth., and all the others I am acquainted with, are not at all suited to the objects of cultivators. It is among the Leschenaultias and Dampieras that the fine plants of this order are to be sought in this part of the world. Of the former genus five if not six species have already been discovered, all of which are most beautiful plants; L. floribunda, Benth. has dense clusters of blue and red flowers at the end of long branches, and is the least deserving cultivation; L. grandiflora¹¹² is like it in habit, but has a deep blue corolla, two or

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⁽¹⁰⁸⁾ Velleya lanceolata; caule procumbente, foliis lanceolatis basi angustatis subdenticulatis pilosiusculis axillis villosis: superioribus linearibus pedunculis breviorlbus, calyce 5-phyllo piloso, corolla basi gibbosa.—Flowers bright yellow. This plant agrees with neither of Brown's sections exactly; but naturally belongs to the second of them.

⁽¹⁰⁹⁾ Scaevola Gymnostegia) multiflora; glaberrima, caule paniculato, foliis ovalibus argutè serratis utrinque acutis, spicis elongatis multifloris, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis, stylo villoso, fructu costato lævi.

⁽¹¹⁰⁾ Scaevola (Xerocarpa) platyphylla; pilosa, foliis oblongis apiculatis subserrulatis semiamplexicaulibus internodiis multò longioribus, floribus axillaribus solitariis foliis paulò longioribus, corollæ unilabiatæ tubo intus lanato, indusio hirsutissimo, stylo glabro.

⁽¹¹¹⁾ Scaevola (Gymnostegia) squarrosa; caule erecto paniculato angulato glaberrimo, foliis linearibus denticulatis coriaceis supremis bracteisque squarrosis acuminatis, spicis capitatis mox elongatis, drupis inferioribus distantibus compressis lævibus, stylo pilosiusculo.—Flowers very small, pale blue.

⁽¹¹²⁾ Leschenaultia grandiflora; foliis linearibus distantibus acutis, floribus axillaribus in corymbo dense aggregatis, pedicellis ebracteolatis, sepalis tubo corollæ æqualibus, corollâ extùs glabrâ intùs stuposa laciniiâ subciliatis, filamentis glabris.

three times as large; L. biloba¹¹³ is a branching heath-like shrub, with brilliant blue flowers growing three or four together at the ends of the slender branches; finally, L. laricina¹¹⁴ and L. glauca¹¹⁵ are plants with the habit of the now common L. formosa, but covered with great quantities of red or yellow flowers, larger than in that species. The Dampieras most worthy of observation are D. cuneata and D. linearis, R. Br., both dwarf herbaceous plants, with coriaceous leaves and deep blue terminal flowers; D. triloba,¹¹⁶ a plant allied to D. fasciculata, with multitudes of short axillary spikes of blue flowers, will probably be a gay-looking plant, and D. coronata¹¹⁷ will certainly rival the handsomest of the Cape Lobelias; but all the other species, and there are many, are by no means beautiful objects.

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⁽¹¹³⁾ Leschenaultia biloba; foliis linearibus, floribus in corymbo paucifloro laxè aggregatis, pedicellis ebracteolatis, sepalis tubo corollæ vix æqualibus, corollâ extùs glabrâ intùs stuposâ laclniis altè bilobis serrulatis mucrone interjecto, filamentis glabris.

⁽¹¹⁴⁾ Leschenaultia laricina; foliis densè imbricatis linearibus glaucis apiculo acuminato, floribus axillaribus in apice ramorum subternis, pedicellis ebracteolatis, sepalis tubo corollæ brevioribus, corollâ glabrâ basi intùs stuposâ, filamentis glabris.

⁽¹¹⁵⁾ Leschenaultia glauca; foliis linearibus trigonis incurvis glaucis densè imbricatis apiculo acuto, floribus axillaribus in corymbo denso aggregatis, pedicellis ebracteolatis, sepalis corollæ tubo multò brevioribus, corollâ, unilabiatâ extus glabrâ intus stuposâ laciniis ciliatis, fllamentis glabris.—Near L. expansa, R. Br. from which it differs in the want of bracteolæ, and probably in other respects.

⁽¹¹⁶⁾ Dampiera triloba; herbacea erecta, caule trigono, foliis sessilibus cuneatis trilobis utrinque glabris, spicis axillaribus paucifloris folio brevioribus, corollis extus pilis appressis, ramulis parallelo-approximatis.—Flowers bright blue, but small.

⁽¹¹⁷⁾ Dampiera coronata; herbacea erecta, caule triptero paniculate, foliis glaberrimis inferioribus cuneato-lanceolatis incisis dentatisve superioribus linearibus acutis summis subulatis, floribus pedunculatis, ovario hinc gibboso calyce 5-dentato coronato, corollæ pilis nigris arctè appressis.

⁽¹¹⁸⁾ Dampiera alata; herbacea erecta, caule simplici alato marginato, foliis obovatis integerrimis basi angustatis, pedunculis filiformibus glabris apice paucifloris, corollis extùs nigro-barbatis: villis plumosis.

⁽¹¹⁹⁾ Dampiera lavandulacea; ramis teretibus, foliis lineari et oblongo-lanceolatis linearibusve subdentatis margine revolutis subtùs incanis, pedunculis terminalibus axillaribusque lanatis, corollis extus griseo-barbatis: villis plumosis.—Flowers blue.

⁽¹²⁰⁾ Dampiera teres; foliis semiteretibus obtusis incanis, spicis longè pedunculatis, floribus distantibus, corollis extus densè tomentosis; villis nullis.—Flowers very bright blue. A small species, with slender peduncles.