a thin spike, they are sessile, of a pale violet
colour, and have a peculiar smell which is rather unpleasant; at the
side of each flower are two long narrow Bracteae; the Calyx, which is
placed on the germen, is composed of five short ovate leaves, which
appear edged with hairs if magnified; the Corolla is monopetalous, the
lower part, which at first is tubular, splits longitudinally above, and
forms a kind of half tube, the edges of which are brown, the inside
yellow, the outside greenish, the mouth beset with short hairs, each of
which is terminated by a small villous head; the limb is deeply divided
into five linear segments, spreading out like a hand, and terminated by
short points; the Filaments are five in number, of a whitish colour,
somewhat broadest above, rather flat, inserted into the receptacle;
Antherae oval, flattened, yellow, bilocular, a little bent, the length of
the pistillum; but this is to be understood of such flowers as are not
yet fully expanded, in those that are, they are much shorter, and appear
withered; the Style, in flowers about to open, the length of the
filaments, upright, in those that are opened much longer, and bent
somewhat downward; Stigma at first upright, in the form of a cup,
having the edge curiously fringed with white hairs, afterwards it closes
together, loses its hollow, and assumes a flat appearance, and nods
somewhat, the back part of it is bearded; Germen beneath the calyx,
oblong, usually abortive with us.

The name of _Goodenia_ has been given to this genus by Dr. SMITH, in
honour of the Rev. SAMUEL GOODENOUGH, LL. D. of _Ealing_, my
much-honoured friend, whose name will be ever dear to Botanists for his
laborious investigation of the British Carices[4].

[Footnote 4: Vide a Dissertation on the British species of Carex, by Dr.
GOODENOUGH, in the second volume of the Transactions of the Linnean
Society.]

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PASSIFLORA CILIATA. FRINGED-LEAVED PASSION-FLOWER.

_Class and Order._

GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Stamina germini vicina. _Nectarium_
multi-radiatum. _Antrum_ pedicellatum duplicatum 1-loculare.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

PASSIFLORA _ciliata_ foliis trilobis glabris ciliato serratis
intermedio longissimo, petiolis eglandulosis. _Ait. Kew. v. 3. p.
310._

This Passion-Flower is described in the _Hort. Kew._ as a new one, under
the name o