Goodia
(named in honour of Peter Good, a botanical collector, who was employed in collecting seeds in Australia, where he died). ORD. Leguminosae. A genus containing two species of ornamental greenhouse evergreen shrubs, natives of Australia. Flowers golden-yellow, like those of Laburnum, but smaller; calyx two-lipped, the lips not deeply divided; stamens all united in a sheath. Leaves pinnate, trifoliolate; leaflets entire. Goodias thrive in a compost of sandy peat and fibry loam. Propagated by seeds, which usually ripen in abundance; or by cuttings, made of the young shoots, during spring, and inserted in sand, under a bell glass.
G. lotifolia (Lotus-leaved).* fl. yellow, but with the base of the vexillum red. April to July. l., leaflets obovate, smooth. h. 2ft. to 4ft. 1733. (B. M. 958; L. B. C. 696.) G. pubescens (downy).* fl. yellow, spotted with red. Summer. l., leaflets obovately-cuneated, pubescent. Branches and peduncles rather hispid. h. 1ft. to 3ft. 1803. (B. M. 1310.)