in botany, a genus of the monodelphia polyandria clas. The calyx is double, the exterior one consisting of three leaves; the capsule has four cells; and the seeds are covered with down. There are four species, none of them natives of Britain.

GOTHA the capital of the duchy of Saxe Gotha, in Upper Saxony; E. long. 10° 36', N. lat. 51°.

It is subject to the duke of Saxe Gotha, brother of her royal highness the princess dowager of Wales.