goldilocks; a genus of the polygama squamosa order, belonging to the syngenesia class of plants. Of this genus, Dr. Linnaeus mentions:

Species; of which the following six are by Mr. Miller reckoned worthy of a place in those gardens where there are conveniences for preserving tender plants, as none of these species will outlive the winters of this country. 1. The dentata grows naturally at the Cape of Good Hope. It rises three or four feet high, sending out many side-branches, garnished with pretty long narrow leaves, having some resemblance to those of buckthorn plantain. The branches are generally terminated by yellow flowers formed into a kind of umbel. These flowers appear early in summer, and the seeds ripen in autumn. 2. The trifurcata is also a native of Africa, as are the three following sorts. It is a shrubby plant, about the height of the former, sending out several weak shoots, garnished with awl-shaped trifid leaves set close to them, of a pale silvery colour. The flowers are yellow, and terminate the branches in a corymbus. They appear in August, and the seeds ripen in October. 3. The erithmofila rises with a strong shrubby stalk to the height of six or eight feet, sending out many ligneous branches garnished with long narrow leaves terminating in four or five parts like those of samphire. The flowers are like those of the former, and appear in July and August, being succeeded by seeds which ripen in October. 4. The pubescens hath strong woody stalks four or five feet high, covered with a woolly bark, as are also the branches, which are closely garnished with entire, spear-shaped, woolly leaves, and are terminated by yellow flowers having a long foot-stalk, and are sometimes succeeded by seeds that ripen in the autumn. 5. The annua is a low annual plant, seldom rising above a foot high, and sending forth two or three slender branches garnished with wing-pointed leaves; the stalks are terminated minated by bright yellow flowers growing in umbels, which appear in August and September; but unless the season is very favourable, the seeds do not ripen in this country. 6. The maritima, or sea cudweed, grows naturally on the coasts of the Mediterranean, as also in Wales, and some other parts of Britain; notwithstanding which, Mr Miller says it must be put under a glass-frame in winter, and rarely perfects good seeds in Britain. It rises two or three feet high, sending out a few weak branches, garnished with white spear-shaped leaves terminated by a single flower upon each foot-stalk. The first four of these sorts may be propagated either by seeds or cuttings; and their culture is not materially different from that of the common hot-bed plants.