728 GOODENOVIE. 
pedicellate in the forks of the peduncles ; calyx 5-parted, equal 
in Jength to the ovarium; leaves obovate, subrepand at the 
apex, quite glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the branches. 
h.S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic ; of the East 
Indies, Cochinchina, and the Sandwich Islands, on the sea 
shore; and of Romanzoft’s Island, in the South Sea. S. Lo- 
bélia, Lin. herb. Cerbéra salutaris, Lour. coch. 136. Flowers 
pale red or white. 
Keenig’s Sceevola. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 ft. 
2 S. Prumte’r1 (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 36.) cymes glabrous; 
calyx with an entire margin; leaves obovate, quite glabrous ; 
calyx truncate. h.S. Native of the West Indies, by the sea 
shore. S. Lobélia, Willd. spec. 1. p. 956. Lobélia Plumiéri, 
Lin. spec. 2. p. 1317. Lobélia Americana, Willd. herb. no. 
820. Plum. icon. 165. f. 1. Catesb. car. 1. t- 79. Flowers 
white. 
Plumier’s Scævola. Clt. 1724. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
3 S. Métis (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 89.) 
shrubby, erect, densely clothed with down; leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, glabrous above, and clothed with silky tomentum be- 
neath, petiolate, glandularly denticulated, with bearded axils ; 
peduncles shorter than the petioles, axillary, divaricate, with 
fiexuous few-flowered branches; bracteoles subulate, recurved ; 
corolla clothed with silky tomentum; calycine teeth 5, very 
short, obtuse. h.G. Native of the Sandwich Islands. Very 
closely allied to S. sericea, Forst. The whole plant is very 
brittle. 
Soft Sceevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
4 S. Gaupicuav’p1 (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. 
p- 89.) shrubby, erect, glabrous; leaves lanceolate, acute, nar- 
rowed at the base, quite entire, rather falcate; fruit axillary, 
solitary, on short peduncles, somewhat racemose, crowned by 
the blunt 5-toothed obtuse calyx, 2-seeded; bracteoles linear, 
quite entire. h.G. Native of the Sandwich Islands, at the 
altitude of 1200 to 1500 feet. S. montana, Gaud. in Freyc. 
voy. pt. bot. p. 460. but not of Labill. 
Gaudichaud’s Sceevola. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
5 S. citra‘ta; shrubby, erect, glabrous; leaves rather 
membranous, broad-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, acute, 
with a few almost obsolete teeth on the margins, narrowed 
into the short petioles, toothed at the base, with bearded axils ; 
peduncles axillary, equal in length to the leaves or exceeding 
them, 5-8-flowered, cymosely dichotomous; bracteas linear ; 
flowers sessile; calycine teeth short, ciliated ; corolla glabrous 
on the outside, and inside of the tube rather villous: segments 
winged; style villous; drupe olive-formed, containing one 2- 
seeded pyrene. h.G. Native of the island of O Wahu. S. 
Chammissoniana, Cham. in Linnea. 7. p. 226. but hardly of 
Gaud. Leaves 34 inches Jong, and an inch broad. 
Ciliated-calyxed Sceevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
6 S. Tacca‘pa (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 146.) shrubby, with 
smooth branches; leaves sessile, obovate, rounded at the apex, 
tapering much to the base, entire, shining, with bearded axils; 
peduncles axillary, solitary, 2 or 3 times forked. h.S. Native 
of the East Indies, on the sea shore. Lobélia Taccada, Geertn. 
fruct. 1. p. 119. t. 25. Bugléssum littdreum, Rumph. amb. 4. 
t. 54. Flowers white, slightly fragrant, villous inside, and 
shaggy round the mouth. Drupe size of a gooseberry, white 
when ripe, 2-celled; cells 1-seeded. s 
Taccada Scævola. Fl. Aug. Clt.1810. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
T S. sericea (Forst. prod. no. 504.) cymes and corollas to- 
mentose outside ; flowers pedicellate in the forks of the pedun- 
cles; ealyx 5-parted, about equal in length to the ovarium; 
leaves obovate, entire or repand, clothed with soft tomentum on 
both surfaces, and on the branches. h. S. Native of New 
Holland, within the tropic; and of the Society Islands, on the 
sea shore. Vahl, symb. 2. p. 37. R. Br. prod. p. 583. S. 
VIII. ScævoLa. 
Køænígii, Lamark, aus. p. 108. Very like the two preceding 
species, but differs in being tomentose. There are varieties of 
this with more or less tomentose entire and repandly toothed 
leaves, and with the style either glabrous or longitudinally villous. 
Silky Scævola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
8 S. Cuammıssonia Na (Gaud. in Freyc. voy. pt. bot. p. 461. 
t. 82.) shrubby, erect, glabrous ; leaves oblong, acuminated at 
both ends, sharply denticulated, with bearded axils; peduncles 
axillary, dichotomous, about equal in length to the leaves, with 
sessile flowers in the forks; calyx short, 5-toothed; corollas 
downy; drupe 2-celled. h. G. Native of the Sandwich 
Islands. 
Chammisso’s Sczeevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
9 S. romenrosa (Gaud. in Freye. voy. pt. bot. p. 460. t. 81.) 
shrubby, erect, clothed with brownish stellate tomentum ; leaves 
soft, somewhat rhomboid-ovate, obtuse, sinuately toothed ; 
flowers axillary, solitary, pedunculate ; calyx short, 5-toothed ; 
corollas downy ; bracteoles unilateral, half connate, quite entire; 
fruit 2-seeded. h.G. Native of New Holland, on the western 
coast, in Shark’s Bay. 
Tomentose Sczevola. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
10 S. Menzresta‘na (Cham. in Linnea. 7. p. 227.) shrubby, 
erect ; leaves obovate or lanceolate, obtuse or acutish, quite en- 
tire, or a little serrated, narrowed into the petioles, bearded at 
the axils, rather fleshy, downy beneath or glabrous ; peduncles 
shorter than leaves, bearing 3 flowers at the apex, and often only 
one; bracteas linear; flowers sessile; calycine teeth short, 
ciliated; corolla pilose outside or glabrous, villous inside, hav- 
ing the segments hardly winged; style villous; drupe olive- 
formed, 1-2-seeded. h. G. Native of O Wahu. Stamens 
glabrous. Fruit 2-celled, fleshy. 
Var. B, glabra (Cham. l. c.) leaves narrower, and more cu- 
neated at the base, obtuse, mucronulate, nearly entire, glabrous 
on both surfaces. Corollas glabrous on the outside. 
Menzies’ Sceevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
11 S. cra'sra (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 89.) 
shrubby, erect, glabrous; leaves cuneate-obovate, obliquely 
acuminated, on long petioles, with obscure remote glandular 
denticulations, and bearded axils; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, 
naked, one-half shorter than the leaves; corolla glabrous, equal 
in length to the teeth of the calyx. h.G. Native of the Sand- 
wich Islands. Very like S. Chammissoniana, Gaud. 
Glabrous Sezevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
12 S. monta'na (Labill. sert. cal. p. 41. t. 42.) cymes and 
corollas tomentose ; flowers sessile in the forks of the corymb ; 
leaves obovate-oblong, glabrous, rather coriaceous. h. G. 
Native of New Caledonia. Leaves entire, undulated or crenu- 
lated, with silky hairy axils. A 
Mountain Scævola. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
13 S. oppositird11a (Roxb, fi. ind. 2. p. 148.) leaves oppo- 
site, on short petioles, elliptic, entire, smooth ; peduncles axil- 
lary, few-flowered. h.S. Native of the Moluccas. A slen- 
der shrubby species, very different in habit from S. Kænigu. 
Opposite-leaved Sceevola. Shrub. 
Secr. I]. Xeroca’rpa (from éEnpoc, xeros, dry ; and xaprec, 
karpos, a fruit; in reference to the dry fruit of the species). 
Drupe usually dry, 1-4-celled. Bracteas foliaceous, lateral, 
permanent. Spikes terminal, but sometimes axillary. 
§ 1. Leaves all or for the most part toothed or cul. 
14 S. srrenva'ra (R. Br. prod. p. 583.) shrubby, erect, 
pilose; leaves lanceolate, toothed ; bracteas stretched, quite en- 
tire ; corolla hairy outside, with the margins naked above ; styles 
very villous. kh.G. Native of New Holland, on the south coast. 
Attenuated-leaved Sczevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
15 S. niripa (R. Br. prod. p. 584.) shrubby, erect, quite 
