Scaevola. | CAMPANULACE (Sond.) 605 
ciliated. Drupe fleshy or dry, 1-4-locular; cells 1-seeded. 2. Brown 
Prod. p. 582. Endl. Gen. 3038. 
Shrubs and herbs very variable in habit. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, quite 
entire or toothed or subincised. Inflorescence axillary. Flowers bibracteate. Cor- 
olla white or blue, rarely yellow. Name from scaeva, the left hand, in reference to 
the form of the corolla, 
1, S. Thunbergii (E. & Z. ! 2422); shrubby, glabrous ; leaves obo- 
vate, obtuse, quite entire, subpetiolate, fleshy, with bearded axils ; 
peduncles axillary, angulate, dichotomous, cymose-spiked ; bractez 
linear, opposite ; calyx campanulate, bluntish, denticulate; tube of cor- 
olla very villous inside, twice longer than the calyx, lobes marginate ; 
style villous at the base; drupe globose, smooth, bilocular. Presi in 
E£. Mey. Comm. pl. Dreg. p. 292. S. Lobelia Thunb.! fl. cap. p. 186. 
Has. Sea shore near Mosselbay, Thunb.; Albany, H. Hution; Algoabay 
and mouth of the Zwartkops river, £. d Z. Zeyh, 3086; Port Natal, Drege, 7. 
Williamson. Nov.-Dec. (Herb., Thunb., Holm., Hook., D., Sd.) 
Leaves 2-3 inches long, 13 in. wide. Flowers nearly 1 in. long. Drupe the size 
of a small cherry. [Scarcely, if at all, different from S. Plwmiert, Vahl. W.H.H.] 
