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or Bella Modagam, and therefore, probably, from the Lobelia Taccada of 
Geertner, which, perhaps, is the Takkada of the elder Burman, and probably 
the plant figured by Herman (FI. Zeyl. 313.). 
Willdenow quotes no new authority for the Scevola Kenigii but Vahl and 
Lamarck ; and his Scaevola Lobelia comprehends the Lobelia of the Flora Zey- 
-lanica (313.), the Buglossum litoreum, the Takkada of Ceylon, if that be dif- 
ferent, and the American plant figured both by Plumier and Lamarck ; nor is 
it possible to say which he meant. What is more to our present purpose, he 
leaves out the Bella Modagam, from which we may infer, that he considered it 
different from these above mentioned; and the same inference may be drawn 
from M. Poiret's silence (Enc. Meéth. vii. 145.). 
Finally, this latter botanist concluded (Enc. Méth. Suppl. v. 278.) that the 
Scaevola Lobelia of Linnzus, meaning the Lobelia of Plumier, although nearly 
allied to the Takkada of Ceylon, is a different species; and that the Takkada 
of Ceylon is that of Gartner, and is the same with the Bella Modagam and 
Buglossum litoreum. To the latter opinion I have no objection; but I have 
already stated reasons for thinking that the Bella Modagam is different. It 
would thus, I think, appear that we have at least three Indian Sczevolas that 
have been confounded together, and continue to be so in the best authorities. 
1. Takkada frutex Zeylonensium. Pluk. Alm. 321. 
Arbor exitiosa, marina, lactescens, Indica, Taccada vocata, fructu Cerasi 
magnitudine, incarnato, striato. Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 29. 
Buglossum litoreum. Herb. Amb. iv. 116. t. 54. 
Lobelia frutescens, foliis ovali-oblongis integerrimis. Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 313. 
Lobelia Plumieri. Burm. Fl. Ind. 186. 
Lobelia Taccada. Gaertn. De Sem. i. 119. t. 25. f. 5. 
Scaevola Taccada. Hort. Beng. 13. 
It is by no means yet certain that the Buglossum litoreum is exactly the _ 
same with the Takkada of Ceylon, although both are maritime plants. 
2. Sczevola Lobelia. Linn. Herb. ex auctoritate R. Brown. 
Sceevola Koenigii. Lamarck, Ill. Gen. ii. 70. t. 124. f. 2.,a. Brown, Prodr. 
Fl. Nov. Holl. i. 583. Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 956. 
