Scevola. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 527 
each cell, imbricated in two rows, attached to the partition — 
above its middle. Perisperm conform to the seed. Embryo. 
inverted: 
3. R. polysperma, R 
Shrubby. Leaves oblong, entire, acuminate, smooth, Sti- 
pules subulate. Spikes panicled, axillary, 
An elegant, very ramous shrub, a native of Chittagong. 
Flowers in May, and the seeds ripen in August and Septem- 
ber. 
SCZVOLA. Schreb. gen. N. 300. 
Calyx five-cleft, Corol one-petalled ; tube longitudinally. 
cloven on the under side, with unilateral fiye-cleft border. 
‘Germ two-celled, one-seeded ; attachment inferior. Drupe in- 
ferior, Nut two-celled, Embryo erect, and furnished with 
a@ perisperm, 
1. 8S. Taccada, R. 
_ Shrubby, with saad, ‘succulent branches. Leaves sessile, 
obovate-cuneate, entire, shining. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 
two or three times dichotomous, 
Lobelia Taccada. Gert, fruct, i, 119. t. 25, fn 
. Buglossum littoreum. Rumph. Amb, iv. p, 116. t, 54, 
Bela modagam. Rheed, Mal. iv, 121. t. 59, 
A native of most of the maritime parts of the Past Indies, 
and introduced from Pulo Pinang into the Botanic garden 
at Calcutta, where there is a constant succession of flowers 
and fruit the whole year round, I suspect the American plant, _ 
called by Willdenow and others, Sccvola Lobelia, to differ’ 
specifically from ours; I have therefore preferred Gvertner’s 
specific name. 
Trunk short and variously bent, “Barksheseof, ond of the 
old branches ash-coloured, and somewhat scabrous, large 
siecahoe erect, the smaller ones nearly verticelled, ascending, 
_and covered with smooth, green bark ; general height of the 
