Scavola. 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. polyspermy. 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. 



SCMVOLA. Schreb. gen. N. 300. 



Calyx five-cleft. Corol one-petalled ; tube longitudinally 

 cloven on the under side, with unilateral five-cleft border. 

 Germ two-celled, one-seeded; attachment inferior. Drupe in- 

 ferior. Nut two-celled. Embryo erect, and furnished with 

 a perisperm. 



1. S. Taccada. R. 



Shrubby, with smooth, succulent branches. Lea ves sessile, 

 obovate-cuneate, entire, shining. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 two or three times dichotomous. 



Lobelia Taccada. Gcert.fruct. i. 119. t. 25. 



Buglossum littoreum. Rumph. Amb. iv. p. 116. t. 54. 



Bela modagam. Rheed. Mai. iv. 121. t. 59. 



A native of most of the maritime parts of the East 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, Scoevola Lobelia, to differ 

 specifically from ours ; I have therefore preferred Gsertner's 

 specific name. 



Trunk short and variously bent. Bark thereof, and of the 

 old branches ash-coloured, and somewhat scabrous, large 

 branches erect, the smaller ones nearly verticelled, ascending, 

 and covered with smooth, green bark ; general height of the 



