202 FERTILISATION OF THE GOODENIACE^, 



Darwin, in a paper "On the Fertilisation of LeschenauUia" (4), 

 gives a good account of the fertilisation of this genus from obser- 

 vation of living specimens of several species. This was followed 

 by a " Note on the Stigmatic Apparatus of Goodenovice " by G. 

 Bentham (5), which is a wonderful account of the process, when 

 it is taken into consideration that the observations were for the 

 most part, if not entirely, made on dried specimens. I shall 

 notice his conclusions as to the different genera as I reach them 

 in the course of ray notes. H. Miiller also describes the process, 

 and takes the view that the plants of the order ai'e solely cross- 

 fertilised (6). In the Manual by R. Brown, Junr., there is an 

 account of indusiate stigmas, in which is repeated the erroneous 

 statement that the pollen falls into the cup and causes fertilisa- 

 tion (7), Some of the authors mentioned call upon Australian 

 observers to work the subject out from fresh plants. So far as I 

 am aware, there have been only two who have attempted this — 

 Mr. E. Haviland, whose papers (8 and 9) I shall refer to under 

 the genus Goodenia, and myself, in a paper already mentioned. 

 Other papers on the nature and origin of the indusium by R. 

 Brown (10 and 11), Bentham (12), and Lindley (13 and 14) I 

 shall also have occasion to refer to. 



In the present paper I propose to give the results of my obser- 

 vations of those species of Sccevola, SelUera, and Brunonia which 

 have come under my notice, and I shall continue in other instal- 

 ments with other genera which I have had the opportunity of 

 observing. I regret that I have bad no opportunity of seeing 

 living specimens of West Australian species, and tropical Aus- 

 tralian species generally. I should be very grateful to any 

 members who could send me seeds of such plants, especially of the 

 genera LeschenauUia, Diaspasis, Calogyne, and Antholium, for the 

 purpose of cultivating them for observation, or failing seeds, dried 

 flowering specimens. 



1. SC^VOLA SUAVEOLENS, R.Br. 



In this species the five petals spread out like an open hand, the 

 three centre petals lying quite flat, while the outer one on each 



