GOODENIACEX. (GOODENIA FAMILY.) 255 
pale blue ; mature capsule ovoid, inflated. — Dry sterile soil in the upper districts, 
and northward. Aug. and Sept. @ or (g)— Stem 19-11? high. Corolla 2'— 
3" long. 
9. L. spicata, Lam. Closely pubescent; stem slender, simple ; lowest 
leaves obovate or oblong, obtuse, denticulate ; the upper ones small, lanceolate, 
scattered; flowers small, in a long and dense raceme, on short pedicels ; corolla 
pale blue. (L. Claytoniana, Michr.) — Dry soil in the middle and upper dis- 
tricts, Mississippi, and northward. Aug. and Sept. (à) ?— Stem 1°- 2° high. 
Corolla 4” - 5" long. 
. 10. L. Nuttallii, R. & S. Stem very slender, mostly simple, roughish ; 
leaves small, entire; the lowest clustered, spatulate or obovate; the others dis- 
tant, linear; flowers small, scattered in a long and slender raceme, on filiform 
pedicels which are longer than the bracts. (L. Kalmii, EU.) — Low pine bar- 
tens, Georgia, and northward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem 19 - 139 high. Corolla 
3"— 4" long, pale blue. 
Hl. L. Boykinii, Torr. & Gray. Smooth; stem slender, creeping at the 
base, sparingly branched above; leaves small (6" long), subulate, scattered, the 
lowest scale-like ; racemes loosely many-flowered, the filiform pedicels and slen- 
der calyx-lobes spreading; corolla (3" — 5” long) bright blue. — Margins of pine- 
barren ponds, Florida and Georgia. July - Sept. — Stem 2° high. 
12. L. paludosa, Nutt. Smooth; stem mostly simple, nearly leafless ; 
radical leaves fleshy, spatulate-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, crenulate; the others 
small, linear and remote; racemes slender, loose; bracts minute; corolla small, 
White or pale blue.— Pine-barren swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and north- 
ward, May- Aug. )— Stem 29-4? high. Lowest leaves 3'- 9/ long. Co- 
rolla 3 long. 
ORDER 74. GOODENIACEJE. (Goopenta FaurLY.) 
. Herbs or shrubs, with watery juice, alternate exstipulate leaves, and 
"regular flowers. — Calyx tubular, 3 —5-lobed or entire, more or less ad- 
herent to the 1—4-celled ovary. Corolla irregular, unequally 5-lobed, 
induplicate in the bud; the tube split on one side, or 5-parted. Stamens 
5, free from the corolla, the filaments and anthers rarely united. Style 
Commonly single: stigma thick, surrounded with a cup-shaped mostly 
ciliate membrane. Fruit capsular or drupaceous. Embryo straight, in 
the axis of fleshy albumen. 26 4 
St 1. SCZEVOLA, L. 
Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla villous within, 5-lobed, with the lobes nearly equal 
14 winged ; the tube split on one side. Filaments and anthers free. Drupe 
e M, de cells l-seeded. — Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, Pedan- - 
