54 Goodenoviacecr. \Sccevolcu 



LXXIL— GOODENOVIACE^. 



Shrubs, 1. alt, without stip.; fl. regular, bisexual, in axillary- 

 cymes; cal.-tubc aclnate to ov., segm. 5 or absent; cor. at first 

 tubular, soon splitting down the back to the base, lobes 5, 

 induplicate-valvate; stam. 5, distinct, epigynous; ov. inferior, 

 2-cellcd, with one erect ovule in each cell, style simple, stigma 

 surrounded by a short membranous tube or cup ; fruit a drupe, 

 with copious juicy flesh and a bony 2-celled stone; seeds with 

 endosperm. 



This family also is Australian for the most part. Our two species are 

 seashore plants. 



SC2EVOZ.A, L. 



For characters, see Order. — Sp. 60 ; 2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



L. over 6 in.; cal.-segm. linear; fr. white . . . i. S. KCENIGII. 

 L. under 3 in.; cal.-segm. o; fr. purple. . . . 2. S. Plumierl 



I. S. Koenig-ii, Vahl, Symb. Bot. iii. 36 (1794). Takkada, S. 



Herm. Mus. 45. Burm.Thes. 29. Fl. Zeyl. n. 313 and 4S9 {Takkada), 

 S. Lobelia, L. Syst. Veg. 13 (part). Lobelia Taccada, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 1 19. 

 Moon Cat. 14. Thw. Enum. 169. C. P. 3632. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 421. Wight, 111. t. 137 {S. Taccada). 



A large bush, 6-10 ft. high, woody below, branches very 

 stout, cylindrical, glabrous and shining, pale green; 1. very 

 numerous, sessile, large, 6-9 in., obovate, tapering to base, 

 rounded at apex, slightly repand-dentate in upper part, 

 glabrous on both sides, rather thick but not fleshy, recurved, 

 concave beneath, pale bright green, midrib very stout; fl. 

 rather large, on short pubescent ped., arranged in short, flat, 

 dichotomous, axillary cymes very much shorter than 1. and 

 with small bracts at the bifurcations, buds clavatc, obtuse ; 

 cal. pubescent, segm. short, linear, acute, persistent; cor.-tube 

 nearly | in., curved, stiff, hairy within, lobes spreading, shorter 

 than tube, obovate-oval, obtuse, the centre thick and stiff, the 

 sides thin, irregularly toothed and ciliatc, the cilia long, coarse, 

 and filiform at the base; style over 'l in,, strongly curved, very 

 hairy, protruded through the split back of cor.-tube, cup 

 around stigma deep, strongly hairy, ciliate; drupe about if in., 

 oblong-globose, somewhat lobed, very succulent, white, crowned 

 with persistent cal.-segm., stone rough, bony. 



