CampanulacecE. 55 



On the seacoast ; common, especially in the South-west parts. Fl. 

 November, May; white, tube greenish-yellow. 



Throughout the shores of India, Tropical E. Asia, Polynesia, and 

 Australia. 



Hermann's drawing referred to by Linnaeus (Fl. Zeyl. n. 313) repre- 

 sents this species, and not S. Plumieri ; there is no specimen. The large 

 succulent drupe is quite white. The stems of large plants attain 2 ft. or 

 more in circumference. 



2. S. Plumieri, Vahl, Syvib. Bot. ii. 36 (1794). Kin-Takkada, S. 



S. Macrcei, De Vriese Goodenov. 30. Thw. Enum. 169. Moon Cat. 

 14. C. P. 1777. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 421 {S. Lobelia). Wight, Ic. t. 1316 {S. iivifera). 



A small shrub, 1. small, ii-3 in., obovate-oval, tapering to 

 base, rounded at apex, quite entire, fleshy; fl. usually in small 

 axillary cymes of 3, the central one sessile; cal.-segm. o, or 

 very short and obtuse; drupe nearly globose, smooth, purple, 

 without a crown of cal.-segm. Otherwise as in 6". Kceuigii. 



Seacoast ; rare, and chiefly in the dry districts. Kachavallai (Gardner) ; 

 Trincomalie ; Chilaw ; Colombo. Fl. white. 



Also in S. India and on the Tropical shores of both hemispheres. 



Linnaeus's 5. Lobelia included both species, and there is no good 

 reason for restricting his name to this one, as in Fl. B. Ind. 



LXXIIL— CAMPANULACE^. 



Herbs, 1. alt., without stip., fl. regular or irregular, bisexual ; 

 cal.-tube adnate to ov., segm. 5 ; cor. (rarely absent) either 2- 

 lipped and cleft down back to base or regular, lobes 5, valvate; 

 stam. 5, epigynous (in Sphenoclea inserted on base of cor.- 

 tube), fil. distinct or rarely connate, anth. distinct or connate 

 into a tube ; ov. inferior (in SpJienoclea half-superior), 2- or 

 3-celled, with numerous ovules, stigma 2- or 3-lobed; fruit a 

 capsule, variously dehiscent ; seeds numerous, small, with 

 endosperm. 



Cor. 2-lipped, dorsally cleft to base {Lobeliece) i. Lobelia. 

 Cor. regular, 5-lobed {Caiiipaimlece). 



Capsule dehiscent on top by 3 valves . . 2. Wahlenbergia. 



Capsule dehiscent by a deciduous Hd. . 3. Sphenoclea. 



Capsule dehiscent at base or sides . . 4. Campanula. 



An Order here badly represented by eight species, all of which, save 

 Sphenoclea, are found in the hill-country ; the three small species or 

 varieties of Lobelia also extend into the moist low country. 



