Selivera. | GOODENOVIB2. 395 
winged.— Handb. N.Z. Fl. 173; Fl. Tasm. i. 231; Benth. Fi. 
Austral. iv. 82. 38. fasciculata, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. iii. 
(1871) 211. S. microphylla, Col. J.c. xxii. (1890) 473. Goodenia 
repens, Labili. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 53, t. 76; A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 
998; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 428; Raoul, Choix, 45; Hook. f. Fi. 
Nov. Zel. i. 156. 
NortH and SoutH Isnanps, Stewart IstanD: Common in muddy or 
sandy or rocky places near the sea. Inland by the margins of the larger lakes, 
&c., ascending to over 2500ft. at the base of Ruapehu. Novem ber—February. 
For notes on the fertilisation, see a paper by myself in the Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. ix. p. 542. 
2. SCABVOLA, Linn. 
Herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely oppo- 
site, entire or toothed. Flowers axillary, solitary or in small 
cymes. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary; limb short, 5-partite or 
cupular, sometimes obsolete. Corolla oblique, split to the base 
at the back; lobes 5, nearly equal, at length digitately spreading. 
Stamens 5; anthers free. Ovary inferior or the summit free, 
2-celled; ovules solitary in each cell, erect. Style undivided ; 
stigma truncate or 2-lobed, enclosed in the cup-shaped indusium. 
Fruit indehiscent, exocarp succulent or thin and membranous, en- 
docarp woody or bony or rarely crustaceous. Seeds solitary in 
each cell. 
A large genus of 60 or 70 species, over 50 of which are confined to Australia. 
The remainder are scattered through the Pacific is]Jands and along the coasts of 
tropical Asia, one extending to tropical Africa and the West Indies. The single 
species found in New Zealand is endemic. 
1. S. gracilis, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. (1857) 129.— 
A procumbent undershrub 2-4 ft. high; branches long, spreading, 
and withthe leaves clothed with silky hairs; axils of the leaves 
densely villous. Leaves alternate, 1-3 in. long, obovate-lanceolate 
or oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate-dentate, narrowed into a rather 
long petiole. Flowers ? in. long, axillary, solitary, sessile or shortly 
peduncled, white with a yellow eye, sweet-scented; bracts 2, 
rarely 4, linear -lanceolate. Calyx cupular, indistinctly lobed. 
Corolla with a short villous tube and 5 narrow segments, mu- 
cronate at the tips. Stamens equal, shorter than the corolla-tube. 
Style pilose; indusium deeply cup-shaped, margins fringed. Fruit 
not seen.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 178. 
Kerrmapec Istanps: Abundant on cliffs near the sea, McGillivray, Shake- 
spear! T. F.C. July-December. 
Hooker describes the calyx as having 3 subulate lobes and 2 shorter inter- 
mediate ones, but in my own specimens and Mr. Shakespear's it is invariably 
cupular and very indistinctly lobed. 
