Scavola.] LXXIX. UOODENOVIEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 421 



stigma. Ovules in eacli cell 1 or many, on the dissepiment. Fruit a drupe or 

 capsule. Seeds albuminous ; embryo next the hilum. Species 200, Australian ; 

 a few in temp. America, New Zealand, and S. E. Asia. 



1. SCJEVOLA, Linn. 



Leaves entire or toothed. Flowers axillary, in short cymes or solitary. 

 Corolla oblique, split to the base behind. Anthers free. Ovary 2-1-celled, with 

 2 erect ovules. Fruit a drupe. Species 60, 50 Australian, 8 Polynesian, 2 

 Asiatic. 



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Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 212. S. sericea, Forst. ; DC. 1. c. 506. S. Taccada, 

 Roxb. Hort. Beny. 15, and Fl. Ind. i. 527 : Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 250 , 

 Wall. Cat. 1314 ; Wit/Jit 111. t. 137 ; DC. I c. 505 ; Dak. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 134. 

 S. Lobelia, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 250 ; De Vriese Goodeuov. 20-26, 

 and in Ned. Kmidk. Arch. ii. 20, not of Linn. S. Plumieri, Blume Bijd. 730, 

 not of Vahl. S. montana. Lab. Sert. Austr. Caled. 41, t. 42. S. velutina, Presl. 

 in Rel. Hancli. ii. 57. S. Bela-Modagam. Roem. $ Sch. Syst. v. 163; DC. I.e. 

 505. S. Leschenaultiana, DC. I. c. 506. S. macrocalyx, De^Vriese Gooden. 26, 

 t. 3, fig. 1-4. S. chlorantha and Lambert iana, De Vriese I. c. 27, 28. S. lati- 

 vaga, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. 10551 JLo beiia fmtescens, Linn. FL Zeyl. 148. 

 L. Taccada, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 119, t. 25. L. Plumieri, Sunn. Fl. Ind. 186, not 

 of Linn. Cerbera salutaris, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 136. Humph. Herb. Amb. iv. 

 t. 54; Rlieede Hort. Mai iv. t. 59. 



Sea shores of INDIA ; from Scincle to Ceylon, and from Birma to Malacca. DISTRIK. 

 Tropical E. Asia, Australia, and Polynesia. 



A shrub ; stem and branches stout. Leaves 3-5 in., alternate, entire or rarely ob- 

 scurely crenate, silky or glabrescent, tufted in the axils. Cymes axillary, much shorter 

 than the leaves ; bracts small. Calyx-lobes -J- in. ; fruiting often much longer 

 and obtuse. Corolla-tube f in , narrow, pubescent; lobes \-^ in., lanceolate. Indu- 

 sium of the stiy/na ciliate. Drupe ^- in., subspherical, very succulent; endocarp 

 bony. 



2. S. Lobelia, Linn. ; Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 462 ; leaves petioled 

 elliptic obtuse fleshy, calyx-lobes very short obtuse or subobsolete. S. Plumieri, 

 Vahl Symb. ii. 36 ; Lamk. III. t. 124, fig. 1 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 506 ; H.f. $ T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 8. S. seuegalensis, Presl Rel. Handi, ii. 59 ; DC. I. c. 507. 

 S. uvifera, Stocks; Wight Ic. t. 1613. S. Thunbergi, EcTd. # Zeyh. ; DC. I.e. 

 S. Macrsei and Sieberi, De Vriese Goodenov. 31, 33. Lobelia Plumieri, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1317; Jacq. Amer. 219, t. 179, fig. 88, not of Burm.Plum, PI. Amer. 

 t. 165, fig. 1. 



Seashores of CEYLON and the SOTJTH DECCAN ; SCIND. DISTRIB. Warm shores of 

 both hemispheres. 



Closely resembles S. Kocnigii, except in the points stated; the leaves are smaller, 

 2-3 in. long. 



* ORDER LXXX. CAMPANULA CEflE. (By 0. B. Clarke.) 



Herbs or undershrubs, sometimes twining, often with milky juice. Leaves 

 alternate or opposite, entire toothed or rarely lobed ; stipules 0. Inflorescence 

 axillary or terminal, solitary subpaniculate or racemose ; uppermost leaves re- 

 duced to small bracts; bracteoles (except in Sphenoclea). Calyx inferior or 

 superior ; limb 4-6-partite, usually persistent. Corolla always superior, regular 



