GOODENOVI.<E. V. VELLEIA. VI. LECHENAULTIA. VII. ANTHOTIUM. VIII. SC*:VOLA. 



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5 V. PUBE'SCENS (R. Br. prod. p. 581.) downy; bracteas of 

 the forks distinct ; leaves toothed ; segments of the calyx ob- 

 long-ovate, acute. I/ . G. Native of New Holland, within the 

 tropic. Corolla yellow. 



Donny Velleia. PI. | foot. ' 



6 V. PERFOLIA'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) glabrous ; bracteas of the 

 forks large, connate, roundish, toothed. I/ . G. Native of New 

 South Wales, about Port Jackson. Corolla yellow. 



Po/oftate-bractead Velleia. PI. ^ foot. 



Cult, The soil recommended for the two preceding genera is 

 also suited for the species of Vellem ; and they may be increased 

 by seeds, which are sometimes produced in this country. 



VI. LECHENAU'LTIA (named after M. Lechenault, a 

 French botanist and traveller). R. Br. prod. p. 581. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx superior (f. 

 125. a.). Tube of corolla cleft on one side (f. 125. h.) ; limb 

 bilabiate (f. 125. z.). Anthers cohering (f. 125. c.) at the time 

 the flower is expanded. Grains of pollen compound. Stigma 

 obsolete, in the bottom of the bilabiate indusium (f. 125. _/.). 

 Capsule prismatic, 2-celled, 4-valved ; opposite valves septiferous 

 in the middle. Seeds cubic or cylindrical, nucumentaceous. 

 Small glabrous heath-like shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves narrow, 

 quite entire. Flowers axillary or terminal, almost solitary. 

 The pollen in all the species is composed of 4 combined sperules. 



1. Small shrubs, rvilh heath-like leaves. Flowers axillary or 

 terminal. Capsule valvate. Seeds cubic. 



1 L. FORMOSA (R. Br. prod. p. 581.) flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, bractless, drooping ; corollas bilabiate, glabrous ; upper 

 lip of corolla rounded, entire ; lower ones tripartite : segments 

 cuneated ; filaments glabrous. ^ . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the south coast. Sweet, fl. austr. 20. Flowers scarlet. 



//andsowe Lechenaultia. Fl. June.Sept. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 ft. 



2 L. OBLA'TA (Sweet, fl. austr. 

 t. 46.) flowers axillary and ter- 

 minal, solitary, bractless, rather 

 drooping ; corollas bilabiate, 

 downy outside : upper lip 2- 

 lobed : lower one tripartite : seg- 

 ments oblate ; filaments clothed 

 with downy tomentum. ^ S. 

 Native of New Holland, on the 

 south coast. L. formosa, Lindl. 

 bot. reg. t. 916. Hook. hot. mag. 

 t. 2600. L. Baxter!, G. Don, in 

 Loud. hort. brit. p. 79. Flowers 

 copper-coloured, (f. 125.) 



Oblate Lechenaultia.. Fl. April, 

 Aug. Clt. 18, '4. Shrub 1 foot. 



3 L. TUBIFLOHA (R. Br. prod. 

 581.) flowers nearly terminal, 



solitary, almost sessile ; corolla tubular, curved, with a conniving 

 limb ; leaves subulate, ending each in a pellucid point. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the south coast. 

 Tube-Jlowered Lechenaultia. Shrub 1 foot. 



4 L. EXPA'NSA (R. Br. 1. c.) flowers axillary, crowded into a 

 few-flowered corymb ; pedicels bibracteate ; limb of corolla uni- 

 labiate, with ciliated segments. Jj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the south coast. 



Expanded- fiovfered Lechenaultia. Shrub 1 foot. 



2. Plant herbaceous. Flowers op-papite the leaves. Capsule 

 slowly valvate; valves cohering, coarclate at the neck. Seeds 

 cylindrical. 



5 L. FILIFO'RMIS (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves alternate, compressed, 

 filiform. 1J..G. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. 



FIG. 125. 



.Fi7z/br-leaved Lechenaultia. PI. 



Cult. The species of Lechenaultia are elegant plants while 

 in blossom. They thrive best in a mixture of turfy loam, peat, 

 and sand ; and young cuttings strike root freely in the same kind 

 of mould under a hand or bell-glass. 



VII. ANTHOTIUM (from avOoe, anthos, a flower, and ou c 

 wroc, ous otos, an ear ; in reference to the segments of the su- 

 perior lip of the corolla being auriculated on the inner margin). 

 R. Br. prod. p. 582. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx superior, 5-parted. 

 Tube of corolla cleft lengthwise on the upper side ; limb bila- 

 biate ; segments of the upper lip auriculated on the inner mar- 

 gin. Anthers cohering. Grains of pollen simple. Ovarium 

 2-celled, many-seeded. Indusium of stigma contrary to the lips 

 of the corolla, beardless. Capsule unknown. A glabrous dwarf 

 stemless herb. Leaves radical, nearly terete, dilated a little at 

 the base. Scapes numerous, spreading, undivided. Flowers 

 crowded in fascicles. Bracteas foliaceous. Corolla violaceous, 

 5-parted, with the margins of the claws loose and truly in- 

 flexed. 



1 A. HD'MILE (R. Br. 1. c.) l/.G. Native of New Holland, 

 on the south coast. There are two varieties of this plant, one 

 twice the size of the other in all its parts. 



Humble Anthotium. PI. -| foot. 



Cult. See Vellela, above, for culture and propagation. 



Tribe II. 



SCjEVO'LE^E (this tribe contains plants agreeing with Scce- 

 vola in important characters). R. Br. prod. p. 582. Seeds de- 

 finite. Drupe or nut inferior. 



VIII. SCjEVO'LA (from scceva, the left hand ; in reference 

 to the form of the corolla). Lin. gen. no. 224. Juss. gen. 165. 

 R. Br. prod. p. 582. Lobelia species. Plum. gen. t. 31. 

 Jacq. amer. 219. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 119. t. 25. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Corolla cleft longitudi- 

 nally on the upper side ; limb 5-parted, all to one side ; seg- 

 ments winged, about equal in size and shape. Anthers free. 

 Indusium of stigma ciliated. Shrubs and herbs very variable in 

 habit. Down on hairs simple. Leaves alternate, rarely oppo- 

 site, hardly divided, often toothed. Inflorescence axillary or 

 disposed in a leafy spike. Ovaria bibracteate, usually 2-celled 

 (rarely 4-celled) ; cells 1-seeded; sometimes 1 -celled and 1-2- 

 seeded. Calyx 5-cleft, equal, sometimes obsolete. Corolla 

 white or blue, rarely yellow, deciduous, for the most part downy 

 outside ; wings of the segments often fringed at the base, rarely 

 longitudinally ; the fringe for the most part floccosely branched 

 at the top, and appears capitate to the naked eye ; tube villous 

 inside, and the throat beset with ramentae, which are disposed 

 in continuous lines, with the fringes of the segments. Stamens 

 flaccid after the dehiscence of the corolla, and falling off with 

 it. Anthers for the most part beardless, but sometimes bearded 

 at the apex. This genus is divided into natural groups below. 

 Those species with 1-celled ovaria will probably constitute a 

 separate genus from those with 2-celled ovaria. S. spinescens 

 has a very different habit from the other species, and is probably 

 a distinct genus, from the bracteas being deciduous, and the 

 wings of the segments of the corolla being fringed lengthwise, 

 but the mature fruit is not known. 



SECT. I. SARCOCA'RPA (from <rap <rapk'oe, sarx sarkos, flesh ; 

 and (.-ap^oe, liarpos, a fruit ; in reference to the baccate fruit of 

 the species). Drupe baccate, 2-celled. Peduncles axillary, dicho- 

 tomous, bearing flowers in the forks, rarely 1 -flowered. Leaves 

 alternate, bearded in the axils. Shrubs, natives of the sea shore. 



1 S. KCENI'GII (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 36.) cymes glabrous ; flowers 



