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GOODENOVI&. VIII. SC^VOLA. 



pedicellate in the forks of the peduncles ; calyx 5-parted, equal 

 in length to the ovarium ; leaves obovate, subrepand at the 

 apex, quite glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the branches. 

 \? . S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic ; of the East 

 Indies, Cochinchina, and the Sandwich Islands, on the sea 

 shore ; and of RomanzofPs Island, in the South Sea. S. Lo- 

 belia, Lin. herb. Cerbera salutaris, Lour. coch. 136. Flowers 

 pale red or white. 



Kcenig's Scaevola. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 ft. 



2 S. PLUMIE'RI (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 3G.) cymes glabrous; 

 calyx with an entire margin ; leaves obovate, quite glabrous ; 

 calyx truncate. fj . S. Native of the West Indies, by the sea 

 shore. S. Lobelia, Willd. spec. 1. p. 956. Lobelia Plumieri, 

 Lin. spec. 2. p. 1317. Lobelia Americana, Willd. herb. no. 

 820. Plum. icon. 165. f. 1. Catesb. car. 1. t. 79. Flowers 

 white. 



Plumier's Scaevola. Clt. 1 724. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 S. MOLLIS (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 8,9.) 

 shrubby, erect, densely clothed with down ; leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous above, and clothed with silky tomentum be- 

 neath, petiolate, glandularly denticulated, with bearded axils ; 

 peduncles shorter than the petioles, axillary, divaricate, with 

 flexuous few-flowered branches ; bracteoles subulate, recurved ; 

 corolla clothed with silky tomentum ; calycine teeth 5, very 

 short, obtuse, fj . G. Native of the Sandwich Islands. Very 

 closely allied to S. sericea, Forst. The whole plant is very 

 brittle. 



Soft Scaevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4 S. GAUDICHAU'DI (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. 

 p. 89.) shrubby, erect, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acute, nar- 

 rowed at the base, quite entire, rather falcate ; fruit axillary, 

 solitary, on short peduncles, somewhat racemose, crowned by 

 the blunt 5-toothed obtuse calyx, 2-seeded; bracteoles linear, 

 quite entire, fy . G. Native of the Sandwich Islands, at the 

 altitude of 1200 to 1500 feet. S. montana, Gaud, in Freyc. 

 voy. pt. bot. p. 460. but not of Labill. 



Gaudichaud's Scaevola. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



5 S. CILIA'TA ; shrubby, erect, glabrous ; leaves rather 

 membranous, broad-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, acute, 

 with a few almost obsolete teeth on the margins, narrowed 

 into the short petioles, toothed at the base, with bearded axils ; 

 peduncles axillary, equal in length to the leaves or exceeding 

 them, 5-8-flowered, cymosely dichotomous ; bracteas linear ; 

 flowers sessile ; calycine teeth short, ciliated ; corolla glabrous 

 on the outside, and inside of the tube rather villous : segments 

 winged; style villous; drupe olive- formed, containing one 2- 

 seeded pyrenae. fj . G. Native of the island of O Wahu. S. 

 Chammissoniana, Cham, in Linnaea. 7. p. 22C. but hardly of 

 Gaud. Leaves 3^ inches long, and an inch broad. 



G'itocrf-calyxed Scsevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



6 S. TACCA'DA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 146.) shrubby, with 

 smooth branches ; leaves sessile, obovate, rounded at the apex, 

 tapering much to the base, entire, shining, with bearded axils ; 

 peduncles axillary, solitary, 2 or 3 times forked. Jj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, on the sea shore. Lobelia Taccada, Gaartn. 

 fruct. 1. p. 119. t. 25. Buglossum littoreum, Rumph. amb. 4. 

 t. 54. Flowers white, slightly fragrant, villous inside, and 

 shaggy round the mouth. Drupe size of a gooseberry, white 

 when ripe, 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 



Taccada Scaevola. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1810. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



7 S. SERI'CEA (Forst. prod. no. 504.) cymes and corollas to- 

 mentose outside ; flowers pedicellate in the forks of the pedun- 

 cles ; calyx 5-parted, about equal in length to the ovarium ; 

 leaves obovate, entire or repand, clothed with soft tomentum on 

 both surfaces, and on the branches. V} . S. Native of New 

 Holland, within the tropic ; and of the Society Islands, on the 

 sea shore. Vahl, symb. 2. p. 37. R. Br. prod. p. 583. S. 



Kcenigii, Lamark, aus. p. 108. Very like the two preceding 

 species, but differs in being tomentose. There are varieties of 

 this with more or less tomentose entire and repandly toothed 

 leaves, and with the style either glabrous or longitudinally villous. 

 Silky Scaevola. Shrub 2 to 3*feet. 



8 S. CHAMMISSONIA'NA (Gaud, in Freyc. voy. pt. bot. p. 461. 

 t. 82.) shrubby, erect, glabrous ; leaves oblong, acuminated at 

 both ends, sharply denticulated, with bearded axils ; peduncles 

 axillary, dichotomous, about equal in length to the leaves, with 

 sessile flowers in the forks ; calyx short, 5-toothed ; corollas 

 downy ; drupe 2-celled. Jj . G. Native of the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



Cliammisso's Scaevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



9 S. TOMENTOSA (Gaud, in Freyc. voy. pt. bot. p. 460. t. 81.) 

 shrubby, erect, clothed with brownish stellate tomentum ; leaves 

 soft, somewhat rhomboid-ovate, obtuse, sinuately toothed ; 

 flowers axillary, solitary, pedunculate ; calyx short, 5-toothed ; 

 corollas downy ; bracteoles unilateral, half connate, quite entire ; 

 fruit 2-seeded. Jj . G. Native of New Holland, on the western 

 coast, in Shark's Bay. 



Tomentose Scaevola. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



10 S. MENZIESIA'NA (Cham, in Linnaea. 7. p. 227.) shrubby, 

 erect ; leaves obovate or lanceolate, obtuse or acutish, quite en- 

 tire, or a little serrated, narrowed into the petioles, bearded at 

 the axils, rather fleshy, downy beneath or glabrous; peduncles 

 shorter than leaves, bearing 3 flowers at the apex, and often only 

 one ; bracteas linear ; flowers sessile ; calycine teeth short, 

 ciliated ; corolla pilose outside or glabrous, villous inside, hav- 

 ing the segments hardly winged ; style villous ; drupe olive- 

 formed, 1-2-seeded. Tj . G. Native of O Wahu. Stamens 

 glabrous. Fruit 2-celled, fleshy. 



Var. ft, glabra (Cham. 1. c.) leaves narrower, and more cu- 

 neated at the base, obtuse, mucronulate, nearly entire, glabrous 

 on both surfaces. Corollas glabrous on the outside. 



Menzies' Scaevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



11 S. GLA'BRA (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 89.) 

 shrubby, erect, glabrous; leaves cuneate-obovate, obliquely 

 acuminated, on long petioles, with obscure remote glandular 

 denticulations, and bearded axils ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered, 

 naked, one-half shorter than the leaves; corolla glabrous, equal 

 in length to the teeth of the calyx. T; . G. Native of the Sand- 

 wich Islands. Very like S. Chammissoniana, Gaud. 



Glabrous Scaevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



12 S. MONTA'NA (Labill. sert. cal. p. 41. t. 42.) cymes and 

 corollas tomentose ; flowers sessile in the forks of the corymb ; 

 leaves obovate-oblong, glabrous, rather coriaceous, fj . G. 

 Native of New Caledonia. Leaves entire, undulated or crenu- 

 lated, with silky hairy axils. 



Mountain Scaevola. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



IS S. OPPOSITIFOLIA (Roxb, fl. ind. 2. p. 148.) leaves oppo- 

 site, on short petioles, elliptic, entire, smooth ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, few-flowered. Tj . S. Native of the Moluccas. A slen- 

 der shrubby species, very different in habit from S. Kcenigii. 



Opposite-leaved Scaevola. Shrub. 



SECT. II. XEROCA'RPA (from /poe, xeros, dry ; and Kapiroy, 

 karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the dry fruit of the species). 

 Drupe usually dry, 1-4-celled. Bracteas foliaceous, lateral, 

 permanent. Spikes terminal, but sometimes axillary. 



1. Leaves all or for the most part toothed or cut. 



14 S. ATTENUA'TA (R. Br. prod. p. 583.) shrubby, erect, 

 pilose ; leaves lanceolate, toothed ; bracteas stretched, quite en- 

 tire ; corolla hairy outside, with the margins naked above ; styles 

 very villous. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the south coast. 



Attenuated-leaved Scaevola. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



15 S. NITIDA (R. Br. prod. p. 584.) shrubby, erect, quite 



