Goodenoviea.] FLORA OF TASMANIA 181 
(Merkmia, De Vriese), the Tasmanian S. Hookeri will come— Herbs or tin * km I -. ami 
axillary, solitary, racemose or cymose flowers. Calyx-lobes superior, the. Cbtwtti ipU in the baee, tivc-lohed. the 
lobes winged. Stamens free. Stigma surrounded by a ciliated cup. Fruit n dry or fleshy, two- to four-celled 
drupe or nut, with one seed in each cell. (Name from sceeva, the left hand ; in allusion to the form of the corolla ) 
1. Scaevola Hookeri (Muell. MSS.) ; herbacea, diffusa, pubescenti-pilosa, ramis elongatis, fnliis ob- 
ovato-oblongis spathulatis Tineari-oblongisve sessilibus v. in petiolum angustatis integerrimis dcntatisw 
acutis, pedunculis folio aequilongis brevioribusve axillaribus solitariis 1 -floris, bracteis ovato-oblongis, calyce 
villoso, corolla et drupa pilosa.— Merkusia Hookeri, De Vriese, Anal. Gooden. ii. 55, et <■ 
t. 12. {Gunn, 745, 847, 848.) (Tab. LXVII.) 
Hab. Marshy places, at Rocky Cape, Mount Wellington, Hampshire Hills, Lake St. Clair 
— (PL Feb.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia : Albert River, Mueller. 
Hairy, diffuse, very variable in size. — Stems creeping, branching from the root, branches 1-1C 
Leaves sessile or narrowed into a petiole, very variable in form and size, \-2 inches long, oblong, lmear-oblonir. 
cuneate or elliptic-oblong or subspathulate, acute, quite entire or slight!] 01 eoars.lv toothed. /'■■■ 
white. Nut 
and stigma ; 
Obs. Scavola cuneiformis, Lab. Nov. Holl. i. 56. t. 80, described by Labillardien 
probably a native of Soutl i t i \ i tr 1 
Gen. Til. SELLIERA, Cav. 
Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, laciniis 5 subscqualibus. Corolla onilabiata, tubo Baeo, lacmi 
valvatis. Stamina 5, libera. Fructu carnosus, 2-locularis, poljapi rums.— Bcrba repent; Mm 
anguste Unearibus lanceolatisve ; pedunculis axillaribus, \-2-foris, Libracieolati* ; coroWa p«rj)urf. 
The Tasmanian species of this genus is a remarkable little plant, also found in New Zealand and ex 
South America; it is usually retained in Goodenia, where I left it in the 'Flora of New Zealand, but r 
widely in characters and habit from the other Australian Goodenias, that I do not think it can with com 
retained in that genus, from which Endlicher also thinks it should be removed, and have the original go 
of Cavanilles restored to it. S. repens is a small, glabrous herb, generally growing in aalt-nianhee, a* 
stems, sometimes a foot long, very variable in robustness, and tufts of erect, Beany, narrow-linear, linear- 
ox lanceolate, nerveless leaves, 1-5 inches long.— Peduncles axillary, erect, fatfanfltoolate. very variable 
Calyx superior, of five nearly equal lobes. Corolla one-lipped ; lobes orate, acute, not • 
Anthers free. Fruit a fleshy, two-celled capsule or berry, many-seeded. (Named in h 
eminent Parisian engraver of Cavanilles' botanical plates.) 
1. SeUiera radicana (Cav. Ic. v. 49. t. 474. f. 2).— S. repe^ 
162. Goodenia radicana, DC. Prodr. vii. 516. G. repens, Lab. Nov. Holl. i. 53, t. 76 ; Br. Pn 
Fl. N. Zeal. i. T56. {Gunn, 79.) 
Hab. Common in marshy places near the sea.— (Fl. Dec.-Feb.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia ; New Zealand ; Chili. 
Gen. IV- GOODENIA, ok. 
Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, limbus 5-partitus, laciniis aequalibus. Corolla irregula 
lobis alatis aestivatione induplicatis, tubo fisso. Stamina 5, antheris distinctis. Capsula 2-(ranus 4)-locu- 
