Sccevola.] Lxxix. uoodenovie^. (C. B. Clarke.) -iiil 



stigma. Ooules in each cell 1 or many, on the dissepiment. Fi-uit 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. SClEVOXiA, Linn. 



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

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

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



Asiatic. 



1. S. Koeni^ii, Fij/jZ /SymS. iii. 36 ; leaves petioled obovate-oblong obtuse 

 herbaceous, calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate enlarged in fruit. Lamh. III. t. 124, 

 fig. 2; DC. Prodr, vii. 505; H. f. Sf T. in Journ. lAnn. Soo. ii. 8; Kwz in 

 Jmrn. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 212. S. sericea, Forst. ; DC. I. c. 506. S. Taecada, 

 Soxb. Ilort. Beng. 15, and Fl. Ind. i. 527 ; Ilmn. in Trans. Linn. Soo. xvii. 250 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1314 ; Wight III. t. 137 ; DC. I. e. 505 ; Dab. 8,- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 134. 

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

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

 not of Vahl. S. montana, Lab. Sert. Austr. Caled. 41, t. 43. S.-velutina, Presl. 

 in lid. Hmnch. ii. 57. S. Bela-Modagam, Hoem. ^- Sch. Syst. v. 163; DC. I.e. 

 505. S. Leschenaultiana, DC. I. c. 500. S. macrocalyx, De Vriese Gooden. 26, 

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

 vaga, Hanoe in Walp. Ann. ii. 1054. Lobelia frutescens, Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 148. 

 L. Taecada, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 110, t. 25. L. Plumieri, Burm. Fl. Ind. 186, not 

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

 t. 54 ; Bheede Ilort. Mai. iv. t. 69. 



Sea shores of India ; from Scinde to Ceylon, and from Birma to Malacca. — Distrib. 

 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 

 tlian the leaves ; bracts small. Calyx-lobes §-^ in. ; fruiting often much longer 

 and obtuse. Corollor-tube J in , narrow, pubescent ; lobes J-J in., lanceolate. Indu- 

 sium of the stigma ciliate. Drupe ^^ in., subspherical, very succulent; eudocarp 

 bony. 



2. S. ZiObelia, Zi««. ; Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 462; leaves petioled 

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

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

 Journ. Linn. Soo. ii. 8. S. senegalensis, Presl Bel. Ilainch. ii. 59 ; DC. I. c. 507. 

 S. uvifera. Stocks; Wight-Ic. t. 1618. S. Thunbergi, Fold, f Zeyh.; DC. I.e. 

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

 Sp. PI. 1317 ; Jacq. Amer. 219, f. 170, fig. 88, not of Burm.— Plum. PI. Amer. 

 t. 166, fig. 1. 



Seashores of Ceylon and the South Deccan ; Soind. — Distkib. Warm shores of 

 both hemispheres. 



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

 2-3 in. long. 



Order LXXX. CAIWFAZTVIiACES:. (By 0. B. Clarke.) 



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

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

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

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

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



