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GENFS. SCiEVOLA. 

 i*entandrla monoKynia. Sexi Sj/its 



DeViv. From Sceeva, the left hand ; alluding to the form of th^ 

 'corolla. 



Gen. Char. Shrubs, undershrubs or perennial herbs : leaves 

 alternate, rarely opposite, quite entire or toothed and even some-< 

 times cut'; spikes or cymes dich'otomous, sptinging from the axils ': 

 flowers bibracteate, sometimes solitary in the axils, blue, whitej 

 rarely yellowish : lobes of the corolla tvinged, often fimbriated ; 

 tube villous within, the throat btearing fringes at the apex : tube of 

 the calyx adherent : limb 5-partite or 5-toothed, rarely entire : 

 corolla cleft longitudinally on the upper side ; segments winged, 

 equal : anthers free : ih'dusium of the stigma ciliated : drupe fleshy; 

 "or juiceless, 1-4-celled : cells 1-seeded. 



(1) S. KoENiGii. (Fahl.) 



Ident. Vahl. Symb. III. p. 36.— Dec. prod. VII. p. 505. 



Syn. S. Bela Mogadam, iJ. ^ S. — S. Lambertiana, de Vriiset:: 

 ' — S. chlorantha, de Vriese. — S. Taccada, Itoxb. flor, Ind. II. p, 

 146. 



Engrav. Lam. IH. t. 124. f. 2.— Wight's 111. II. t. 137.— < 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2732.— Rheede Mai. IV. t. 59. 



Spec. Char. Fruticose : axils bearded: leaves obovate, . sub« 

 repand at the apejc-, and with the branches and cymes glabrotis : 

 peduncles axillary, dichotomous : limb of the calyx 5-partite, 

 equalling the length of the ovary : flowers ind ripe fruit white. 



•Concans. Travancore. Chiefly on the sea-coast. Flowering 

 all the year. 



(2) S. Plumieri. (Vahl.) 



Ident. Vahl. Syinb. II. p. 36.— bee. prod. VII. p. 506. 

 Syn. S. Thunbergii, Eekl. ^ Zeyh, — S. uvifera, Stochs,—^^ 

 S. Senegalensis, Presl. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1613.— Lam* 111, t. 124. f. 1. 



Spec. Char. Fruticose : axils subbarbate : leaves obovate^' 

 quite entire, somewhat fleshyj glabrous : peduncles axillary, dichoi- 

 tomous :. limb of the corolla cup-shaped, truncated, nearly quite 

 entire ; corolla tomentose within : flowers white : fruit pUrple. 



Malabar. Scinde^ on the sea-shore. 



