GOODENIACEzE. 



241 



the tube is short, the limb two-lipped, segments five, three 

 of which are spreading, large, and of a sulphur-yellow, two 

 are smaller, closing over the stamens and are reddish-purple ; 

 the leaves are very small and narrow. It is an interesting 

 greenhouse plant. 



SO3EV0LA. 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Corolla nionopetalous, 

 with the tube divided lengthwise ; limb five-cleft, and lateral ; 

 drupe inferior, one-seeded ; nectary two-celled. 



The word means the left hand, as the flowers look as if 

 they were defective of half the corolla. The stove species 

 of this genus are natives of the East and West Indies; 

 those adapted to the greenhouse are from New Holland, as 

 crassifolia, cuneiformis, microcarpa, suaveolens (the sweet- 

 scented), hispida, callipterd, multijiora, etc., with blue or 

 lilac flowers. 



EUTHALES. 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Calyx tubular, five-cleft, 

 equal ; corolla split at the end, with a two-lipped limb ; anthers 

 distinct ; style undivided ; stigma two-lipped ; capsule four- 

 valved, two-celled at base, 



VOL. II. It 



