SCiE'VOLA MICROCAR'PA. 
SMA LL- FRUITED SC AS VOL A. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
goodeniacea:. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. S. Wales 
18 inches. 
Summer. 
Perennial. 
in 1793. 
No. 1 1 14. 
Sctevola, from the Latin scseva, the left hand, 
was adopted as the name of this genus, from its 
corolla being not only five-parted, but also that 
the divisions incline more to one side than the 
other, and resemble the left hand. 
By an account given some years ago, in the 
Botanical Magazine, of the introduction to this 
country, of the Scaevola microcarpa, the botanist is 
taught the value of even a spadeful of foreign earth. 
A collection of the natural productions of Botany- 
Bay, having been brought to England by Captain 
Tench, and amongst them specimens of earth, it 
was suggested by the late Mr. Curtis, that this 
earth may possibly contain the seeds of plants un- 
known to this country; and by the careful exposure 
of it in a greenhouse, the expectation was realized, 
by the growth out of it of no less than fourteen spe- 
cies, most of them new to English botanists. 
This is an ornamental summer plant for the 
borders, after having had the winter shelter of a 
cold frame, or dwelling-house protection, where it 
should be kept rather dry. It may be increased 
by cuttings, or by division of its roots. 
