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mately cohering with the pistillum ? On the latter supposition, may it not be 
considered as analogous to the glandular disk surrounding or crowning the 
ovarium in many other families ? And, in adopting the hypothesis I have 
formerly advanced respecting the nature of this disk in certain families, — 
namely, that it is composed of a series of modified stamina, — ^has not the part 
in question a considerable resemblance, in apparent origin and division, to the 
stamina of the nearly-related family Stylidiacese ? To render this supposition 
somewhat less paradoxical, let the comparison be made especially between the 
indusium of Brunonia and the imperfect antherae in the female flowers of 
Forstera. Lastly, connected with this view, it becomes of importance to 
ascertain whether the stamina of Stylidiacese are opposite to the segments of 
calyx or of corolla. The latter disposition would be in favour of the hypo- 
thesis. This, however, is a point which will not be very easily determined, 
the stamina being lateral. In the mean time, the existence and division of 
the corona faucis in Stylidium render it not altogether improbable that they 
are opposite to the segments of the corolla.” R. Brown in Linn. Trans. 12. 
134. I am rather inclined to consider the indusium analogous to the collect- 
ing hairs of Campanulacese. In these they occupy the surface of the greater 
part of the style ; in Lobelia they are sometimes arranged in a whorl, forming 
a cup-like fringe ; and in Goodeniacese the hairs, being stiU whorled, are con- 
solidated into a uniform substance by their mutual cohesion. 
Geography. Natives of New Holland, and other islands of the South 
Pacific Ocean. 
Properties. Unknown. 
Goodenia, Sm. 
Selliera, Cav. 
GENERA. 
Calogyne, R. Br. Distylis, Gaudich, 
Euthales, R. Br. Lechenaultia, R. Br. 
Velleja, Sm. Anthotium, R. Br. 
CypljUa, Berg. 
Pentaphragma, Wall. 
Order CLXXXV. SC^VOLACEHE. 
Goodenovi^, § Scaevolese, R. Brown Prodr. 582. (1810). — Sc^vole.®, Ed. Pr, No. 178. 
(1830) ; Martins Conspectus, No. 167. (1835). 
Essential Character. — Calyx superior, equal or unequal, in 5 divisions, sometimes 
obsolete. Corolla superior, monopetalous, more or less irregular, withering, or deciduous ; 
its tube split at the back ; its limb 5-parted, with 1 or 2 lips, the edges of the segments 
being thinner than the middle, and folded inwards in aestivation. Stamens 5, distinct, alter- 
nate with the segments of the corolla ; anthers distinct or cohering, 2-celled, bursting lon- 
gitudinally; pollen simple. Ovary 1- 2- or 4-celled, with 1, seldom 2, erect ovules in 
each cell ; style 1, simple; stigma fleshy, surrounded by a membranous cup. Fruit inferior, 
indehiscent, drupaceous, or nut-like. Seeds with a thickened testa ; albumen fleshy, enclo- 
sing an erect embryo ; cotyledons foliaceous ; plumule inconspicuous. — Herbaceous plants 
or shrubs, without milk, with simple or stellate hairs, if any are present. Leaves scattered, 
undivided, without stipules. Inflorescence axillary or terminal. Flowers distinct, never 
capitate, white, blue, or yellowish. 
Anomalies. A Molucca species of Scaevola exists, with opposite leaves. R. Br. 
Affinities. Combined, on account of their indusiate stigmas, by Brown, 
with Goodeniacese and Brunoniacese, from the former of which they difier in 
habit, indehiscent fruit, and definite seeds ; from the latter, in their compound 
inferior ovary and habit. 
Geography. Natives of the South Seas and the islands of the Indian 
archipelago. The species are abundant in New Holland. 
Properties. Unknown. 
