Sccevola.] 
LXXVII. GOODENOVI2E. 
I 9 9 
(1) S. Koenigii Vahl. Symb. iii. 36; King, l.c. 50. 
Big spreading shrub with light green succulent leaves, obovate- 
oblong sessile, 3 to 6 in. long, *2 in. wide, pubescent beneath. 
Flowers about 1 in. long. Calyx and corolla inside villous. Corolla 
white, turning brown. Fruit globose, *25 in. through. Hab. 
Sandy seashores, whole peninsula, common from Singapore to 
Penang, Kelantan, etc. Distrib. India to Polynesia. Native 
name; Ambong-Ambong. 
Fig. 88 .—Scaevola Koenigii. 
Order LXXVIII. LOBELIACEiE. 
Herbs. Leaves entire or toothed, alternate (rarely opposite). 
Peduncles axillary, one or more flowered (rarely terminal racemed). 
Calyx-tube adnate to ovary, lobes persistent in fruit. Corolla 
superior, irregular, 2-lipped. Stamens as many as corolla-lobes; 
anthers connate round the style. Ovary inferior, 2- to 5-celled; 
ovules many; style simple. Stigmas as many as ovary-cells. 
Fruit baccate or 2-valved at top. Seeds very small. Species 
about 400, whole world, chiefly South American. 
Fruit 2-valved at top; plants small, ascending . . .1. Lobelia 
Fruit baccate, indehiscent; plant creeping . . .2. Pratia 
