164 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
3. LESOHENAULTIA R. Br. 
Single species... 0. 0 2 ee ee eee oe I L. divaricata 
F. v. M. 
4. SHLLIHRA Cay. 
Single species ... 0... ce, eee eee nee aes 1. S. radicans 
Cay. 
5. SCAHVOLA L. 
1. Shrubs with rigid spinescent branches ... 1. S. spinescens 
R. Br. 
1*. Herbs or rarely undershrubs, not spines- 
cent. 
2. Flowers conspicuously pedunculate, in 
the axils of the leaves. 
3. Corolla blue, 2.2 to 2.6 em. long. 
Peduncles as long as the leaves 
or longer (8. hispida Cav.)** 2. 8. ramosissima 
(Sm.) Krause. 
3*, Corolla whitish, 6 to 8 mm. long. 
Peduncles mostly shorter than 
fhesledv cs smler airmen tomes 0OKE22 
F.y. M. 
2*, Flowers sessile or nearly so in the 
axils of the floral leaves, all on 
the upper ones forming a 
terminal leafy spike. 
4. Ovarium 2-celled. 
5. Indusium glabrous except in 
cilia. 
6. Stems erect. Leaves usually 
toothed ... °... ... ... 4. 8. ovalifolia 
Rh. Br. 
6*, Stems prostrate. Leaves 
entire re rene OMED SCUCUCOLENE 
/ RK. Br. 
5*, Indusium densely hairy on the 
DAG Kats mer nn Mes IT ROPE SLCIUILLD 
R. Br. 
4*, Ovarium 1-celled.  Indusium 
hairy on the back ... ... ... 7. S. microcarpa 
‘ Cay. 
** The name S. hispida Cav. dates from 1801, but as the same plant 
was named S. ramosissima Smith, in 1798, in accordance with the rules 
of nomenclature the former name gives place to the latter. 
