a genus of plants belonging to the tetrandria clasps. See BOTANY Index.

SCÆVOLA, C. MUCIUS, a young Roman of illustrious birth, is particularly celebrated in the Roman history for a brave but unsuccessful attempt upon the life of Porfena king of Hettruria, about the year before Christ 504. See the article Rome, No. 71.

SCÆVOLA, a genus of plants belonging to the pentandra clasps. See BOTANY Index.