a genus of plants belonging to the tetrandria clas. 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 Hetruria, about the year before Christ 504. See the article Rome, No. 71.

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