saxicava

[Lat. saxum =a stone, and cavo =to excavate.] 1. Zool.: A genus of Gastrochænide, with numer 3560 five; stamens ten or five; ovary two-celled; capsule with two beaks, two-celled, many seeded. Peren nial plants, rarely herbs, with white or yellow, or rarely red or purple, cymose inflorescence. Known species, 160. Not found in Australia, South Africa, or the South Sea Islands; distributed in most other regions.