168 
3 M. crisra‘ra (Roxb. cor. 2. p. 3. t. 105.) leaves radical, 
petiolate, cordate, undulately crenulated on the edges ; petioles 
viviparous and floriferous below the leaves; pedicels several to- 
gether, umbellate; segments of corolla undulately jagged, 
crested lengthwise. 21. W. S. Native of the East Indies, 
floating in pools of sweet water, in which the roots often do not 
reach the bottom. — Cumüda, Roxb. asiat. res. 4. p. 254. 
Tsjeroea Citámbel, Rheed. mal. 11. p. 57. t. 29. It is called 
by the Bengalese Chooli, and by the Telingas Antara- Tamara. 
Leaves variable in size, purplish green on the upper side. 
Petioles various in length, and on the upper side about 2 inches 
below the leaf, there is a viviparous tuberosity, which produces 
the flowers as well as other leaves and roots ; the old leaf and 
the parent petiole decaying, leave this a new plant, each petiole 
in succession doing the same. Pedicels many, 1-flowered from 
the above-mentioned tuberosity, sufficiently long to raise the 
flowers above the water, afterwards they drop into the water, 
and there ripen their seeds. Flowers pure white, about an inch 
in diameter. Corona triple: the exterior one consisting of 
white ramose filaments, crowning the mouth of the tube, as in 
Nérium; the middle one of 5 beautiful yellow glandular bodies, 
which nearly fill the mouth of the tube, standing alternately 
with the filaments; and the interior one of 5 hairy yellow 
bodies, surrounding the base of the ovarium. Seeds compressed, 
scabrous. 
Crested-flowered Buckbean. Pl. floating. 
Cult. The species are all elegant aquatic plants. The first spe- 
cies is of the most easy culture, requiring only to be planted 
or thrown into a pond, where it will grow freely ; the second, 
being only a bog plant, will require to be grown in a pot filled 
with peat earth, and the pot placed in a deep pan of water: it 
will require protection from severe frost in winter, by placing it 
in a greenhouse or frame; but should it become plentiful, it 
may be planted in a natural or artificial bog in the open air, 
where it will probably endure our winters. The third species, 
being a native of a warm country, will require to be kept ina 
cistern or tub of water in a stove. 
II. VILLA'RSIA (named in honour of D. Villars, a cele- 
brated French botanist; author of Histoire des Plantes du 
Dauphiné, 3 vols. 8vo. Grenoble, 1786-1788, &c.) Vent. choix. 
no. 9. p. 2. R. Br. prod. p. 456. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 3. p. 187. | Waldschmídia, Wigg. Nymphoides, 
a'ourn. hist. t. 67. | Menyánthes species, Lin. and others. Lam. 
allt: LOOF. 9; 
Liv. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla subrotate; with a spreading limb; segments with a flat 
disk, bearded or squamulose at the base, with ascending margins. 
Stigma 2-lobed ; lobes toothed. Hypogynous glands 5. Cap- 
sule 1-celled, 2-valved, or valveless. Seeds girded by a mem- 
branous margin, or naked, fixed to the edges of the valves in 
a double row.—Floating aquatic plants or marsh herbs. Leaves 
alternate, rarely opposite, entire, or toothed, usually dotted be- 
neath. Flowers axillary, or seated on the petioles, subumbel- 
late, or in terminal panicles. Corolla usually yellow ; margins 
of segments fringed or entire. 
Sect. I. Aaua’tica. 
plants. 
Capsule valveless. Floatiny mater 
$ 1. Flowers terminal. 
1 V. nympnoipgs (Vent. choix. no. 9. p. 2.) natant; leaves 
opposite, cordate-orbicular, or orbicularly reniform, repand ; 
umbels sessile, terminal, or in the forks of the stem; segments 
of corolla ciliated. 2t. W. H. Native of Europe, as of 
Denmark, Holland, Sweden, Germany, Piedmont ; and of Sibe- 
MENYANTHACEZ. I. Menyantues. II. VILLARSIA. 
ria, in ditches and slow running streams. In England, as in the 
Thames, particularly in little recesses of the shores near Walton 
Bridge, near Botley Bridge, Godstowbridge, and Hinksey Ferry; 
and in the fens near Ely, frequent, &c. Menyanthes nym- 
phoides, Lin. spec. 207. syst. 194. Smith, engl. bot. t. 217. 
Oed. fl. dan. 337. Sabb. hort. 2. p. 67. Smith, fl. grec. 1. 
p. 128. t. 446. Jaume, St. Hil. 12. livr. t. 6. Limnánthemum 
peltàtum, Gmel. act. petrop 1769. 14. p. 567. t. 17. f. 2. 
Meynánthes natans, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 203.  Waldschmídia nym- 
phoides, Wigg. prim. p. 20. Drev. et Hayne, abb. zergl. 1. 
p 33. t. 6. Schweyckhérta nymphoides, Gmel. 1. p. 447.— 
Dalech. hist. 1010. f. 1. Petiv. brit. t. 71. f. 4. Stem dicho- 
tomous, creeping under water. Leaves of a livid colour be- 
neath, and dotted. Corolla yellow ; segments bearded at bottom. 
Seeds ciliated. 
Nympheea-like Villarsia. FI. June, July. Britain. Pl. fl. 
2 V. ova‘ra (Vent. choix. t. 9.) erect; leaves ovate, erect; 
flowers racemosely panicled; segments of corolla ciliated. 
u. B. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in boggy 
watery places. Sims, bot. mag. 1909. Menyánthes ovata, 
Lin. syst. 194. suppl. 133. Pers. ench. 1. p. 171.  Menyánthes 
Capénsis, Thunb. prod. p. 34.  Reneálmia Capénsis, Houtt. pfl. 
syst. 4. p. 819. t. 47. f. 1.? Leaves elliptic, obtuse, from the 
neck of the root, full of pellucid dots, with subundulated edges, 
and obscure glands. Stem longer than the leaves, furnished 
with 2-3 leaves at base, but naked and panicled at top. Corollas 
of an orange yellow colour. Perhaps belonging to the section 
Paludósce. 
Ovate-leaved  Villarsia. 
Fl. May, July. 
1-2 feet. 
Cit 1786. S BE 
§ 2. Petioles bearing the flowers below the leaves. 
3 V. rELTA'rA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 178.) floating ; 
leaves peltate ; petioles bearing the flowers beneath the leaves. 
u.W. H. Native of Japan, floating in water. MMenyánthes 
peltàta, Thunb. nov. act. ups. 7. p. 142. t. 4. f. 9. Menyan- 
thes nymphoides, Thunb. fl. jap. p. 82. Leaves nearly orbi- 
cular, thin, glabrous, broader than long. 
Peltate-leaved Villarsia. Pl. floating. 
4 V.Iwprca (Vent. choix. p. 9. Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 97. t. 
30.) floating; leaves reniformly orbicular, coriaceous, repand, 3- 
nerved, or many-nerved, scabrous from scrobicles beneath; pedi- 
cels elongated, umbellate from the tops of the petioles, scabrous ; 
segments of corolla hairy at top; capsule round, crustaceous; 
seeds globose, echinated, ex Hook. ; roundish, compressed, size 
of millet, with a shining crustaceous testa, ex D. Don. XY. 
W.S. Native of the East Indies, and the Cape of Good Hope, 
floating in sweet water lakes.  Menyánthes I'ndica, Lin. fl. 
zeyl. spec. 207. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 31. M. macrophylla, 
Roth. nov. spec. p. 105. Thunb. fl. cap. 167. Cumada or 
Cumud, Jones, in asiat. res. 4. p. 254. no. 30. Nedel-Ambel, 
Rheed. mal. 10. p. 55. t. 28. Nymphe'a Cerámica, Rumph. 
amb. 6. p. 173. t. 72. f. 3. Corolla with a yellow tube, and 
white segments. Petioles floriferous and viviparous, as in Meny- 
nánthes cristata. Segments of corolla lanceolate, the upper 
side clothed with long white hairs their whole length. Stigma 
9-lobed, curled. — 4ntara- Tamara is the Telinga name of the 
plant, and Bura-chooli is the Bengalee name. Leaves very 
variable in size; having the hind lobes connivent. 
Indian Villarsia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1792. Pl. floating. 
5 V. minor (D. Don, mss.) natant; leaves reniformly orbi- 
cular, smooth beneath: having the hind lobes divaricate; pe- 
duncles smooth, short; capsule globose, crustaceous. .2/. W.S. 
Native of the Himalaiah. Plant 4 times smaller in every part 
than V. Indica. 
Smaller Villarsia. Pl. floating. 
