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Menyanthes sarmentosa. Running 

 Buck-Bean. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. 

 Cor. hirfuta. Stigma bifidum. Capfula l-locularis. 



Specific Characler and Synonym. 



MENYANTHES farmentofa : (natans) flagejlis reptantibus, 

 foliis cordato-fuborbiculatis repandis fubtus 

 punftatis, paniculis, oppofitifoliis, femini- 

 bus glabris. 



VILLARSIA geminata var. «. Brown 77. Nov. Holl. p. 457 ?■ 



This fpecies belongs to the genus Villarfia of Ventenat, 

 adopted by Brown. We have before given our reafons in 

 part for not following this change ; to which we may now add, 

 that Brown himfelf feems to give up the character drawn from 

 the flight difference in the attachment of the feeds, obferving 

 that Menyanthes chiefly differs from Villarfia by the difk of 

 the corolla being bearded lengthwife with naked margins, and 

 by its ternate leaves. 



We cannot afcertain that this fpecies is mentioned by Mr. 

 Brown in his Flora of New-Holland ;. but as thefe plants feem 

 to be extremely variable, it may poflibly belong to his Vil- 

 larsia geminata; for the terminal pedicles in this are gene- 

 rally in pairs. But as he makes no mention of the remarkable 

 runners, feveral feet in length, putting out leaves and roots, 

 at intervals of about a foot and a half, in the fame manner 

 as the ftrawberry plant, we think it fafeft to confider it as a 

 different fpecies, efpecially as he himfelf doubts whether his 

 two varieties may not be diftinft ; and if fo, the name of 

 geminata may remajn to his fecond variety. 



We 



