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elongatas emittens. Caules non articulati, Petioli bi- v. pauci- 
pollicares. Folia pollice scepius breviora quam loiigiora. Venarum 
rami ultimi in areolis liberi. Bracteola? lanceolatae, bi- v. pauci- 
lineares, Caljx florens 2'", fructlficans 3" longus, basi tubulosus, 
et hinc conspicue cum capsula coucretus. Coi-olla calycem semi- 
supcrans ; lobi truncato-alati. Filamenta brevissima, juxta corollae 
basim sita. Antherae circiter ^'" longae* Capsula iufcrne tenera, 
superne firma. Semina 1'" longa, Strophiola pallida, depresso- 
semiglobosa. 
Villarsia hydrocharoides, 
(Sect, Limnanthenlum.) 
Natans, petiolis folio cordato longioribus, pedicellia axillaribus 
solltariis geminisve elongafcis, corollie pallidce lobis haud v. imper- 
fectc fimbriatis ecristatis, fauce dense fimbriifera, stylo perbrevi, 
capsula evalvi ovata calycem paulo superante oligosperma, semini- 
bus majusculis velutinellis compresso-globosis immargiuatis nigro- 
fuscis, strophiola membranea rhombeo-orbiculata denticulata. 
Ad sinum Rockingham's Bay in stagnis. Dallachy, 
Caules, speciminibus examinatis, breves, radicantes, haud artlcu- 
lati. Folia l-l|" metientia, non buUosa. Petioli folio paulo v. 
aliquoties breviores, Calycum scgmenta 2-3'' longa, Corolla, 
quantura e statu sicco judico, albida nisi pallide flava ; loborum 
margines latiuscule alati. Antherae oblonga?, sursum attenuatae, 
supra basim fixae. Semina £'' metientia. Strophiolabene evoluta 
ssepe trientem scrainis sequans. 
Planta imprimis seminibus a V. geminata divellitur. 
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Villarsia reniformis, 
K. Br. Pr. 456 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1533 ; V. parnassifolia, Br. Pr, 456 partim; 
Griseb. in Cand. Prodr. ix. 137 partim ; J. Ilook. FI. Tasm. i 272 partim ; 
Menyanthes exaltata, Soland. in Sims Bot. Mag. 1029. 
Perennis, erecta^ glabra, foliis ovatls v. cordatis v. ovato- v, 
renato-cordatis radicalibus longe v. longissime et valide petiolatis 
crassiusculia integerrimis v. repandis, caule aphjllo v. monophyllo, 
panicula terminali, caljcis segmentis acutatis, coroUae luteoe lobis 
ecristatis margine nudis, fauce denso-fimbriata, stylo brevi, stig- 
matil)us deltoideo-rotundatis, capsula fere ovata pleio- v. oligo- 
sperma calyce superata vel *ei aequilonga valvata crustacea, pla- 
centis alte extensis, seminibus magnis lenticulari-ovatis Icevibus 
strophiola conspicua circulari basali prcEditis fulvo-lividis immar- 
ginatis. 
In toto tractu inter sinus Spenceri et Moretoni jacente, alpes 
etiam adscendens. 
Planta spithamiea usque pluripedalis, in limosis passim procum- 
"bens nec repens. Petioli sesquipedales v. breviores. Folia 3|" 
