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longa vel breviora, acutiuscula v. obtusissima, haud eminenter 
nervosa. Bractea ad basim rami infimi panicul^e foliiformis, an- 
- jruste lanceolataj petiolata. Calyces semipollicares v. breviores. 
Corollse lobij ut in pleripqne Goodeniaceis, truncato-alati. Capsula 
3—4'" longa ; valvse bifidaej apice recurvge. Placent^ e divisura 
utriusque valvoa desceudentes, ante valv£e basim evanescentes. 
Semiua iis quarumdam Goodeniarum similia^ f" rarius |'" me- 
tientia, fere rotunda, subtilissime punctulato-impressa, rarissime 
papilloso-aspera. 
Planta non solum habitu Velleyis similis, sed etiara corollee 
SBstivatione induplicato-valvata ct pluribus aliis notis, 
Folia nunquam rite renata, quam ob rem et propter nomenclaturae 
confusionera h^cce species nunc melius V. exaltata appelletur. 
A fluvio Wannon habeo plantam seminibus minoribus ovatis 
turgentibus estropliiolatis asperis saltem aforraalegitima diversam. 
Villarsia parnassi/olia. 
E. Br. Pr. 456 partim ; Griseb. in Cand. Pr. ix. 137 partim ; Swertia 
parnassifolia, Labill. Nov. Holl. Plant. Spec, i. 72, t. 97. 
Perennis, erecta, glabra, foliis ovatis v. deltoideo-orbiculatis v. 
cordatis repando-dentatis teneris longe v. longiuscule et graciliter 
petiolatis, caule aphyllo v. monodiphyllo, panicula terminali, 
calycis segmentis acutatis, corollas luteee lobis margine nudis, fauce 
fimbriata, stylo procero, stigmatibus fere oblongis, capsula fere 
conica polysperma calycem superante pasne membranea apice 
transverse rupta haud distincte aut brevissime valvata, placentis 
alte extensis, seminibus parvis glohoso-ovatis turgidis ad umbilicum 
snpra-basalem apiculatis subtilissime punctulato-rugulosis lividis 
iramarsinatis. 
A sinu Great Bight ad oi^ara occidentalem extendens. 
Planta eximie icoui Billardierii respondens a plauta commutata 
orientali prieter notas diagnosticas recedit foliis sa^pe minoribus 
nunquam integerrimis, seminibus tantum |'" longis. Plantae 
Drummondi 6 et Preissii 1957 (igitur V. pamas;::;ifolia, Nees in 
Lehm. PI. Preiss. i. 364) huc pertinent. CoroIIae Grisebachio lobi 
fimbriati trituuntur ; sunt autem, quantum vidi, margine efimbriati. 
Villarsia calthifolia. 
Erecta, robusta, glabra, foliis magnis v. maximis carnulenfis 
orbiculato-cordatis calloso-dentatiSy petiolis crassis radicalibus 
longissimis, caulinis folio fere aequilongis, cymis compositis corym- 
boso-paniculatis, sepalis late ovatis acutis, corollse lutese lobis 
ecristatis margine nudis, fauce fimbriata, capsula ovato- v. globoso- 
urceolata calycem paulo superante polysperma infra apicem trun- 
catum circumscissura breviter valvata fere membranea, placentis 
