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petiolis basi dilatatis, semivaginantibus, integra vel dentata, 
subtus in plerisque punctata. Flores vel subumbellati axillares, 
nunc petiolum insidentes, vel paniculati terminales. Corolla 
sepius flava, laciniarum marginibus fimbriatis vel integris. Br. 
Villarsia indica; foliis alte cordatis orbicularibus coriaceis 
repandis 3-nerviis, pedunculis umbellatis ex apice petio- 
lorum, corolle laciniis superne hirsutis, capsula evalvi, 
seminibus globosis echinatis. (SuppL. Tas. XXX.) 
V. indica. Vent. Choix des Pl. p. 9. Roem. et Schult. Syst. 
Veget. v. 4. p. 119. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 582. 
Menyanthes indica. Linn. Fl. Zeyl. p. 79. Sp. Pl. p. 20%. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1. p. 811. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 31. 
M. macrophylla. Roth, Nov. Pl. Ind. Or. p. 105. 
Cumada. Jones in Asiat. Res. (ed. 8vo.) v. 4. p. 248. 
Nedel-Ambel. Hort. Mal. v. 11. p. 55. t. 28. 
Nympheza ceramica. Rumph. Amb. v. 6. p. 173. t. 12. f. 3. 
an. 
Petioles rounded, glabrous, in deep water very long, proli- 
ferous. Leaves orbicular, attached near their centre, and 
divided on one side down to the petiole, hence cordate, very - 
slightly repand on the margin, thick, coriaceous, 3-ribbed, 
reticulated with veins, glabrous, light shining green above, 
brownish beneath.  Peduncles aggregated on the apex of the 
petiole, filiform, 1-flowered, furnished at the base with a com- 
mon membranous bractea. From the same point one or more 
new petioles spring, producing a fresh crop of flowers when 
the first is past. Calyx 6-8-parted; segments linear, acute, 
about half the length of the corolla. Corolla 5-6-8-cleft; 
segments lanceolate, spreading, very hairy within, pure white; 
tube yellow. Stamens alternate with the segments of the 
corolla, equal in number; filaments adhering to the throat, 
and continued to the bottom of the tube; the free part erect, 
subulate, incurved. There are no inferior alternate glands. 
Anthers erect, subulate, 2-celled, dark-coloured. Pistil: ger- 
men superior, globular, l-celled. Style cylindrical, erect, 
terminating in from 3-5 white membranous umbilicated stig- 
mas. Pericarp 5 capsule evalvular, 1-celled, with from 3-5 
rows of seeds attached to its sides. The seminal receptacles 
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