Villarsia.] Lxxvill. GENTiANEyE. 375 



smaller and on sliovtcr petioles. Flowers yellow, iii rather dense tenniiml 

 corymbose panicles, somewhat larger than in F. latifoUn. Calyx-lobes 

 broadly ovate, the margins not imdnlate, much imbricate iu the bud. Co- 

 rolla apparently not much longer than the calyx, the lobes bearded or 

 fringed inside at the base, but the margins entire. Capsule ovoid-oblong_, 4 

 to .5 lines long, opening at the top in 4 valves, of which the short broad tips 

 "sometimes cohere and Ifall off together, leaving the valves truncate ; but in 

 some capsules the tips also separate and remain on the recurved valves. 

 Seeds ovoid, minutely granular-tubcrculate ; funicles short. 



W. Australia, Drummond, Zrd Coll. Suppl ; granite summits of IMount Perongerup, 

 ''• Mueller. 



2. V. congestiflora, F. Muell. Iratjm. vi. 141. Stems sometimes tall 

 stout, and erect, sometimes weak and diffuse, more or less leafy. Kadical 

 leaves ou long petioles, mostly orbicular or almost remform, entire or 

 coarsely cren ate, often 2 in. diameter, the stem-leaves and the radical ones 

 of small weak specimens much smaller, ovate or orbicular. I lowers yellow, 

 in broad dichotomous leafy cymes, sessile or nearly so, solitary in tlic forkt, 

 often clustered at the ends of the branchlets, but less so than in V. capdala 

 '-'nd quite glabrous. Calyx-lobes ovate-hmceolate, the margins usually un- 

 dulate and recurved. Corolla-lobes shortly exceeding the calyx, beardeU in- 

 side at the base. Anthers linear. Ovules few to each placenta, on tilitorm 

 funicles. Capsule rather shorter than the calyx, opening in 4 sliort recuiveu 

 valves. Seeds few, orbicular, slightly compressed, smooth and stiuung oi 

 opaque but not granular, with a slightly prominent small stropliiole. 



W. Australia. Swan aud Murcliison rivers, Brmnmond, OUfield. 



, 3. V. capitata. Nee, in. PL Prelss. i. 365. Stems erect, slightly 

 branched, leafy, scarcely above 6 in. high. Leaves on long petioles boadty 

 ovate orbicular or reniform, coarsely sinuate-toothed or entire under 1 ui. ion,, 

 and often under ^ in. Flowers (yellow ?) sessile in compact s/obular o dc- 

 pvossed heads of about i in. diameter, on long peduncles, with 2 bioa IV" 

 ovate outer bracts forming an involucre to the head, the inner ^^^•'^'^l^^^ 

 each flower much narrower, membranous and ciliate. Calyx i^^'^J >j^ °" ' 

 l^overed with long hairs which give the head a woolly '''^Pf^t ' ^5 ^"^™^ 

 '^nceolate, subuirte-acuminate. Corolla scarcely exceeding t^ ^a^^' '^^ 

 lobes slightly bearded inside at the base, the margins entire. » igmatic lo Jes 

 broad, almost petal-like. Capsule shorter than the calyx ^^'"^^ "^;^^,' J f ^^ 

 I (4 ?} valves. Seeds small, smooth and shining, black or pale-colouicd. 



^- I'tvolucrala, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 725. 



.lia. Swan lllvcr. Dr.nnnond, n. 7, Prciss, n. 195G, Clarice ; Serpcntuie 



.4- V.latifolia, Benth. in Enecj. Enum. 81. An erect Pj^^"t' ^^^^^J;/,'' 

 With much of the habit of F. parnassifoUa, but always with 2 oi ^^^'^'g 



developed leaves on the stem. Radical leaves on long P^^'^^^^^'^^^J^X f 

 broadly orbicular, not at all or scarcely cordate, entire or ^^■'^^';-;°^^^^^^^^^^^ 



1^3 in. diameter, those of the stem ^^^f^rj^,,^^ 



. '^. Austr 



river, OU/jield. 



