252 LXXXIII. GENTIANER. 
6. BELMONTIA, E. Mey. 
Character of Seba, except: Corolla salver-shaped, with a 
slender, cylindrical tube, wider at summit. Anthers included, 
straight, on very short filaments.—DC. Prod. ix. p. 54. 
Annuals, with the habit of Sebea; flowers yellow, very bright.—3 
species, dispersed. 
7. EXOCHANIUM, Griseb. 
Character of Sebea, except: Stamens inserted much within 
the corolla-tube ; anthers erect, joined together by the mner 
edges of their cells, dehiscing on the outer face, minutely 
2-glanded at base, crowned at apex by a single, oblong, subea- 
pitate gland; filaments slender, distant, equalling the anthers. 
—DC. Prod. ix. p. 55. 
E. grande, Griseb., is an annual, with the aspect of Belmontia, found in 
Caffraria and at Natal. Flowers larger than in the allied genera, yellow. 
Trine 2. MenyantTHEs. (Gen. 8-9.) 
8. VILLARSIA, Vent. 
Calyx 5-parted or deeply 5-fid, the segments united at base. 
Corolla deciduous, rotate or funnel-shaped, 5-parted or deeply 
5-fid, fleshy, the lobes nude or fimbriated, destitute of glands on 
the petals. Stamens 5, on the corolla-tube ; filaments equal at 
base; anthers erect, unchanged. Ovary girt by 5 glands, 
1-celled; style mostly distinct, persistent; stigma 3-lobed. 
Capsules 1-celled opening at top by two valves.—DC. Prod. ix. 
p. 136. 
Marsh-growing perennials, with entire, alternate leaves, the lower 
crowded and petioled. Flowers in cymes, yellow.—V. ovata, Vent., our 
only species, is common throughout the colony. 
9. LIMNANTHEMUM, Gmel. 
Calyx 5-parted; segments united at base. Corolla deci- 
duous, rotate, submembranous, fugitive, 5-parted; segments 
variously fimbriated, on one side bearing glands. Stamens 5, 
on the tube; filaments equal at base; anthers erect, un- 
changed. Ovary girt by 5 glands, 1-celled ; style short, per- 
sistent; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 1-celled, valveless, opening 
after long maceration.—DC. Prod. vi. p. 138. 
Perennial floating herbs, with the habit of Nymphea. Leaves on very 
long petioles, floating, peltate or cordate. Flowers yellow, springing near 
the summit of the petiole.-—2 Cape species, both Eastern. 
