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long, with leaves and peduncles at the nodes. Leaves all long-petioled, 

 •35 in. in diam., widely excavated at the base, ovate, margin sinuate ; 

 petiole '5 to 2 in. long. Peduncles solitary, 1 to 2 in. long, ebracteate, 

 1-flowered. Calyx '17 in. long, lobes oblong. Corolla -35 in. in diam. 

 Pahang : Kwala Pahar, Bidley. 



This example shows no fruit, and the flowers are not in a state for dissection. This 

 collection has been supposed to be near Limnanthemum parvifolium, Griseb., which 

 has smaller flowers, with the peduncles (several) clustered in the axil of a sessile leaf. 

 This plant of Eidley appears to come near the Swan Kiver Villarsia violifolia, F. 

 Muell. 



6. LiBiNANTHEMUM, S. P. Gmel. 



Peduncles several in the axil of a nearly sessile leaf. Caiosule thin, 

 breaking up irregularly, otherwise as Villarsia. — Distrib. Species 20, 

 dispersed throughout the Tropical and Temperate Zones. 



1. Limnanthemum paevifoliubi, Griseb. in DC. Prod. IX. 141. 

 Stem 3 to 8 in. long, slender, with distant nodes. Leaf '75 in., round, 

 ovate, excavated at base, gland-dotted on the under surface ; petiole 

 scarcely "08 in. Pedicels clustered, to '25 in. long. Calyx-lobes -08 in. 

 long, lanceolate, acute. Corolla-lobes "17 in. long, white, fimbriate. 

 Capsule '17 in. long, eUipsoid, sessile, about 10-seeded ; seeds smooth 

 but with capitate papillae sparsely irregularly scattered. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. IV. 132 ; Trimen, Fl. Ceyl. III. 189. 



Singapore : Cu7ning 2280 (in Mus. Brit.). — Distrib. Malabar, 

 Ceylon ; Chittagong to Tavoy. 



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