252 Lxxxm. gentiane^. 



6. BELMONTIA, E. Mey. 



Character of Sebaa, except : Corolla salver- shaped, with a 

 slender, cylindrical tube, wider at summit. Anthers included, 

 straight, on very short filaments. — DC. Frod. ix. p. 54. 



Annuals, with the habit of Sebcea ; flowers yellow, very bright. — 3 

 species, dispersed. 



7. EXOCHJENIUM, Griseb. 



Character of Sehcea, except : Stamens inserted much within 

 the corolla-tube ; anthers erect, joined together by the inner 

 edges of their cells, dehiscing on the outer face, minutely 

 2-glanded at base, crowned at apex by a single, oblong, subca- 

 pitate gland ; filaments slender, distant, equalling the anthers. 

 —DC. Frod. ix. p. 55. 



£. grande, Grriseb., is an annual, with the aspect of Belmontia, found in 

 Caflfraria and at Natal. Flowers larger than in the allied genera, yellow. 



Teibe 2. Met^t ANTHER. (Gren. 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 bvtwo valves. — DC. Prod. ix. 

 p. 136. 



Marsh-growing perennials, with entire, alternate leaves, the lower 

 crowded and petioled. Flowers in cymes, yellow. — V. ovata, Yent., 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. Frod. vi. p. 138. 



Perennial floating herbs, with the habit of Nymphcea. Leaves on very 

 long petioles, floating, peltate or cordate. Flowers yellow, springing near 

 the summit of the petiole. — 2 Cape species, both Eastern. 



