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Villarsia.] 
campanulate; lobes sub-rotate. Stamens 5, from the corolla-tube. 
Ovary i-celled; style short; stigma bilobed. Capsule globose, 
i-celled, 4-valved at tip. Species 12, Africa and Australia. 
(1) V. aurantiaca Ridl. in Clarke, l.c. 90. 
A small stoloniferous plant forming a tuft 2 in. long. Leaves 
long petioled -35 in. across, round, ovate-cordate, edge sinuate; 
petioles -5 to 2 in. long. Peduncles solitary 1 to 2 in. long, 1- 
flowered. Calyx -17 in. long, lobes oblong-lanceolate. Corolla 
orange yellow, -25 in. across. Capsule sub-globose, *12 in. long. 
Hab. Rare in mud by buffalo wallows, usually terrestrial. Pahang 
at Kwala Pahang (Ridley). 
7 . LIMNANTHEMUM, Gmel. 
Aquatic floating herbs with sessile ovate cordate leaves. 
Flowers on numerous peduncles in the axils of the leaf, white or 
yellow. Sepals 4 to 6, oblong. Corolla rotate, 4- to 5-lobed, 
lobes ciliate fimbriate. Stamens 4 to 6 on the tube; anthers 
sagittate. Capsule oblong or globose, dehiscing irregularly. Species 
about 20, tropical and temperate regions. 
Leaves orbicular, 3 to 8 in. across; petals ciliate 
Leaves ovate, 75 in. across .... 
. (1) L. indicum 
. (2) L. parvifolium 
