Villarsia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Villarsia (named for Dominique Villars, 1745-1814). Gentianaceae. Marsh-loving herbs, suitable for greenhouse cult.: sts. simple and leafless or somewhat branched and few-lvd.: lvs. radical, long-petioled, entire or irregularly sinuate-dentate: cymes usually many-fld., sometimes laxly paniculate, sometimes corymbosely congested or capitate and involucrate: fls. yellow or white; calyx 5-parted or deeply 5-cleft, segms. lanceolate; corolla broadly campanulate or rather rotate; stamens 5: caps. 1-celled, subglobose, apex 4-valved.—About 10 species, S. Afr. and Austral. V. reniformis, R. Br. (Menyanthes exaltata, Sims. M. sarmentosa, Sims). From 6 in. to 3 ft. high: lvs. in a dense tuft on long petioles, ovate, orbicular or reniform, more or less cordate, entire or slightly sinuate- dentate, mostly 1-2 in. long: fls. yellow; corolla 3/4- 1 in. across, lobes copiously fringed or bearded at the base inside. Austral. B.M. 1029; 1328. R.H. 1909, p. 125.


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