348 MB. J. G. BAKEB ON THE 



decompound, lax, terminal, 2-3 in. in diam. ; branches arcuate; 

 pedicels short, with a small deltoid white-edged bract at the base. 

 Calyx campanulate, | in. long ; petals 5, herbaceous, oblong, 

 obtuse, much imbricated, whitish at the edge. Petals oblong, 

 scarcely longer than the calyx. Stamens 5, distinctly perigy- 

 nous; anthers small, globose, placed opposite the tip of the 

 sepals. Pistil shorter than the calyx ; ovary ovoid ; styles fal- 

 cate, as long as the ovary. — Baron 1909 ! This genus belongs to 

 the Mediterranean region, and is not known in Tropical Africa or 

 at the Cape. 



Hydrocotixe filicatjlis, n. sp. 



H. caulibus filiform ibus glabris late reptantibus, foliis caespitosis orbicu- 

 laribus basifixis glabris inciso-crenatis basi truncatis petiolis pubeseentibus, 

 floribus paucis in umbellas pedunculatas solitariis dispositis, bracteis 

 ovatis, pedicellis brevissimis, fructu globoso jugis 5 inconspicuis, stylis 

 falcatis. 



Stems wide-trailing, filiform, glabrous, rooting from the tufts, 

 with several leaves, and a single peduncled umbel of flowers. 

 Petiole pubescent, |-£ in. loug ; blade orbicular, glabrous, \-\ in. 

 broad, almost truncate at the base, inciso-crenate. Flowers 2-6 

 in an umbel ; pedicels very short ; bracts ovate, persistent, longer 

 than the pedicels. Fruit orbicular, -j^ in. diam. ; mericarps turgid, 

 oblong, obscurely ribbed; styles short, cylindrical, distinctly 

 falcate. — Baron 3219 ! Allied to II. asiatica, L. 



HrDBOCOTrLE supekposita, n. sp. 



Glabra, rhizomate filiformi late reptante, foliis solitariis longe petiolatis 

 peltatis orbicularibus crenatis membranaceis 9-10-nervis, floribus spicatis 

 verticillis 2-4 superpositis, bracteis ovatis, fructu globoso, mericarpiis 

 jugis 5 prominulis praeditis, petalis parvis ovatis, stylis rectiusculis bre- 

 vissimis. 



Ehizome filiform, wide-trailing, sending out tufts of root-fibres 

 from the nodes. Leaves solitary, glabrous, with a slender 

 petiole 1-2 in. long ; blade orbicular, peltate, |-| in. broad, 

 membranous, crenate. Flowers in spikes of 2-4 superposed 

 whorls of 4-6 flowers each, with a slender peduncle 1-1 1 in. long ; 

 bracts minute, persistent. Fruit globose, laterally compressed, 

 A- in. diam. ; mericarps with a distinct ridge on each side mid- 

 way between the back and margin ; style very short, cylindrical, 

 nearly straight. Petals ovate, miuute, valvate.— Baron 1897 ! 



