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flowers 15-20 in an umbel, on long pedicels. 4%. B.F. Native 
of Chili. Habit of H. Zeyldnica, but the flowers are not capi- 
tate. The inflorescence is that of H. geranioides or H. alche- 
millotdes, but the stems are not radicant. 
Poeppig’s Penny-wort. PI. trailing. 
§ 2. Leaves more or less cordate at the base. 
* Flowers umbellate, distinctly pedicellate. 
19 H. acurirénra (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 25. t. 248. f. a.) 
plant rather villous ; leaves cordate, acute, sinuated at the base, 
unequally crenate-toothed on all sides; peduncles a little longer 
than the petioles; umbels many flowered, simple, globose; pe- 
dicels of flowers distinct; fruit almost didymous, bicostate on 
both sides. 2%. B. F. Native of Peru, at Pillao. Spananthe 
sinuata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 878. Allied to H. quinquéloba, but 
differs in the leaves not being peltate. 
Acute-leaved Penny-wort. PI. cr. : 
20 H. cerantoines (Rich. hydr. no. 32. f. 21:) plant hairy ; 
leaves orbicularly reniform, 9-nerved, bluntly 9-lobed, crenated ; 
petioles pubescent, rather higher than the peduncles; umbels 
20-flowered ; flowers pedicellate. 2%. B. F. Native of Peru. 
Petioles a finger in length. Pedicels 3-4 lines long. Involucrum 
many leaved: leaflets ovate, acute, small. Fruit nearly orbicu- 
lar, didymous. 
Geranium-like Penny-wort. Pl. cr. 
21 H. atcuemitxoipes (Rich. hydr. no. 28. f. 31.) plant be- 
set with spreading hairs; leaves orbicularly reniform, 9-nerved, 
a little lobed, doubly crenated, cleft at the base into a narrow 
recess ; petioles elongated, pilose; peduncles slender, shorter 
than the petioles ; umbels 20-flowered; flowers distinctly pedi- 
cellate; mericarps of fruit 3-ribbed. 4. B. F. Native of 
Peru, in shady humid places: and of New Andalusia, on Mount 
Cocollar. H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 24. Petioles 
6-8 inches long. Pedicels 4-5 inches long. 
Alchemilla-like Penny-wort. PI. cr. 
22 H. raxirtora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 61.) plant villous ; leaves 
orbicular, cordate, 9-nerved, 9-lobed: lobes obtuse, denticu- 
lated; peduncles opposite the cauline leaves, about twice the 
length of the petioles; umbels 40-45-flowered ; pedicels and 
fruit glabrous. 2%. B. F. Native of New Holland. Pedicels 
zbout 3 lines long; the rest of the plant very like H. densiflora. 
Loose-flowered Penny-wort. PI. cr. 
23 H. Bonrra’npu (Rich. hydr. no. 27. f. 7.) plant hairy ; 
leaves reniform, 9-nerved, doubly crenated ; peduncles an inch 
long, about equal in length to the petioles ; umbels 10-12-flower- 
ed; flowers distinctly pedicellate. XY. B. G. Native near Santa 
Fe de Bogota, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 24. H. 
capitata, Willd. herb. and in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 356. but not of 
Banks, nor Pet. Th. H.Humbéldtii, Willd. herb. and Schultes, 
syst. 6. p. 356. but not of Rich. 
Var. B, Chilénsis (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 1. p. 
263.) umbels more dense; pedicels very short; leaves 7-lobed, 
7-nerved ; petioles an inch and a half long. %. B.F. Native 
of Chili, near Talcaguano. 
Bonpland’s Penny-wort. PI. cr. 
24 H. Mexica‘na (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnea. vol. 5. p. 
208.) stems creeping; branches erect; leaves reniform, usually 
9-nerved, deeply lobed, hairy ; umbels on long peduncles, many 
fiowered, loose, globose ; hairs on the petioles and peduncles re- 
versed; styles spreading. %. H. Native of Mexico, near 
Jalapa in shady woods. Said to be allied to H. leucocéphala and 
H. Bonplandi. 
Mexican Penny-wort. Pl. cr. 
25 H..nomirv'sa (Pohl, in litt. 1828. ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 
62.) plant creeping, glabrous ; leaves on long petioles, reniform, 
UMBELLIFER Æ. 
nearly orbicular, broadly crenated, 9-nerved ; peduncles length 
of the petioles ; umbels 20-flowered ; flowers distinctly pedicel- 
late; fruit ribbed, emarginate at both ends. %. B.G. Native 
of Brazil. Leaves nearly like those of H. Americana, but 
differs in the flowers being umbellate, not capitate. Perhaps 
Hydrocdtyle, Leefl. itin. p. 281. is referrible to this species. 
Trailing Penny-wort. PI. tr. 
26 H. tevucoce’pHata (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea, 1. 
p- 364.) plant creeping; leaves orbicularly reniform, usually 9- 
nerved, doubly toothed or crenated, beset with a few scattered 
hairs on both surfaces, as well as on the peduncles and petioles; 
umbels 20-30-flowered, nearly globose ; flowers distinctly pedi- | 
cellate; mericarps of fruit smooth, at first cream-coloured, and }. 
acutely 3-ribbed. 2%. F. Native throughout the whole of Bra- 
zil. Link et Otto, abbild. t. 21. Petioles 2-4 inches long. 
Pedicels of the umbel, which is milk-coloured, a line and a balf 
long. ; 
White-headed Penny-wort. PI. cr. | 
27 H. wa'rans (Cyr. pl. rar. neap. 1. t. 6. f. B.) plant creep- | 
ing, glabrous ; leaves orbicular, with a narrow cordate recess, 
reniform, bluntly and unequally 9-11-lobed, and 9-11-nerved, 
crenated ; peduncles much shorter than the petioles ; umbels 
capitate, 5-6-flowered ; flowers on short pedicels. %. B. H. 
Native of the kingdom of Naples, in bogs, ditches, and rivers; 
and in the river Anapo near Syracusa, and elsewhere in Sicily; 
Dombey gathered the same plant in Peru, and Chamisso at St. 
Francisco in North California——Column. ecphr. p. 316. with a 
figure. Rich. hydr. no. 29. f. 20. Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 
l. p. 873. Petioles 3-10 inches long. Peduncles hardly an 
inch long. Stems having numerous roots, issuing from the | 
joints. Fruit cordate, wrinkled a little. 
Natant Penny-wort. FI. July, Aug. 
ing and floating. 
28 H. mutrirma (Rich. hydr. no. 44. f. 34.) plant glabrous; 
leaves palmately cut; segments 5, somewhat 3-lobed : middle 
segment the longest; peduncles glabrous, longer than the pe- 
ticles, which are pilose; umbels 5-6-flowered ; flowers distinctly 
pedicellate; fruit didymous, furnished with 2 ribs on both 
sides. 4%. B.F. Native of New Granada, on the Andes, 1m 
humid shady places near Almaguer. H. B. et Kunth, nov. g°™ 
amer. 6. p. 25. Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 656. 
Multifid-leaved. Hydrocotyle. Pl. cr. 
** Umbels capitate, 3-8-flowered, sometimes the lower ones 
are only 1-flowered. 
29 H. Asta’tica (Lin. spec. p. 234.) plant rather villous; 
leaves orbicularly reniform, equally crenated, 7-nerved ; petioles 
and peduncles in fascicles, pubescent; umbels capitate, on short 
peduncles, 3-4-flowered; fruit orbicular, furnished with 4 ribs 
on both sides. 24. B. F. Native nearly throughout the southern 
hemisphere, as well as within the tropics, in humid watery ge 
Rich. hydr. no. 15. f. 11. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 348: 
Cham. in Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 365. This species assumes 
many forms, especially in Manilla, Radacca, Chili (which there 
becomes H. trifldra, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 24. t. 245. f. 6.) 
Brazil, and the Cape of Good Hope (which is H. Thunbergiam™ 
Spreng. neue entd. 1. p. 283. exclusive of the synonyme *” 
natans, Thunb. which is not obvious). 
Asiatic Penny-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1690. Pi. cr. 
30 H. repa’npa (Pers. ench. 1. p. 302.) plant villous; per 
cordate, reniform, on long petioles, 9-nerved, repandly toothe 4 
petioles villous, much exceeding the peduncles ; umbels api 
3-flowered ; fruit orbicular, furnished with 4 ribs on each sl e 
4Y. B. H. Native of Louisiana, Carolina, Georgia, Chili, a 
the West India Islands, in humid and inundated places. ee 
hydr. no. 13. f. 14. exclusive of the synonyme of Ruiz et $av: 
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