UMBELLIFERZ. 
petioles; umbels capitate, 3-flowered; fruit compressed, some- 
what didymous, furnished with 2 ribs on each side. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Rich. hydr. no. 52. f. 36. 
Cham. et Schlecht. Linnea. 1826. p. 354. Bodlax tríloba, 
Spreng. umb. prod. p. 34. Allied to H. tridentata, but differs 
in the smoothness of all parts of the plant. Bracteas longer than 
the Nae Middle flower in each umbel fertile: lateral 2 
sterile. 
Three-lobed-leaved Penny-wort. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
87 H. Sora’npra (Lin. fil. suppl. 176.) the whole plant 
clothed with hoary tomentum, the petals only excepted; leaves 
petiolate, obovately cuneiform, bluntly 7-toothed at the apex; 
umbels pedunculate, 5-6-flowered ; flowers on short pedicels ; 
leaves of involucrum ovate-lanceolate, glabrous inside. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on hills. Lam. dict. 3. 
p. 155. Rich. hydr. no. 53. H. tomentdsa, Thunb. diss. 2. p. 
416, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 593. Solándra Capénsis, 
Lin. spee. 1407. exclusive of the synonymes. Perhaps numer- 
ous species are here confused. 
Var. a, longipes (D. C. prod. 4. p. 69.) peduncles exceeding 
the leaves in length. 
Var. B, communis (D. C. I. c.) peduncles length of the leaves. 
—Lam. ill. t. 188. f. 5. Sieb. cap. exsic. no. 140. 
Var. y.? longifolia (D.C. 1. c.) peduncles much shorter than 
the leaves; leaves cuneate, elongated. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Burchell.. Perhaps a proper species. 
Solander’s Penny-wort. Pl. 4 foot. 
88 H. Crnre’tta (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 1. p. 
375.) plant shrubby ; leaves oblong, cuneated or lanceolate, 3~ 
nerved, quite entire; umbels pedunculate, 3-5-flowered, with 
usually only one male flower; leaves of involucrum ovate-lan- 
ceolate; petals glabrous. .G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, where the plant varies much in form and habit. 
Var. a, glabréscens (D.C. prod. 4. p. 69.) adult leaves gla- 
brous, oblong-lanceolate. H. glabrata, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 176. 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 878. Centélla glabra, Lin. ameen. 6. afr. p. 
100. H. glabra, Thunb. fl. cap. 251. 
Var. B, latifolia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves glabrous, cuneiformly 
oval. H. bupleurifdlia, Rich. hydr. no. 55. f. 39. 
Var. Y, linifolia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves clothed with canescent 
hairs, linear-spatulate.—H. linifdlia, Lin. fil. suppl. 176. Thunb. 
diss. 2. p. 413. Rich. l c. 
Var. ò, plantaginea (D.C. 1. c.) leaves canescent from hairs, 
soe ap plantaginea, Spreng. neue entd. 1. p. 284. grundz. 
SSE EY 
Centella Penny-wort. PI. 4 foot. 
89 H. monta'na (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 1. p. 
3874.) plant shrubby, when young villous, at length glabrous ; 
leaves lanceolate, quite entire or somewhat tridentate, 3-nerved ; 
petioles villous; umbels 3-flowered, on short peduncles ; leaves 
of involucrum 2, twice the length of the nearly orbicular corru- 
gate fruit. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the 
tops of mountains. A humble depressed branched shrub. Me- 
ticarps tumid, with 5 filiform ribs, and flattish furrows. 
Mountain Penny-wort. Shrub depressed, ` 
90 H. virea'ra (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 176.) plant shrubby, erect, 
branched ; leaves linear-filiform, quite entire ; umbels peduncu- 
late, 1-3-flowered; flowers hardly pedicellate ; leaves of involu- 
crum lanceolate ; fruit orbicular, obcordate, furnished with 2 
ribs on each side. kh. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
ex Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 1. p. 379. : i 
Var. a, glabérrima (D. C. prod. 4. p. 69.) plant twiggy, quite 
glabrous ; flowers polygamous and monoecious. H. virgata, 
am. ill. t. 188. f. 3. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 878. > A 
Var. b, lanuginòsa (D. C. 1.c.) plant twiggy, clothed with 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. 
I. Hyprocoryte. 
If. CRANTZIA. 255 
lanuginous villi; flower polygamo-monoecious; leaves ex- 
panded into linear lamina at the apex. Cham. et Schlecht. 
Var. y, macrocárpa (D. C. l. c.) plant twiggy, glabrous ; 
flowers polygamo-dioecious; fruit larger.—H. macrocárpa, 
Rich. hydr. no. 57. f. 40.—Pluk. alm. t. 310. f. 7. 
Var. ò, nana (D. C. 1. c.) plant short, glabrous; flowers poly- 
gamo-dioecious. 
Twiggy Penny-wort. Pl. 4 to } foot. 
t Species not sufficiently known. 
91 H. rru‘rrans (D.C. prod. 4. p. 69.) stems submersed, 
straight, fistular; leaves peltate, orbicular, shining, floating ; 
petioles thickened from the base to the apex. 4Y. W.H. Na- 
tive of Louisiana, floating in lakes and tranquil rivers, through 
immense tracts. H. incrassàtum, Rafin. fl. lud. p. 81. but not 
of Ruiz et Pav. Hydrocótyle Robin, Louis, p. 461. ex Rafin. 
It grows also in water in Florida, very common. The stems 
have numerous fibres, issuing from the joints. The leaves are 
on long petioles, orbicular, peltate, and 15-20-nerved, glabrous, 
bluntly somewhat lobed, and crenated. Very like H. nàtans, 
but differs in the leaves being peltate. 
Floating Penny-wort. Pl. floating. 
92 H. ueperz#roria (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 558. trav. 1. p. 
46.) plant decumbent, villous; leaves reniform, 3-5-angled ; 
angles acute. %. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. The 
rest unknown. 
Ivy-leaved Penny-wort. Pl. decumbent. 
93 H. racemosa (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D.C. 
prod. 4. p. 70.) plant glabrous; leaves petiolate, orbicularly re- 
niform, broadly crenated, with a narrow recess ; peduncles twice 
the length of the leaves; flowers pedicellate, verticillate, dis- 
posed in interrupted racemes; fruit nearly globose. Y. F. 
Native of Mexico. Stems creeping. Leaves rising from the 
nodi of the stems in fascicles ; petioles 12-15 lines long. Allied 
to H. interrtpta, but the leaves are not peltate; and to H. spi- 
cata, but the flowers are evidently pedicellate. 
Racemose-flowered Penny-wort. PI. cr. 
94 H. crumdsa (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 70.) plant glabrous ; stems ascending ; root grumose, 
fascicled ; petioles dilated and stem-clasping at the base ; leaves 
orbicular, cordate, crenated; umbels in fascicles ; flowers dis- 
tinctly pedicellate. 2%. B.F. Native of Mexico. 
Grumose-rooted Penny-wort. PI. 
95 H. pinnati'ripa (Spreng. pug. 2. p. 47.) stems erect, gla- 
brous; leaves pinnatifid; segments oblong, a little cut; umbels 
usually 3-flowered, involucrated.—Native country unknown. 
In Sprengel’s subsequent works this plant is not admitted, and 
the name is omitted as a synonyme: it is therefore very 
doubtful, 
Pinnatifid-leaved Pennywort. PI.? 
Cult. All the species are of the most easy culture, but require 
to be kept moist. The stove, greenhouse, and frame kinds 
should be grown in pots, under which should be placed pans of 
water. 
II. CRA’NTZIA (in honour of Henry John Nepom Crantz, 
author of Stirpium Austriacarum, 4to. Vienna, 1762-1768; 
Classis Umbelliferarum Emendata, &c.) Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 
177. Koch, in litt. ex D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 27. prod. 4. p. 70. 
—Hydrocétyle species, Michx. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Tube of calyx nearly 
globose ; limb very short or hardly any. Petals roundish, entire, 
obtuse. Styles obtuse. Fruit roundish, with the commissure 
nearly orbicular from the excavation; mericarps unequal, fur- 
nished with 3 ribs on the back (ex Nutt.), but according to 
Koch 5 filiform ribs: the lateral ones marginal, broader, thick 
