Hydrocotyle. | LXVIII, UMBELLIFERE (HIERN), 5) 
petioles, slender, erect, solitary, axillary ; heads globular, 4 in. in dia- 
meter, bearing from 10-20 flowers on very short slender pedicels ; 
bracts small. Fruit with acute primary but without secondary ridges, 
1's in. broad, emarginate or subcordate at the base: styles shorter than 
the fruit. 
Mozamb. Distr. Moramballa, 3500 ft. alt.; fl. and fr. December, Dr. Kirk! 
Oecurs also in Java, India, &c. 
4. Hl. moschata, Forst.; DC. Prod. iv. 67. Piloso-hispid, stem 
prostrate or creeping, rather slender, often rooting at the nodes, 2-10 
in. long. Leaves orbicular, slit at the base up to central insertion of 
petiole, with 5-7 crenate lobes extending about 4 down, 4—2 in. wide; 
petioles longer than the leaves, $}—14 in. long, usually solitary ; stipules 
ovate, 4, in. long; peduncles usually solitary, slender, 4—} in. long. 
Flowers capitate, crowded, many together, on very short pedicels, in 
globose heads } in. in diameter; bracts small; petals green, valvular 
in bud; style nearly as long as the fruit. Fruit with acute primary 
and no secondary ridges, small, about ;!5 in. wide; mericarp with 1 rib 
on each face, acute at the back.—H. Mannii, Hook. f. Journ. Linn. Soc. 
vii. 194; 2H. grossularioides, Rich., DC. Prod. iv. 68. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 7000 ft. alt., Mann! ; 
Mozamb. Distr. Tshiradzura mountains ; fr. October, Dr. Kirk ! in river-course. 
Occurs also in Bourbon, New Zealand, &c. 
5. H. nitidula, Rich. ; DC. Prod. iv. 66. Slender, stem glabrous, 
creeping, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves suborbicular, with 5-7 
slightly cut lobes, with a narrow sinus reaching the insertion of the 
petiole, 1-4 in. wide, glabrous and somewhat shining on upper surface, 
glabrous or somewhat hispid on lower surface ; petioles 31 in. long, 
glabrous, solitary or 2 together, sometimes hairy at apex; stipules 
ovate, glabrous, about ,), in. long; peduncles }—4 in. long, solitary, 
glabrous, very slender. Heads with 6-8 sessile flowers, each of which 
flowers has a’small ovate bract at the base. Fruit pis in. wide, glabrous, 
without secondary ridges; styles short. 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Huilla, 5000-5500 ft. alt., fr. April, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
Occurs also in Java. ' 
. 6. Hi. natans, Cyr. ; DC. Prod. iv. 62. Glabrous, perennial, creep- 
ing, much rooting at the nodes, robust. Leaves suborbicular or sub- 
reniform, slit at the base up to central insertion of very long petiole, 
1-23 in. wide, distinctly lobed; lobes shallowly crenate ; veins feeble ; 
petioles erect, sometimes about a foot high, thick, Peduncles much 
Shorter than the etioles, not exceeding 3 in. long; bracts small, api- 
culate. Flowers about 7 together on short slender pedicels as long as 
the fruit. Petals as long as the calyx, valvular in bud. Fruit § in. 
broad by tz in. long with weak primary ridges and no secondary ridges ; 
mes slender, shorter than the fruit.— Hydrocotyle adoensis, Hochst. in 
b. Schimp. Abyss. 
