UMBELLIFERZ, 557 
Order LXVII. UMBELLIFER. 
Umbellifere, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 859. 
About 1300 species, mostly herbaceous plants, belonging to about 160 genera. The 
order is generally dispersed in temperate and subtropical regions, a few species 
extending to frigid regions. In tropical countries it is almost restricted to the 
mountains. 
. . Tribe HYDROCOTYLE. 
There are only seven genera of this tribe, which, with the exception of Hydrocotyle 
itself, are restricted to Australia and some of the neighbouring islands and South 
America. 
1. HYDROCOTYLE. 
Hydrocotyle, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 325; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1. p. 872. 
About seventy herbaceous species, mostly inhabiting marshes and bogs, and dispersed 
over nearly the whole area of the family. 
1. Hydrocotyle bonplandii, Rich. Hydroc. p. 27, fig. 7. 
GUATEMALA, on the banks of rivers (Bernoulli, 311); Costa Rica, in woods, Angos- 
tura (Polakowsky).—Southward to Cui. Hb. Kew. 
2. Hydrocotyle bonariensis, Lam. Dict. iii. p.147; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 60. 
Soura Mexico, Vera Cruz (Linden, 565; Galeotti, 2742); Hacienda de la Laguna 
(Schiede & Deppe); Panama, Chagres (Fender, 132)—Southward to Cuiui and 
Urvuauay. Hb. Kew. 
3. Hydrocotyle interrupta, Miihl. Cat. p.10; DO. Prodr. iv. p. 59. 
Hydrocotyle racemosa, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 70; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 425. 
Eastern States of N. America from Massachusetts southward to Texas, California, 
and—Nortu Mexico, San Luis Potosi to Tampico (Palmer, 1068), Sonora Alta (Couléer, 
107).—Also in the Sanpwicu Isuanps. Hb. Kew. 
4, Hydrocotyle mexicana, Ch. et Schl. in Linnza, v. p. 208. 
South Mexico, near Jalapa, 3500 feet (Galeotti, 2740, 2747; Linden, 557; Schiede 
& Deppe), in shady woods, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2051); Guatemata, Volcan de 
Fuego, at 6400 feet (Salvin), shady places, Cuesta de Atitlan (Bernoulli, 609); Costa 
Rica, without special locality (Endres, 76). Hb. Kew. 
This species is contrasted by the authors (J. ¢.) with “ H. lewcocephala, Ch. et Schl.,” 
a name which may have been given to a Mexican species, of which we have found no 
publication. 
