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UMBELLIFERAE 



HYDROCOTYLE Linnaeus 



HYDROCOTYLE SIBTHORPOIDES Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 153. 



Hydrocotyle nitidula A. Rich, in Ann. Sci. Phys. 4 (1820) 200, t. 63, 



f. S3. 

 Hydrocotyle rotundifolia Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 21, nomen nudum, 

 Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 88. 

 Amboina, Roetoeng, Rel. Robins. 1793, September 30, 1913, on earth 

 and stones at low altitudes, locally known as kaki kuda. 



The specimen is apparently exactly the form described by Roxburgh 

 as Hydrocotyle rotundifolia from specimens found in cultivated ground 

 in the botanic garden at Calcutta. I can see no reason, however, why the 

 much older name Hydrocotyle sibthorpoides Lam. should not be adopted, 

 as Lamarck's description certainly applies to the same form. His type 

 was from the Isle of France; the species is of very wide distribution in 

 the Indo-Malayan region. 



MYRSINACEAE 



MAESA Forskal 

 MAESA ROBINSONII sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens novellis parce ferrugineo-lepidotis exceptis 

 glaber, omnibus partibus in siccitate brunneis, ramis teretibus, 

 lenticellatis ; foliis subcoriaceis, ellipticis, integris, margine rev- 

 olutis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apice obtusis ad rotundatis, basi 

 leviter inaequilateralibus, subacutis, nervis utrinque circiter 5, 

 subtus prominentibus, reticulis obscuris ; petiolo 2 ad 3 cm longo ; 

 inflorescentiis axillaribus, paniculatis, usque ad 9 cm longis, e 

 basi ramosis, ramis paucis, patulis; floribus sessilibus, 5-meris, 

 sepalis petalisque haud lineatis, omnino glabris. 



A scandent shrub entirely glabrous, except the very young 

 parts, which are more or less ferruginous-lepidote. All parts 

 brown when dry. Branches and branchlets terete, the former 

 prominently lenticellate. Leaves subcoriaceous, elliptic, entire, 

 shining, the lower surface paler then the upper, 7 to 10 cm long, 

 3.5 to 5.5 cm wide, apex obtuse to broadly rounded, base acute 

 or subacute, slightly inequilateral, margins revolute; lateral 

 nerves about 5 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower 

 surface, the reticulations obscure ; petioles 2 to 3 cm long. Pan- 

 icles axillary, solitary, pyramidal, up to 9 cm in length, branched 

 from the base, the branches rather few, spreading, the lower 

 ones up to 4 cm in length, the upper gradually shorter. Flowers 

 numerous, sessile, 5-merous, pink. Bracteoles two, triangular- 

 ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, entirely 

 glabrous, not punctate, about 0.7 mm long. Petals united for 



