528 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [ Hydrocotyle. 
or shorter, in other specimens from 2-6 inches long. Leaves thin or coriaceous, 
larger and rather woolly at the base, with crenated, dentate or nearly quite entire 
ins ; in small specimens 3-4 lines, in the largest 2-24 inches broad at the 
base, with rotundate or subtruncate sinus; usually a little broader than long, but 
sometimes and particularly in var. 8. a little longer than broad. Peduncles 2 lines, 
4 or 1 inch long, terminated by 3 subsessile or short-pedicelled, fertile flowers. 
Fruit 1 line long, when ripe reticulated, involucrated by 2 shorter ovate leaves. 
4, H, eriantha (Rich. Hydr. n. 18. f.b.); seffruticose, stem sarmen- 
taceous, elongated, much-branched, branches ascendent; leaves nearly 
orbicularly reniform, erenately-toothed, woolly beneath; petioles dilated 
and woolly at the base; peduncles aggregated, as long or shorter than 
the leaves, villous, with a 3-flowered, monocarpous umbel ; fruit obovate- 
cordate, a little shorter or as long as the ovate, acuminate involucre. Cham. 
et Schlecht.l.c. Sieb. herb. fl. cap.n. 247. Herb. Un. Itin. 404. EF. § Z.! 
2157. H. cuspidata, Willd. H. reniformis, Spreng. H. asiatica, Thunb.! 
Al. cap. 252. Zey. 2661. b. 
Var. +. glabrata; nearly glabrous, peduncles villous. H. pallida, £. G Z./ 2158. 
"Beam Honky platen on Tatlacamonkcta 2101 iviersberge, Caledon ; Puspasvalle 
E on Tal un! : % on; ; 
and on tee oe A levses ‘Viuirbisns bosch, Port Natal 3 var. y. in Mcsisctcttaholland. 
ae (Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.) ‘ 
ches woody, terete, purplish. Leaves fascicled or villous, on short or long 
petioles, somewhat broader than long, 1-2 uncial, paler beneath, much reticulated, 
usually coriaceous, crenated and mucronulate. Peduncles 4-1 inchlong. Inyolucre 
hairy, 4 or 5-leaved, 2 or 3 falling off with the sterile flowers. Fruit 2 lines long 
and broad ; the mericarps with 3 or 4 ribson each side. It differs from H. Asiatica 
by the suffruticose stem, mucronately-toothed leaves, and twice larger fruit. 
5. H. calliodus (Cham. & Schlecht. 1. c. 371) ; suffruticose, glabrous ; 
stems elongated, dichotomous ; leaves orbicularly-reniform, coarsely, 
sharply, and unequally toothed; peduncles aggregated, glabrous or 
hardly pubescent, shorter than the leaves, with a 3-flowered mono- 
carpous umbel ; fruit obovate, cordate, twice longer than the ovate-invo- 
 tucre. DC.1.c.64. E.§ Z.1 2159. Zey. 2663. 
- Has. Among shrubs, mountains Tradouw, Mundt § Maire; Mount Baviensberg 
near Gnadenthal and Voormansbosch, £. § Z., Pappe ; Dutoitskloof and Paarlberg, 
Drege. Oct.-Feb. (Herb. Beral. Hk. D. Sd.) 
Nearly allied to H. eriantha, but easily distinguished by its smoothness, by usually 
smaller, thinner, searcely-reticulated leaves, and the shorter involucre. Stems and 
primary branches woody, 2-3 feet, not a 5-7-nerved, rarely 1 inch 
long and broad, with cordate or subtruncate ; the margin with sharp, often 
incurved teeth. Petioles dilated at the base, 2-3 inches long. Peduncles }-1 inch, 
filiform, puberulous or glabrous. Fruit nearly the same as in the preceding, but 
a little smaller. : 
6. H. flexuosa (E. & Z.! 2160); suffruticose, quite villous; stems 
elongated, branched ; leaves cordate or orbicularly-reniform, coarsely 
mvny-toothed ; peduncles aggregated, shorter than the leaves, with a 
3-flowered, monocarpous umbel ; fruit glabrous, orbicularly-cordate, 
twice shorter than the villous, ovate, acuminate involucre. Zey. 2662. 
Has. Sandy-stony places in Hottentottsholland, near Palmietriver, E. ¢ Z. / 
Feb. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) 
Easily known by the yellowish or greyish soft indument. Leaves 3—1 inch broad, 
with 10-18 sharp, erect, t—2 lines long, ovate teeth. Peduncles 4-1 inch. Involucre, 
when young, 4-leaved, subulate ; fruitbearing, consisting of 2 striated, acumi 
