530 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [ Hydrocotyle 
Has. Mountains near Capetown and in Cape Flats, Paarlberg, Van Kampsbay, 
near Tulbagh, etc. Var. 8. near Saldanhabay, Driekop, Brackfontein. Mar.—Oct. 
(Herb. Thunb. Hk. Sd. D.) 
Root or subterraneous stem long, branched. Stems very short, rarely 1-2 inches 
long, densely leafy. Leaves much aggregated, about 4 inch long, 4 lines broad, 
sometimes smaller, but in var. 8. 8—1o lines long and more cuneated ; with 7, rarely 
5, acute teeth. Petioles much dilated at the base, $-1 inch. Peduncles filiform, 
Flowers white, the sterile pedicellate, the fertile sessile. Petals ovate, } line long. 
Fruit compressed, 2} lines long, truncate, wrinkled ; mericarps with 3 prominent 
ribs on each side, in var. 8. sometimes subglabrous. 
10. H. hermanniefolia (E. & Z.! 2164); suffruticose, whole plant 
tomentose-villous ; stem elongate, branched ; leaves petiolate, oblong- 
cuneate, 3-nerved, with g-11 short teeth at the blunt apex ; peduncles 
very short, solitary, with a 5—6-flowered, monocarpous umbel ; petals 
villous ; fruit elliptic-cordate, hairy, a little shorter than the 6-leaved 
ovate, acuminate involucre. Leki. in S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1830, p. 375. 
Van. .8 brevifolia (E. & Z.! 1. c.); leaves cuneate-spathulate. 
Var. ¥. littoralis; leaves linear-oblong, cuneate, 3-dentate or acute. H. littoralis, 
E.G Z./ 2168, 
Has. Sandy flats between Krakakamma and Van Stadensriviersberge, FE. § Z., 
Drege, 7613; var. 8. near the Zwartkopsriver, Zey. 2665; var. y. on the sea shore 
near Cape Agulhas, Mundt. July-Jan. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) 
Readily distinguished from the preceding by the longer leaves with shorter and 
usually more numerous teeth, and by the subsessile umbels with hairy petals. Root 
very thick. Stem and primary branches woody. Petioles 1-2 inches long. Leaves 
t-1} inch long, 3-6 lines wide ; in var. 8. 8-9 lines long, 5-6 lines broad ; in var. y. 
1 inch long, 3 lines broad. Peduncles solitary, rarely geminate, 1-2 lines long. 
Flowers equalling the involucre, the fertile sessile. Fruit 2-2} lines long and ticad ; 
mericarps wrinkled, with 3 ribs on each side. 
Al, H. Dregeana(Sond.); suffruticose, puberulous ; stems very short, 
with many fascicles of petiolate leaves at top ; petioles dilated at the 
base, longer than the ovate, shortly-acwminate, at the base subcwneate, ° 
5-toothed leaves ; peduncles solitary, very short, with a 3-flowered, mono- 
carpous umbel ; petals villous ; fruit orbicularly-cordate, puberulous or 
subglabrous, a little shorter than the lanceolate, acuminate 2-leaved 
involucre, 
Has. Near Ezelsfontyn and on the Roodeberg, 3-4000 ft., Nov., Drege. (Hb. Sd.) 
Stems about uncial. Petioles 6-8 “Samy a Leaves rather coriaceous, obso- 
letely 3-nerved, minutely puberulous, at length subglabrous, 4—6 lines long, 2-3 lines 
broad at the margin, with about § acute teeth. Peduncles at the base of the leaves, 
scarcely 1 line long. Fruit 2 lines long and broad, wrinkled ; mericarps with 2 ribs 
on each side. It has the habit of H. villosa, but is quite different. 
12. H. triloba (Thunb.! diss, de Hydr. p. 6. t. 3); suffruticose, gla- 
brous; stem erect, branched; leaves cuneate-ovate, trilobed at the apex, 
3—5-nerved, lobes or teeth acute ; peduncles much aggregated, puberu- 
lous, at length glabrous, shorter than the petioles, with a 3-4-flowered, 
monocarpous umbel ; petals glabrous ; fruit obovate, glabrous, longer 
than the ovate, acuminate, 2-leaved involucre. Flor. Cap. 250. Rich. 
Monog, 65. f. 36. HE. § 4.12166. Zey. 2664. 
Has. Rocks on Klynriviersberge, Caledon, Hauhoeksberge, Hottentottsholland- 
perees odes oe re Mountain, 2, ¢ Z./ Harvey, Masson. July-Sept. (Herb. 
