a 
PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 177 
i in New Zeslank aid 7 at the Cape of Good Hope; (ac- 
cording to Persoon.) _ 
256. *GLYCERIA.+ 
Umbell simple.—Calia none. Petals entire, 
ovate, acnte, incurved. Styles very short, subu- 
late; stigmas obsolete. Fruit reniform, laterally 
compressed, flat and truncate. Seed quinque- 
costate, covered with an indurated bark: cem- 
missure Jinear, immarginate and flat. Involu- 
-crum 2-leaved. 
‘Herbaceous and repent; leaves entire, cordate or re~ 
_niform, sheathing at the base, often pubescent, peduncles 
axillary; umbell 3 to 6-flowered, frequently proliferous, — 
trifid; flowers without bractes, subimbricated i ina lateral 
Tow. rm thick and indurated, 
Sync tages “G. repanda. { 
angularly repand, and truncate at th 
mostl. po si s oe 
Ons. Petiole often ay oa ai to 6 Soctien) on the 
flagellate stolons scarcely half an inch, pubescence at- 
length deciduous. Flowers white. Stamina ac eee ee 
the petals, anthers brown. Grooves of the fruit d 
with interrupted, secondary, (cr internal) lines. Has. 
_ Onthedry Margins of ponds and Piruleig jn, feuee® Caro- 
ae a Georgia. . 
6 this genus appertains Hydrocotyle | 
Hf asiatica of India, and probably H. Si 
Hi. Ficarisides of the tsle of France, zs 
257. *CRANTZIA. £. 
obtuse, Fruit _ zc | 
vated, mane orbicular. Seeds unequal in size, ‘ 
charine taste. 
¢ In memory of Pelibisce Crantz the ce 
oouiiee 1 on the umbelliferous fered 
so Nam hy Vahl having been refe 
—— 4 
+ From yAuneg es, » sweet the whole ples possessing ase 
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