UMBELLIFERiE, 



HYDROCOTYLE. 



Hydrocotyle, Tourn., Inst., t. 173. Thunb., Dissert., 

 1798. A. Richard, Monog., 1820. DC, Prodr., IV, 

 p. 59. 



Calycis margo obsoleta : peala oblonga , plana, integra, 

 acuta : fructus compressus, suborbicularis aut globoso- 

 didymus, costa tus, pice integer : mericarpia evittata, 

 jiigis 5 filiformibus, carinali et lateralibus saepe obso- 

 ietis , intermediis duabus accretis : semen carinato-com- 

 pressum. 



HerbaB sapins diTusa, in locis hiimidis et arenosis 

 crescentes; rarius su iTrutices : folia alterna, vari lobata 

 aut integra, petiolala, peliolo basi vaginanti aut stipulis 

 duabus stipato : flores minimi , sessiles, glomerati , um- 

 bellulati aut radiati. 



