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1 in New Zealand, and 7 at the Cape of Good Hope; (ac- 

 cording lO Peisoon.) 



256. ^GLYCERIA.f 



Umbell simple. — Calix none. Petals entire, 

 ovate, acute, incurved. Stijles very short, subu- 

 late; slignias obsolete. Fruii reniform, laterally 

 compiessed, flat and truncate. Seed quinque- 

 costate, covered with an indurated bark: com- 

 missure linear, 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.flo\vered, frequently proliferous, 

 trifid; flowers without bractes, subimbricated in a lateral 

 row. Episperm thick and indurated, almost nuciform. 



Species. 1. G. repanda. 'Leaves rounded-cordate, 

 angularly repand, and truncate at the base; petioles, pe- 

 duncles, and younger leaves pilose; umbell pedunculate, 

 mostly 3 -flowered. 



Hydrocotyle repnnda. Persoon. 



Obs. Petiole often very long (4 to 6 inches,) on the 

 -flagellate stolons scarcely half an inch, pubescence at 

 length deciduous. Flowers white. Stamina shorter than 

 the petals, anthers brown. Grooves of the fruit marked 

 with interrupted, secondary, (or internal) lines. Hab, 

 On the dry margins of ponds and rivulets in South Caro- 

 lina and Georgia. 



To this genus appertains Hydrocotyle trijiora of Peru, 

 //. asiatica of India, and probably H. Sibthorpioides, and 

 H. Ficarioides of the Isle of France. 



257. ^CRANTZIA4 



Umbell simple.—CaZix none. Petals entire, 

 roundish, and obtuse. Sttjles minute, stigmas 

 obtuse. Fruit subglobose; commissure exca- 

 vated, nearly orbicular. Seeds unequal in size, 



-j- From 7 Avxf^os , stveet^- the whole plant possessing a sac- 

 charine taste. 



j In memory of Professor Crantz the celebrated author of a 

 monograph on the umbelliferous plants. The genus previously 

 so named by Vahl having been referred to Tricera. 



