168 UMBELLIFER.^. 



Hydrocotyle javanica Thunb. ; F.B.I, ii 667, I I. 



Stem succulent, pubescent below the nodes, with erect 



branches up to 6 inches. Leaves l^ to 4 inches, nearly 



circular, with five to nine triangular lobes, these again 



five- to seven-lobed or crenate ; hairy above on the 



veins only, pubescent underneath : stipules entire : 



stalks on the prostrate stem up to 10 inches, on the erect 



branches I to 2 inches. Flowers small, pale green, 



nearly sessile and crowded on very slender peduncles of 



J^ to I inch, fascicled in the leaf-axils. No sepals. Petals 



with incurved tips. Fruits 1/16 by 1/12 inch broader 



than long ; mericarps compressed, with five primary but 



no secondary ridges, t. 123. Wight Ic. t. 1003. 



In shady places and woods on the downs. Pulneys : Kodai- 

 kanal. Nilgiris : down to 4,000 feet. Fyson 565, 1102. Bourne 

 152, 951, 1097. 



Gen. Dist. Mountains of India and Ceylon, Burma. Absent or very 

 rare on the Bombay Ghats to the north of us. 



Hydrocotyle confcrta Wight; Kew Dist. No. 1158!; 

 F.B.L ii 668, I 3. Very similar in general appearance to 

 H. javanica, but peduncles in fruit quite short Y^Xo^A 

 inch ; mericarps smooth not compressed, in section penta- 

 gonal ; stem more slender, t. 124. Wight Ic. t. 1002. 



Pulneys : below Kodaikanal and down to 5,000 feet. Nilgiris : 

 in Ootacamund. Fyson 269. Bourne 952, 2016, 4645. 



Gen. Dist. ? Not elsewhere. 



Hydrocotyle rotundifolia Roxb. ; F.B.I, ii 668, I 4 ; 



Small Pennywort. Stems slender. Leaves J4 to J^ 



inch, deeply divided into five to seven lobes each with 



two or four rounded teeth. Umbels peduncled. 



Common on bare damp black soil, in the open. Everywhere 

 on the downs. Fysoji 11 31, 2949. Botir?ie 1479, 1096. 



Gen. Dist. Mountains of India and Ceylon and Malaya. 



Hydrocotyle asiatica Linn. ; F.B.I, ii 669, I 5 ; 

 Kidney leaf. Rootstock vertical stout, 3 to 4 inches. 



