Hydrocotyle. | UMBELLIFERA. 195 
Hispidly pilose. Leaves sharply 5-7-lobed. |Umbels 
10-20-flowered. Carpels acute on the dorsal edge .. %. H. moschata. 
Small, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves ~5-4in., 5-7-lobed. 
Umbels 2-6-flowered. Carpels rounded on the dorsal 
edge ee = oa 36 .. 8. H. microphylla. 
Section II. ae TInwolucral bracts conspicuous, broad. Petals imbricate. 
Carpels with secondary ribs and reticulations. 
Leaves fascicled, broadly cordate. Umbels 2-3-flowered. 
Carpels large bE Bi Be soos MEL MaSTATICA. 
1. H. elongata, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 495.—More or less softly 
pilose, rarely almost glabrous. Stems 4-12in. long, very slender, 
branched, creeping and rooting at the nodes. Leaves 4-1 in. 
‘diam., orbicular-reniform, deeply 3—7-lobed ; lobes rounded, acutely 
toothed ; petioles slender, 1-3in. long or inore; stipules small. 
Peduncles very slender, exceeding the leaves; umbels 10-30- 
flowered. oes minute, on slender pedicels. Fruit small, 
brownish, ;4, in. diam., more or less pubescent or bristly; carpels 
with one rib on each. face.—Raoul, Chor, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. 1.84; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 85; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 187. H. con- 
cinna, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 239. H. echinella, Col. 
lie. xx. (1888) 191. 
Nort anp SoutH Issanps: Not uncommon from the North Cape south- 
wards. Sea-level to 2000 ft. November—March. 
A very distinct plant, easily recognised by the large size, softly pilose habit, 
deeply lobed leaves, long peduncles, and pedicelled flowers. 
2. H. tripartita, R. Br. ex A. Rich. Hydrocot. 69, t. 61, f. 25. 
—Usually densely matted, dark-green, smooth and shining, glabrous 
or nearly so. Stems branched, filiform, creeping and rooting at the 
nodes, 1-4in. long. Leaves coriaceous or fleshy, +-$in. diam., 
3-d-partite to the base ; leaflets cuneate, 2-3-toothed or -lobed at the 
tip or quite entire; petioles 4 42 in. long; stipules rather large, entire. 
Peduncles slender, shorter than the leaves ; umbels 2—6-flowered. 
Flowers small, shortly pedicelled or sessile. Fruit small, rather 
turgid, brownish, glabrous. Carpels rounded at the back, convex 
on the sides, with one obscure rib on each face.—Hook. f. H'l. Nov. 
Zel. i. 83; Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 841; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 188. 
H. muscosa, &. Br. ex A. Rich. l.c. 68, t. 61, f. 27; Hook f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fi. 86. 
Var. hydrophila.—Much smaller and more delicate ; stems 4-lin. long. 
Leaves 3-tin. diam. ; leaflets minute, entire or with 2-3 shallow crenatures. 
Umbels 1-2-flowered. Fruit much smaller, but otherwise as in the type.— 
H. hydrophila, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix. (1897) 425. 
Norra Istanp: Hawke’s Bay and Tongariro, Colenso! Var. hydrophila: 
Lower Waikato River, Carse! Matata (Bay of Plenty), Petrie ! SouTtH 
Istanp, STEWART Istanp: Not uncommon in marshy places. Var. hydro- 
leon Otago — Tomahawk Lagoon, Petrie! Wickliffe Bay, Bluff, B. C. 
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