306 Capt. Carmichaf.l's Description of 



15. Hydrocotyle capitata, hispida, foliis ren i form i bus obso- 



lete lobatis crenatis, capitulis subsessilibus, bracteis pedi- 

 cellos superantibus. 



Hydrocotyle capitata. Aubert op. cit. p. 43. tab. 12. 



Caulis repens subterraneus. Rami debiles, flexuosi, pilosi. 

 Folia utrinque hispida, setis crassis erectis albis. Petioli 

 semiteretes. Stipulae obtusae marcescentes. Pedunculi 

 oppositifolii, petiolis breviores. Capilula globosa, multi- 

 flora. Bractea lanceolata singulum florem fulciens ; exte- 

 riores involucrum polyphyllum efformantes. 



A common weed on the plain, creeping among the grass. 

 It has a strong taste and odour of the carrot-leaf. 



16. Apium australe, umbellis subsessilibus confertis, foliis bi- 



pinnatifidis : pinnis suboppositis ; laciniis cuneiformibus 

 acutis argute incisis, caule striato. 

 Apium australe. Aubert op. cit. p. 43. 



17. RuMEx FRUTEscENs, floribus monoicisj valvulis graniferis, 



foliis obovato-oblongis. 



Rumex frutescens. Aubert op. cit. p. 38. 



Caules fasciculati, sesquipedales, adscendentes, sulcati. Fo- 

 lia glabra, retusa. Flores glomerati, hermaphrodito-raas- 

 culi femineis intermixti. 



18. Ranunculus ? 



I found this plant growing in a ravine on the table-land ; 

 and, there being no flower, judge of its genus merely from 

 the form of the leaves and their extreme acrimony to the 

 taste. 



19. Car. 



