Htjdrocotyle.] Lxviii. UMBELLiFERiE (hiern). 5 



petioles, slender, erect, solitary, axillary; heads g-lobular, ^ in. in dia- 

 meter, bearing from 10-20 flowers on very short slender pedicels ; 

 bracts small. Fruit with acute primary but without secondary ridges, 

 y^g in. broad, emarginate or subcordate at the base : styles shorter tfiaii 

 the fruit. 



nXozamb. Distr. Moramballa, 3500 ft. alt. ; fl. and fr. December, Dr. Klrh! 

 Oecurs also in Java, India, &c. 



4. H. moschata, Forst. ; DC. Prod, iv. 67. Piloso-hispid, stem 

 prostrate or creeping, rather slender, often rooting- at the nodes, 2-10 

 in. long-. Leaves orbicular, slit at the base up to central insertion of 

 petiole, with 5-7 crenate lobes extending- about J down, ^-| in. wide; 

 petioles longer than the leaves, J-IJ in. long, usually solitary; stipulf^s 

 ovate, y^2 in. long ; peduncles usually solitary, slender, ^—^ in. long. 

 Flowers capitate, crowded, many together, on very short pedicels, in 

 globose heads | in. in diameter ; bracts small ; petals green, valvular 

 in bud; style nearly as long as the fruit. Fruit with acute primary 

 and no secondary ridges, small, about /^ in. wide ; mericarp with 1 rib 

 on each face, acute at the back. — H. Mannii, Hook. f. Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 vii. 194; H. grosmlarioidcs^ Rich., DC. Prod. iv. QQ. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 7000 ft. alt., Mann I 



Mozamb. Distr. Tshiradzura mountains ; fr. October, Dr. Kirk ! in river-course. 



Occurs also in Bourbon, New Zealand, &c. 



5. H. nitidula, Rich. ; DC. Prod. iv. (j(S. Slender, stem glabrous, 

 creeping, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves suborbicular, with b-7 

 slightly cut lobes, with a narrow sinus reaching the insertion of the 

 petiole, \-\ in. wide, glabrous and somewhat shining on upper surface, 

 glabrous or somewhat hispid on lower surface ; petioles f-1 in. long, 

 glabrous, solitary or 2 together, sometimes hairy at apex ; stipules 

 ovate, glabrous, about -^ in. long ; peduncles \—^ in. long, solitary, 

 glabrous, very slender. Heads with 6-8 sessile flowers, each of which 

 flowers has a small ovate bract at the base. Fruit ^^ in. wide, glabrous, 

 without secondary ridges ; styles short. 



Xjower Guinea. Angola, Huilla, 5000-5500 ft. alt., fr. April, Dr. Wdwitsch I 

 Occurs also in Java. 



6. H. natansy Cyr.; DC. Prod.iv.6'2. Glabrous, perennial, cree]>- 

 ing, much rooting at the nodes, robust. Leaves suborbicular or sub- 

 re niform, slit at the base up to central insertion of very long petiole, 

 1-2J in. wide, distinctly lobed ; lobes shallowly crenate ; veins feeble ; 

 petioles erect, sometimes about a foot high, thick. Peduncles much 

 shorter than the petioles, not exceeding 3 in. long ; bracts small, api- 

 culate. Flowers about 7 together on short slender pedicels as long as 

 the fruit. Petals as long as the calyx, valvular in bud. Fruit | in. 

 broad by ^-^ in. long with weak primary ridges and no secondary ridges ; 

 styles slender, shorter than the fruit. — Hydrocotyle adoensiSj Hochst. in 

 Hb. Schimp. Abyss. 



