UMBELLlFERjE. I. HYDIIOCOTYLE. 



251 



H. erecta, Lin. fil. suppl. 177.? H. reniformis and H. cordata, 

 Walt. fl. car. 113. H. ficarioldes, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 

 161. but not of Lam. H. reniformis, Bosc. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 

 21. H. repanda, Spreng. umb. no. 4. t. 2. f. 4. Glyceria re- 

 panda, Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 177. Perhaps a variety of H. 

 Asiatiea, ex Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 1. p. 369. 



Iiepand-\ea.\ed Penny-wort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. PI. 

 creeping. 



31 H. FICARIOIDES (Lam. diet. 3. p. 153. but not of Michx.) 

 plant glabrous ; leaves cordately reniform, repand, 5-nerved, 

 usually in fascicles ; petioles longer than the limbs ; umbels capi- 

 tate, 3-5-flowered ; peduncles one-half shorter than the petioles. 

 I/. B. S. Native of the Mauritius. Rich. hydr. no. 12. f. 12. 

 Flowers sessile in the umbels. Involucrum 3-5 -leaved. Stems 

 creeping. Fruit unknown. 



Ficarict-like Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



32 H. DIA'NTHA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 63.) plant glabrous ; leaves 

 distant, on short petioles, reniform, 7-9-toothed, nearly veinless ; 

 umbels opposite the leaves, on short peduncles, 2-flowered ; fruit 

 flatly compressed, orbicularly cordate, with the mericarps having 

 2 ribs on both sides, y. . B. F. Native of New Holland, 

 at King George's Sound. Stems weak, dichotomous, climbing a 

 little. Leaves hardly twice the size of the fruit. Pedicels of 

 the fruit longer than the peduncles of the umbel. 



Tmo-florvered Penny-wort. PI. trailing or climbing. 



33 H. ABBREVIA'TA (Rich. hydr. no. 17. f. 19.) leaves reni- 

 form, with a broad recess, shorter than broad, with 9-11 crena- 

 tures, 7-nerved, glabrous ; petioles pubescent, longer than the 

 limbs ; peduncles longer than the petioles ; fruit rather turgid, fur- 

 nished with 4 ribs on each side, reticulated. "If.. B. F. Native of 

 Madagascar and Cochin-china, in humid places. Trisanthus Co- 

 chinchinensis, Lour. coch. p. 176. Stems tufted, creeping. Pe- 

 tioles 7- 8 lines long ; limbs of leaves 6 lines broad, and 2 lines long. 

 Pedicels an inch long. Involucrum 2-leaved. Very nearly allied 

 to H. dentatum, but differs in the leaves being much shorter. 



jSViori-leaved Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



34 H. NUMMULARIO!DES (Rich. hydr. no. 11. f. 9.) leaves cor- 

 dately reniform, 5-nerved, obsoletely crenated, with a narrow 

 recess ; petioles pubescent, longer than the limbs ; umbels capi- 

 tate, 3-flowered, on short peduncles ; fruit orbicularly subglo- 

 bose, striated. I/ . B. S. Native of the Island of Bourbon, 

 creeping along river banks. H. Asiatiea var. Cham, et Schlecht. 

 1. c. Leaves 4-5 lines in diameter. Petioles 8-12 lines long. 

 Peduncles 2-3 lines long. The central flower in each umbel is 

 fertile, and the 2 lateral ones sterile. 



Money-wort-like Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



35 H. HEBECA'RPA^D. C. prod. 4. p. 63.) leaves orbicularly 

 reniform, toothed at the base, 7-9-nerved, crenated at the apex, 

 glabrous, on long petioles ; surculi sarmentose, prostrate ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, villous, much shorter than the petioles ; umbels 

 capitate, few-flowered ; fruit villous, reticulated ; mericarps fur- 

 nished with 2-3 ribs on each side. I/ . B. F. Native of the Island 

 of Timor. Petioles of radical leaves 4 inches long : limbs of 

 leaves 2 inches broad. Three of the fruit in each umbel com- 

 ing to perfection, rather large. 



Hairy-fruited Penny-wort. PI. prostrate. 



36 H. INJE'QUIPES (D. C. prod. 4. p. 63.) leaves when young, 

 rather villous, but glabrous in the adult state : radical ones on 

 long petioles, with a reniform crenated 9-nerved limb, and a 

 broad recess ; umbels radical, on very short incurved, rather 

 villous peduncles ; leaflets of involucrum 2, ovate ; fruit gla- 

 brous ; mericarps furnished with 4 stripes on each side. ]!/ . S. 

 Native about Rio Janeiro. Petioles of radical leaves nearly a 

 foot long. Peduncles half an inch long. Stems short, rather 

 sarmentose, bearing leaves, which stand on short petioles. 



Unequal-petioled Penny- wort. PI. 1 foot. 



37 H. PA'LLIDA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 63.) leaves reniform, gla- 



brous, broadly and shortly crenate-toothed ; petioles rather di- 

 lated at the base, longer than the peduncles ; leaves of involu- 

 crum 2, ovate, obtuse, glabrous ; umbels 3-flowered. I/ . B. F. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1907. 

 Fruit cordate, truncate at the apex, marked on both sides by 3 

 veins, glabrous. Herb prostrate, pale green. 



Var. /3 ? subintegra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 63.) leaves nearly en- 

 tire, broadly reniform ; peduncles rather villous, shorter. 1 . B. 

 F. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Pale Penny-wort. PI. prostrate. 



38 H. BRE'VIPES (D. C. prod. 4. p. 63.) stems elongated, 

 prostrate, rooting at the nodi ; leaves on long petioles, reniform, 

 with broad large obtuse lobe-like teeth, pilose above, and on the 

 petioles, smoothish beneath ; peduncles axillary, very short ; 

 umbels few-flowered, capitate, villous. y.. B. S. Native of 

 Jamaica. H. leptostachys ex Jamaica, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 876. 

 Allied to H. eridntha, but differs in being prostrate, as well as to 

 H. m&crodus, but differs in the teeth of the calyx being blunt ; 

 also to H. leptostachys, but the inflorescence is truly distinct. 



S/iort-peduncled Penny-wort. PI. prostrate. 



39 H. BRACTEA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 668.) leaves reniformly 

 cordate, bluntly crenated, on long petioles ; nerves, petioles, and 

 peduncles rather hairy ; peduncles much shorter than the pe- 

 tioles ; umbels capitate, 2-3-flowered ; leaves of involucrum 2, 

 permanent, ovate, rather villous on the outside ; mericarps very 

 much compressed, reticulately 3-5-nerved, having the back hairy 

 at the apex. I/ . S. Native of Africa, at Cape Verd, in marshes 

 at Khami. Allied to H. eritintha and H. pallida. 



Bracteated Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



40 H. ERIA'NTHA (Rich. hydr. no. 18. f. 13.) leaves nearly 

 orbicularly reniform, crenately toothed, glabrous ; petioles dilat- 

 ed at the base, clasping the stem, length of the slender hairy 

 peduncles : leaflets of involucrum 4, very pilose, exceeding the 

 flowers ; stems somewhat sarmentose, erectish. ~1J . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, in sandy places on the Table Moun- 

 tain. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 1. p. 370. Sieb. fl. 

 cap. no. 247. H. cuspidata, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 396. 

 H. reniformis, Spreng. neue entd. 1. p. 382. syst. 2. p. 290. 

 but not of Thunb. nor Walt. Fruit somewhat cordate, striated, 

 ex Rich. 



Hairy-flowered Penny-wort. PI. sarmentose. 



41 H. MA'CKODUS (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 877. exclusive of the 

 synonymes,) the whole plant covered with spreading hairs ; 

 leaves cordately reniform, coarsely 3-9-toothed : teeth or lobules 

 acute, equal, quite entire ; peduncles shorter than the petioles ; 

 umbels capitate, few-flowered ; leaves of involucrum 2, large, 

 ovate, acuminated, pilose ; fruit ovate, with many ribs, wrinkled. 

 I/ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the Table 

 Mountain. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 1. p. 372. H. 

 moschata, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 351. but not of 

 Thunb. 



Long-toothed-ca\yxeH Penny-wort. PI. tr. 



42 H. CALLIODUS (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 1. p. 371.) 

 leaves reniformly orbicular, 5-nerved, coarsely, sharply and 

 unequally toothed, glabrous ; peduncles hardly pubescent, capil- 

 lary, in fascicles, almost longer than the petioles ; leaves of in- 

 volucrum smooth, one-half shorter than the fruit, which is ob- 

 ovate and many ribbed. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Allied to H. eridntha., but easily distinguished from it 

 by its smoothness, by the teeth of the calyx being acute, and by 

 the nerves of the leaves being 5, not 7, &c. 



Beautiful-toothed-]esived Penny-wort. PI. prostrate. 



43 H. AMERICA'NA (Lin. spec. 234.) plant quite glabrous; 

 leaves orbicularly reniform, a little lobed, doubly crenated, 9- 

 nerved ; umbels capitate, 5 -flowered : upper ones nearly ses- 

 sile : lower ones on short peduncles. %. B. H. Native of 

 North America, in boggy or swampy places, from Canada to 



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