UMBELLIFER^E. I. HYDROCOTYLE. 



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America, as in Cuba and Chili. Spreng. umbel. 2. t. 1. f. 1. 

 Rich. hydr. no. 30. f. 18. Cham, et Schlecht. 1. c. no. 372. H. 

 ranunculoides var. a, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 349. exclusive of the 

 synonymes. H. cymbalarifolia, Muhl. cat. p. 30. Ell. sketch. 

 1. p. 346. Fruit orbicular, somewhat cordate, smooth, ex Cham, 

 et Schlecht. 



Crowfoot-like Penny-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. cr. 



58 H. SPLE'NDENS (Blum, bijdr. p. 884.) stems creeping ; 

 leaves orbicularly cordate, obsoletely 7-9-lobed, unequally 

 crenated, shining on both surfaces, downy beneath ; umbels capi- 

 tate, 8-10-flowered, solitary, pedunculate. l/.B. S. Native of 

 Java, in humid grassy places, about Buitenzorg. 



Shining-]ea.ved Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



59 H. SIBTHORPIOIDES (Lam. diet. 3. p. 153.) plant quite gla- 

 brous ; leaves orbicularly reniform, doubly crenated, obsoletely 

 7-lobed, 7-nerved ; peduncles slender, about equal in length to 

 the petioles ; umbels 6-8-flowered, capitate ; fruit rather didy- 

 mous, furnished with 2 ribs on each side. Q. F. Native of 

 the Mauritius. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 1. p. 273. in 

 a note. H. ranunculoides (3, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 349. Chon- 

 drocarpus sibthorpioides, Sweet, hort. brit. p. 185. 



Sibthorpia-like Penny-wort. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1806. PI. 

 creeping. 



60 H. E'LEGANS (Rich. hydr. no. 33. f. 32.) plant glabrous ; 

 leaves semi-5-cleft : lobes tridentate at the apex ; peduncles 3 

 times shorter than the petioles ; umbels capitate, 6-8-flowered ; 

 fruit didymous, furnished with 2 ribs on each side. If. . B. F. 

 Native of New Holland. Leaves 4 lines in diameter : petioles 

 nearly an inch long. 



Elegant Penny- wort. PI. cr. 



61 H. PULCHE'LLA (R. Br. in Rich. hydr. no. 34.) plant gla- 

 brous ; leaves reniform, rather peltate, 5-nerved, 5-lobed : lobes 

 bluntly tridentate ; peduncles equal in length to the petioles ; 

 umbels capitate, 10-flowered ; fruit didymous, furnished with 

 2 ribs on each side. % . B. G. Native of New Holland, near 

 Port Jackson. Petioles an inch long. Heads of flowers small. 



Neat Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



62 H. NITI'DULA (Rich. hydr. no. 35. f. 33.) plant quite gla- 

 brous ; leaves orbicularly reniform, 5-7-lobed : lobes tridentate ; 

 petioles 2 or 3 times longer than the peduncles ; umbels capi- 

 tate, 6-10-nowered. I/. B. S. Native of Java. Hook. exot. 

 fl. 1. t. 29. Allied to H. pulchella. Perhaps the same as H. 

 ranunculoides var. incisa, Blum, bijdr. p. 884. 



Small-shining Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



63 H. MINU'TA (Pohl, in litt. 1828. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 66.) 

 stems creeping ; leaves on short petioles, orbicular, cordate, 

 with a narrow recess, erenated, 7-nerved, pilose above, and on 

 the upper part of the petioles ; peduncles rather pilose, 3 times 

 longer than the petioles ; umbels 8-10-flowered, rather capitate ; 

 fruit small, roundish. I/ . B. F. Native of Brazil. Petioles 2 

 lines long. Limb 2-3 lines in diameter. There is a variety 

 with glabrous leaves according to Pohl. 



Minute Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



64 H. INDECORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 668.) stems creeping, 

 smoothish ; petioles hairy, 5 times longer than the limbs of the 

 leaves, which are orbicularly cordate, 3-lobed, toothed, and 

 rather pilose ; peduncles hairy, a little shorter than the petioles ; 

 fruit small, ovate, glabrous, densely aggregate into a globose 

 head ; mericarps furnished with one rib on each side. Tf. . B. F. 

 Native of Chili. Poepp. pi. exsic. no. 98. Habit of H. sib- 

 thorpioides or H. minuta. 



Undecked Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



65 H. HETEROME V RIA (Rich. hydr. no. 36.) plant glabrous ; 

 leaves reniform, 7-nerved, 7-lobed : lobes obtuse, crenated ; pe- 

 duncles much shorter than the petioles, which are flaccid ; um- 

 bels 6-8-flowered, capitate ; fruit smooth on one side, and tuber- 



cular on the other, wrinkled and discoloured, furnished with one 

 rib on both sides. Tf.. B. H. Native of New Zealand. H. 

 flaccida, R. Br. mss. Petioles 2-4 inches long. 

 Variable-parted Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



66 H. COMPA'CTA (Rich. hydr. no. 37.) plant villous ; leaves 

 orbicularly reniform, small, 7-nerved, deeply toothed ; peduncles 

 very short, in fascicles ; umbels 1 5-20-flowered, densely capi- 

 tate ; fruit rather didymous, furnished with 2 ribs on each side. 

 If.. H. Native of New Zealand. H. capitata, Banks and Sol, 

 mss. but not of Pet. Th. 



Compact -headed Penny- wort. PI. cr. 



67 H. PEDUNCULA'RIS (R. Br. in Rich. hydr. no. 38. f. 26.) 

 leaves small, orbicularly reniform, deeply toothed, rather 5-cleft, 

 glabrous above, hairy beneath ; peduncles equal in length to the 

 petioles ; umbels capitate, 6-8-flowered ; fruit lenticular, with 2 

 nearly obsolete ribs on both sides. Ij. . B. F. Native of New 

 Holland. Perhaps the same as H. peduncularis, Sieb. nov. holl. 

 exsic. no. 114. which is said to be glabrous; or it is perhaps 

 referrible to H. pulchella. 



Peduncular Penny-wort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1823. P). cr. 



68 H. INTERTE'XTA (R. Br. in Rich. hydr. no. 39.) plant gla- 

 brous ; leaves irregularly 3-5-lobed, 3-5-nerved : lobes denticu- 

 lated : middle lobe more prolonged than the rest ; petioles and 

 peduncles equal among themselves ; umbels densely capitate, 

 12-15-flowered ; fruit scabrous from wrinkles, furnished with 2 

 ribs on both sides ; carpophore permanent, undivided. 2.?F. 

 Native of New Holland. 



Interwoven Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



69 H. HI'RTA (R. Br. in Rich. hydr. no. 40.) leaves orbicu- 

 larly reniform, hairy on both surfaces, 7-nerved, obsoletely 7- 

 lobed, crenated ; petioles hairy ; peduncles one-half shorter than 

 the petioles ; umbels densely capitate, 20-flowered ; fruit rather 

 didymous, furnished with 2 ribs on each side. y. . B. F. Na- 

 tive of New Holland. Leaves distant. Petioles hardly an inch 

 long. Stipulas membranous, permanent. , 



Hairy Penny- wort. PI. cr. 



70 H. NOV^-ZEELA'NDI* (D. C. prod. 4. p. 67.) leaves orbi- 

 cularly reniform, hairy on both surfaces, as well as on the pe- 

 tioles, 7-nerved, obsoletely 7-lobed, acutely and irregularly 

 toothed ; peduncles glabrous, 4 times shorter than the petioles ; 

 umbels densely capitate, 10-12-flowered ; fruit rather didymous, 

 furnished with one rib on each side. Tf.. ? H. Native of New 

 Zealand. Petioles 12-15 lines long. Stipulas as in H. hirta. 



New-Zealand Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



71 H. DENSIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 66.) plant hairy ; leaves 

 orbicular, cordate at the base, 7-9-nerved, 7-9-lobed : lobes 

 broad, hardly acute, a little toothed ; peduncles opposite the 

 leaves, about equal in length to the petioles ; umbels densely 

 capitate, 30-40-flowered; fruit rather didymous, and are as well 

 as the pedicels glabrous ; mericarps furnished with one rib on 

 both sides. I/ . ? F. Native of New Holland. Nearly allied 

 to H. hirta, but differs from it in the peduncles being the length 

 of the petioles, not very short, and in the leaves being cordate, 

 not reniform. 



Dense-flowered Penny- wort. PI. cr. 



72 H. HIRSU'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 884. but not of Swartz nor 

 Spreng.) stems creeping ; leaves orbicular, cordate, somewhat 

 5-lobed, crenated, villous; umbels capitate, 7- 11 -flowered, pe- 

 dunculate, usually solitary ; mericarps furnished with 3 ribs. 

 It . ? S. Native of Batavia, in grassy places by the sea side. 

 It differs in the inflorescence from H. hirsuta of Swartz, which 

 is the H. spicata of Lam. H. hirsuta of Spreng. is a congeries 

 of species very different from each other. 



Hairy Penny-wort. PI. cr. 



73 H. GLOBA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 883.) stems creeping: leaves 

 roundish-cordate, angular, and are, as well as the peduncles, 



