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1 in New Zealand, and 7 at the Cape of Good Hope; (ac- 

 cording 10 Pel soon.) 



256. '^GLYCEPaA.f 



Umbcll sim])le. — Calix none. Petals entire, 

 ovate, acute, incurved. Styles very short, subu- 

 late; stigmas obsolete. Fntt^ reniform, laterally 

 compressed, fiat and truncate. Seed quinque- 

 costate, covered with an indurated bark: com- 

 missure lineaj-, immarginale and flat. Livolu- 

 crum 2 -leaved. 



Herbaceous and repent; leaves entire, cordate or re- 

 niforin, sheathing- tit the base, often pubescent; peduncles 

 axillary; umbell 3 to 6-flowered, fieqiiently proliferous, 

 trlfid; 'Uowers without bractes, subimbricated in a lateral 

 row. Episperm thick and indurated, almost nuciform. 



Species. 1. G. vepanda. Leaves roundedi-cordate, 

 angularly repand, and truncate at the base; petioles, pe- 

 duncles, and younger leaves pilose; umbell pedunculate, 

 mostly 3-flowered. 



Ilydrccotijle repmida. Persoon. 



Obs. Petiole often very lon.g (4 to 6 inches,) on the 

 flagellate stolons scarcely half an inch, pubescence at 

 length deciduous. Flowers white. Stamina shorter than 

 the petals, anthers brown. Grooves of the fruit marked 

 with interrupted, secondary, (or internal) lines. Hab. 

 On the dry margins of ponds and rivulets in South Caro- 

 lina and Georgia. 



To this genus appertains Hydrocotyle triflora of Peru/ 

 JI. asiatica of India, and probably H. Sibikorpicides, and 

 //. Ficarioides of the isle of France. 



257. ^CRANTZIA4 



UmbcU simple Calix none. Fetals entire, 



roundish, and obtuse. Styles minute, stigmas 

 obtuse. Fruit subglobose; commissure exca- 

 vated, nearly orbicular. Seeds unequal in size, 



•j- From y/yjcff 06 , s-meet; the whole plant possessing a sac- 

 cliarine taste. 



± In memory of Professor Crantz the celebrated author of a 

 monograph on the umbelliferous plants. The genus previously 

 fco named by Vahi having been referred to Tvicera. 



