668 Lxx. TTMBBLLiPERj!. (0. B. Clarke.) [Hydrocoiyle. 



Vae. 1. padantha, Molkentoer in H. Jnngli. 89 (sp.) ; pedicels J in. Miq. M. Ind. 

 Bat. i. pt. i. 732. — Sikkim, Bhotan, Khasia, frequent. — ^Pednndes sometimes 3 in. 

 Froits ovoid, intermediate primary ridges 0. — ^Eeferred to H. podantha from -the 

 description only; Molkenboer relies partly on the leaves being setulose, but so 

 they are in typical H. javanica. H. laxiflora, DC. Prodr. iv. 61 ( = H. densiflora, DO. 

 Prodir. iv. 61), does not differ unless by the frnits being slightly less compressed. 



Vae. 2. Sookeri ; leaves very pentagonal little lobed, pedundes 6 in., fruit little 

 compressed yellowish shining -with red glandular dots. — ^Khasia, alt. 5000-6000 ft. ; 

 H.f. ^ T. — Leaves 2^ in. diam., sparingly setulose. Fruit somewhat pentagonal, the 

 immediate primaiy ridges more ■ defined, nearly as in H. rotundifolia. This may be 

 a distinct species. 



2. B. burmanlca, Kurz in Jowm. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 60, and 1877, 

 pt. ii. 113 ; quite glabrous, leaves 5-Iobed to the middle, looes triangular acute 

 crenate, peduncles long, pedicels | in., fruit modeiatelj compressed somewhat 

 pentagonal. 



' Uffeb Tekassebim ; alt. 3000-5000 ft. ; Brandts, Parish. 

 leaves l-2i in. diam. Peduncles \-2^ in., lower solitary leaf-opposed, upper 

 2-3-nate. Imbels many-flowered ; bracts minute. Fruit Jj in., broadly orbicu&r,. 

 obscurely punctate not reticulate ; lateral primary ridges commissuTEil, intermediate 

 appearing as slightly elevated angles; pericarp hard, thin. — Yeiy near H. javanica, 

 differing in its glabronsness, 5-gonous leaves, and less compressed fruits. It may be 

 S. javanica (cf. Sern in Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. iii. 4) when No. 1 must be called 

 H. Mrsuta, Blwne. 



3. K. conferta, Wight Ic. t. 1002 ; leaves cordate crenate subentire or 

 lobed to the middle, petiole laxly pubescent, umbels subsessile, fruit sohiewhat 

 compressed subpentagonal. 



South Dbccah; tulney Mts., Wight; Nilgherry Mts., Gardner, Schmidt. 



Leaves 1-2J in. diam., setulose. Umbels 5— 15-flowered; pedunde when visible 

 glabrous, smy bracts obscure. Fruit ^ in., orbicular, obscurely punctate, not reti- 

 culate; lateral primary lidges commissural, intermediate, appearing as slightly 

 elevated angles ; pericarp hard, thin. — Prom the size and hairiness of the leaves 

 this has been supposed near H. javanica, differing by its sessile clusters of fruit in 

 the axils; but in the structure of its fruit it is exceedingly like H. rotundifolia 

 with which indeed it is mixed by Wight ; and from some forms of vrhich it hardly 

 differs but by the larger more hairy leaves. 



4. K. rotundifolia, ifori. Kort. Beng. 21, Fl. Ind. ii. 38 ; leaves orbi- 

 cular-cordate subentire or lobed to the middle or lower, pedicels 0, fruit some- 

 what compressed pentagonal. Wall. Cat. 562 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 64 ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 664. H. nitidnla, A. Biehd. ; DC. Prodr. iv. 66 ; Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 29. H. 

 fenella. Ban Prodr. 183 ; BC. Z. c. 64; W. %■ A. Prodr. 366. H. ranunculoides, 

 Blume B^d. 884 {fide Molkenboer), H. puncticulata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 

 i. 733. H. Zollingeri, Molkeni. ; Miq. I. c. 733. H. perexigua, Hance in Walp. 

 Ann. ii. 691. 



Noeth-West Himaiaya ; alt. 4000-7000 ft. Bengal Plain, ascending to 4000 ft. 

 in Sikkim and Khasia, frequent. Mts. of Malabae and Cbtlon, Wight. — DisTBm. 

 Throughout Malaya. Guinea. 



Leaves J-1 in. diam., glabrous and shining or pubescent or subviUous on both sur- 

 faces. Pedundes glabrous, 0-| in., sometimes on the same specimen ; bracts obscure ; 

 umbels 10-15-flowered. Fruit -^ in., broadly orbicular, smooth, sometimes punctate ; 

 lateral primary ridges commissural (more prominent than in the three preceding 

 species), intermediate forming elevated angles ; pericarp hard, thin. — Easily separated 

 from the three preceding species by the much smaller leaves. The multiplication of 

 names is chiefly due to the variability in the length of the peduncle, the specimens 



