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Hydrocotyle multiflora

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Identification
Hydrocotyle multiflora Ruiz & Pav. [family UMBELLIFERAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown 1, Hydrocotyle multiflora Ruiz & Pav. [family UMBELLIFERAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for HYDROCOTYLE Bonariensis Lam. [family UMBELLIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 524, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
HYDROCOTYLE Bonariensis Lam. [family UMBELLIFERAE], Dict. 3. 147;—Cham. & Schlecht. l. c.
HYDROCOTYLE Caffra Meisn. [family UMBELLIFERAE], ! in pl. Krauss.
HYDROCOTYLE multiflora Ruiz. & Pav. [family UMBELLIFERAE], fl. Peruv. 3. p. 24. t. 246. f. a.
Information
leaves peltate, orbicular, doubly-crenated, 15–20-nerved, glabrous as well as the petioles; scapes umbellate at the apex and umbellately-branched; flowers disposed in interrupted whorls along the branchlets. Stem rooting. Petioles 2 inches, or 1 foot or longer. Leaves perfectly round or with an incision at the base; young ones dentate-crenated; when old often 2–2 1/2 inches in diameter. Peduncles as long or shorter than the petioles. Umbel compound of 4–12 rays 1/2–2 inches long; the rays simple or dichotomous; flowers interruptedly-verticillate; pedicels very short. Fruit 1-line broad, coloured, scarcely emarginate at the base and apex, mericarps with 1–2 ribs on each side.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near Port Natal, Drege, Krauss. 127. Gueinz. 534. Delagoa Bay, Forbes. Dec.-April. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.)

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