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198 distinctly 5–7-lobed; lobes sharply toothed, usually hispid on both surfaces but sometimes glabrescent, firm or almost coriaceous; pedoles rather stout, $1⁄6$–2 in. long, usually pilose above with reversed hairs. Peduncles longer or shorter than the leaves; umbels 5–40-flowered. Flowers sessile or nearly so. Fruits usually densely crowded, minute, $1⁄20$–$1⁄15$ in. diam., red-brown; carpels acute at the back, with an acute keel or ridge on each face.—''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 501; Raoul, Choix, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 83; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 87; Kirk, Students Fl.'' 189. H. sibthorpioides. ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxi. (1889) 83.

8. H. microphylla, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 496.—Glabrous or with a few loose hairs on the petioles and peduncles. Stems 1–3 in. long, slender or rather stout at the base, creeping and rooting, often matted. Leaves $1⁄10$–$1⁄3$ in. diam., orbicular-reniform with usually a closed or narrow sinus, 5–7-lobed; lobes shallow, rounded, obtusely crenate; petiole $1⁄5$–$1⁄2$ in. long; stipules rather large for the size of the plant. Peduncles variable in length, longer or shorter than the leaves; umbels 2–6-flowered. Flowers sessile or nearly so. Fruit minute, glabrous, $1⁄20$–$1⁄15$ diam.; carpels rounded at the back, with an obscure rib or groove on each face.—''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 84; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 87; Kirk, Students Fl.'' 190.

9. H. asiatica, ''Linn. Sp. Plant.'' 234.—Very variable in size. Stems rather stout, much branched, creeping and rootmg at the nodes. Leaves fascicled at the nodes, ¼–1 in. diam., orbicular or oblong-reniform, cordate or almost truncate at the base, sinuatetoothed or nearly entire, glabrous or slightly pubescent; petioles very variable in length, ½–6 in. or more, often laxly pubescent above. Peduncles short, ¼–1 in. long, rarely more; umbels 2–4-flowered; bracts 2–3, broad, ovate. Fruit $1⁄8$–$1⁄6$ in. diam.; carpels with about 3 stout ribs on each face, but often showing the secondary ribs when young, somewhat reticulated, margins obtuse.—''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 502; Raoul, Choix, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.''