FIGURE 2 in Hydrocotyle simulans (Araliaceae), a new perennial species from south-eastern Australia

FIGURE 2. Photographs of Hydrocotyle simulans (A–D) and fruit of allied species H. pterocarpa (E) and H. plebeya (F). A: Hydrocotyle simulans—Flowering umbel showing flowers with crimson petals and an immature leaf showing a 'skirt' of reflexed trichomes at the petiole apex; B: Mature leaves; C: Lateral view of a dry, mature schizocarp showing acute lateral and dorsal ribs, and the minutely rugulose surfaces; D: Immature infructescence showing lenticular schizocarps; E: H. pterocarpa—Lateral view of a dry, mature schizocarp showing prominently winged mericarps; F: H. plebeya—An infructescence showing mature schizocarps with acute dorsal and lateral ribs and papillate mericarps surfaces. Scale bars A=2 mm; B=10 mm; C=500 µm; D=1 mm; E=1 mm; F=500 µm. Vouchers: D.E. Murfet 8999 (A, B, D); R.J. Bates 71336 (C); AD 96936300, I.B. Wilson 986 (E); PERTH 2298589, A.R. Annels 642. Photographs by Denzel Murfet (A, B, D); South Australian Seed Conservation Centre (C, E); Andrew Perkins (E).