897 
160. L. radicatum. Hook. et Grev. 
Caule decumbente subvage bipinnatim ramoso terete 
rigidiusculo folioso basi apiceque longe attenuato radicante, 
ramulis brevibus, foliis ovatis rigidiusculis acutis denticulato- 
serratis basi utrinque subciliatis subtus nitidiusculis, stipulis 
folio duplo minoribus oblique. cordatis basi ineequaliter 
auriculatis denticulato-ciliatis tenuiter acuminatis, spicis 
brevibus.—L. complanatum. * Herb. Madr.” in Wall. Cat. 
n. 2186. 
Haz. Courtallam and Dindygall. Dr. Wight.—From six 
or eight to ten inches long, rather vaguely branched, remark- 
able for the extremities of the stems being attenuated, bare 
of branches, and for their taking root with strong radicles. 
161. L. nitidum. Hook. et Grev. 
Caule repente radicante gracili flexuoso folioso, ramis 
remotis pinnatis bi-pinnatisve ad apicem non raro attenuatis 
radicantibus, foliis approximatis patentibus oblongo-ovatis 
rectis obtusiusculis nitidis subpellucidis denticulatis. basi 
superiore marginatis sublonge ciliatis, stipulis imbricatis 
appressis ovatis subfalcatis marginatis ciliatis inferne præ- 
cipue tenui-acuminatis basi inæqualiter auriculatis, spicis 
brevibus, squamis marginatis denticulatis. 
Has. Jamaica, Messrs. Wiles and Hnc potis 
lant with filiform ste paringly clothed wi 
EA are smaller duo E o da branches ; both stems 
and branches are often attenuated, and rooting at the 
extremities, The leaves are thin, membranous, and glossy. 
162, T, ornithopodioides. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1569, (Dill. Muse. 
t. 66. f. 1.) ! 
Has. East Indies. Linneus.—Desvaux observes that the 
L. ornithopodioides of Willdenow is not the specs so vmi 
of Linnzus: but he gives no reason for offering this opinion, 
and is probably as little acquainted with the plant EDT 
by the Swedish Naturalist as we confess ourselves to ^e: 
for he places it in a division inscribed “ denticulatio = 
minata” As in many other cases in this difficult genus 
