368 



Wallich, in his Catalogue, compares this plant with his L. 

 bhtusifolium {L. Hamiltonii of Sprengel, and of this Enumer- 

 ation) ; but it is a slenderer plant, with narrow, ligulate, or 

 almost linear leaves, which are, besides, thicker, more cori- 

 aceous, and scarcely at all nerved. 



26. L. gnidioides. Linn. Suppl. p. 448. Hook, et Grev. Ic. 

 Fil. t. 50. Schlecht. Adwn. p. T. t 2. — L. funiculosum. 

 Lam. Enc. Bot. v. 3. p. 649. — L. pinifolium. Kaulf, Enum. 

 Fil. p. 7. (non Blume.) — L. flagelliforme. Schrad. 



Hab. Island of Mauritius. Wtlldenow. Isle of Bourbon. 

 Sprengel. Cape of Good Hope. Villette. 



27. L. laxum. Presl, Reliq. Hcenk. p. 83. 



Hab. The Philippine Islands. Hcenke. — According to 

 Presl, this species is allied to L. passerinoides and L. struthi- 

 oloides. 



28. L. passerinoides. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. p. 41. 

 Hab. In Peru. Humboldt. 



29. L. struthioloides. Presl, Reliq. Hcenk. p. 82. 



Hab. Nootka Sound, on the North -West coast of 

 America. Hcenke. 



B. Capsulis spicatis. Spicata. 



* Spicis sessilibus, indivisis. 

 f caule erecto. 



30. L. dendroideum. Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. v. 2. p. 282. 

 Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 1. 



Hab. North America, from Canada to the mountainous 

 parts of Carolina. North -West coast of America. Menzies. 

 — The leaves are 4-6-fariously disposed ; those on the under 

 surface much smaller than the rest. 



31. L. juniperoideum. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 178, e# 401. 



Hab. In Siberia. Swartz. — Nearly allied to the preceding. 



32. L. glaucescens. Presl, Reliq. Hcenk. p. S\. 

 Hab. Peru. Hcenke. 



33. L. densum. Labill. Nov. Holl. v. 2. p. 104. t. 2b\. f. I. 



