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to Thunberg only by imperfect specimens. The fructification 

 has never been discovered. 



49. L. phylicaefolium. Desv. Enc. Bot. Suppl. v. 3. p. 546. 

 Hab. In South America. Desvaux. 



50. L. confertum. Willd. Sp. PL v. 5. p. 27. 



Hab. Chili. Willdenow. The Falkland Isles. Sprengel. 



51. L. vestitum. Desv. Enc. Bot. Suppl. v. 3. p. 546. 



Hab. South America. Desvaux. New Grenada. Sprengel. 



52. L. inundatum. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1565. Engl. Bot. t. 239. 

 Schkuhr, Fil. t. 160./! d. — L. palustre. Lam. El. Fr. v. 1. 

 p. 32. 



Hab. Europe and North America. 



53. L. longipes. Hook, et Grev. 



Caule repente elongato ramoso, ramis sterilibus brevibus 

 decumbentibus flaccidis, fructifero erecto elongato (pedali) 

 rigido pedunculiformi, foliis subulatis flaccidis nitidis in- 

 tegerrimis rami fructiferi verticillatis sparse ciliatis, squamis 

 folio similibus spinuloso-ciliatis. 



Hab. Island of St. Catherine, Brazil. Macrae. — This 

 species has the greatest affinity with L. inundatmn ; so much 

 so indeed, that, were it not for its extraordinary size and 

 more ciliated leaves, we should have had little hesitation in 

 referring it to that species, although a native of the Tropics. 

 Here the barren stems are branched, not unfrequently a foot 

 and a half or more in length; the fructifying one, which 

 might almost be called a leafy peduncle, is a foot, or even 

 sixteen inches, in height. 



54. L. alopecuroides. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1565. Schkuhr, Fil. 

 t. 160. 



Hab. The Southern States of North America. 



55. L. selaginioides. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1565. Engl. Bot. t. 1148. 

 — L. bryophyllum. Presl, Reliq. Hank. p. 81. 



Hab. Mossy pastures of the North, and the alpine regions 

 of the South of Europe. Canada. Michaux. Nootka Sound. 

 HxBnke. 



