373 



56. L. rupestre. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1564. Schkuhr, Fil. t. 

 165. — [Wall. Cat. n. 2188, sub nomine " Z/. bryopteris, 

 Linn?") 



Hab. Tiiroughout North America. Abundant on the 

 North- West coast of America. Menzies. Douglas and Scolder. 

 Kamtschatka. Wormskiold. Peru. Humboldt. Quito. Pro- 

 fessor W. Jameson. Brazil. Raddi, Scouler. Madras. Dr. 

 Shuter. Mount Pingee. Dr. Wallich. — A variety is found on 

 the North- West coast of America, by Mr. Douglas and Dr. 

 Scouler, a foot or more in length, with the branches long, 

 straight, of a bright green colour, and not secund at 

 their extremities : the leaves almost quite entire in the upper 

 part of the plant. The L. bryopteris of Linnaeus is referred 

 by Willdenow to his L. circinale. 



57. L. sanguinolentum. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1567. AmcBn. Acad. 

 V. 2. p. 363. /. 26. 



Hab. Eastern Siberia and Kamtschatka. Willdenow. 



* * Spicis sessilibus, divisis. Phlegmaria. 



58. L. Phlegmaria. Linn. 



Caule dichotomo pendulo, foliis subquadrifariis alternis 

 cordato-lanceolatis acutis nitidis integerrimis subpedicellatis, 

 squamis capsulas subaequantibus. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1564. 

 Wall. Cat. n. 133. (1-7). Dill. Muse. t. 61. / a. b. c. Rheed. 

 Mai. V. 12. t. 14. — L. mirabile. Willd. Sp. PL v. 5. p. 11. — 

 L. australe. Willd. Sp. PL v. 5. p. 11. — L. myrtifolium. 

 Forst. Prod. n. 485. 



Hab. Malabar, Ceylon, Cochin-China, Isle of Bourbon 

 and Philippine Islands. Willdenow. Mauritius, Delta of the 

 Ganges, Penang, Singapore, and Sylhet. Dr. Wallich. Ma- 

 rianne Islands. Chamisso. Gaudichaud. Dusky Bay, New 

 Zealand. Menzies. Tahiti. Durville. Coral Islands in the 

 Pacific Ocean. Messrs. Lay and Collie. — The stems vary 

 exceedingly, and are sometimes straight, sometimes much 

 divai'icated, marked with 6-8 elevated lines, on which 

 the leaves are produced. The leaves vary from cordato-acute 

 to cordato-lanceolate, or even lanceolate. In direction, they 



