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trees. — This is assuredly very nearly allied to IL. Phlegmaria ; 

 but the two anterior series of the quadrifarious leaves are much 

 smaller than the rest. 



64. L. quadriforiatum. Bory, in Duperr. Voy. v.\. p. 245. 

 Hab. Island of St. Catherine, Brazil. Durville. 



65. L. ericaefolium. Presl, Reliq. Hcenk. p. 77. 

 Hab. Peru. Hcenke. 



QQ. L. ophioglossoides. Lam. Enc. Bot. v. 3. p. 646. 



Hab. The Mauritius. Lamarck. — Can this be a variety, or 

 rather a state of L. gnidioides ? 



67. L. polytrichioides. Kaulf. Lnum. Fil. p. 6. 

 Hab. Owhyhee. Chamisso. 



68. L. subulatum. Desv. Enc. Bot. Suppl. v. 3. p. 544. 

 Hab. South America. Humboldt. 



69. L. patens. Willd. Herb. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 12. 

 Hab. ? 



70. L. varium. Br. Prod. p. 165. Hook. etGrev. Ic. Fil. t. 1 12. 

 — L. pachystachyon. Desv. Enc. Bot. Suppl. v. 3. p. 544. 



Hab. Van Dieman's Land. Brown. Mount Wellington, 

 Van Dieman's Land. Eraser. Tahiti. Menzies. 



7L L. pinifolium. Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. p. 264. (non Kaulf. 

 Enum. p. 7.) 

 Hab. Trees in woods, Java. Dr. Blume. — Closely allied 

 to L. varium. 



* * * Spicis pedunculatis. Clavata. 

 72. L. clavatum. Linn. 



Caule longissimo repente valde ramoso, ramis etiam decum- 

 bentibus brevibus, foliis arete imbricatis subsecundis lineari- 

 subulatis piliferis dentato-ciliatis, spicis oblongo-cylindraceis 

 geminatis pedunculo subduplo brevioribus, squamis ovatis 

 acuminatis eroso-denticulatis. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1564!. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 224.— L. officinale. A^ec/e. Meth. Muse. p. 150. 

 Var. /3. monostachyon ; spica solitaria, pedunculis brevibus. 



Hab. Throughout Europe. /3. The Rocky Mountains, 



