401 



Caule breviusculo erecto flaccido inferne nudo subaphyllo 

 superne bi-tripinnatim ramoso, foliis tenuissime membranaceis 

 ovato-oblongis obtusis margine inferiore recto superiore basi 

 dilatato apiceque denticulato-serratis, stipulis folio sextuplo 

 minoribus anguste ovatis marginatis aristato-acuminatis denti- 

 culato-serratis cauli arete appressis, spicis breviusculis laxis. 

 — L. ornithopodioides. " Herb. Madras" in Wall. Cat. n. 

 2186. (2.) 



Hab. Courtallam. Dr. Wight. — Plant 6-8 inches high, 

 remarkable for its extremely thin, pellucid, flaccid leaves, 

 and for the small size of its stipules. The colour is a dull 

 green, much paler beneath. At the extremities of many of 

 the branches are what appear to be oblong gemmm of a red 

 colour and very compact substance, externally imbricated with 

 scales, which are incorporated with the part they envelope. 



182, L. chrysocaulon. Hook, et Grev. 



Caule erecto elongato nitido rigidiusculo bipinnatim fere e 

 basi ramoso, ram is brevibus erecto-patentibus, foliis distanti- 

 bus ovato-oblongis valde acutis denticulatis basi iuEequaliter 

 cordatis, colore opaco, stipulis ovatis tenuissime acuminatis 

 denticulatis appressis. 



Hab. Mountains of Penang. Dr. Wallich. — Allied as this 

 species is to L. suhdiaphanunUi it is yet unquestionably 

 distinct. The stems are a foot to a foot and a half hich, of 

 a glossy yellow-orange colour and rigid : the leaves smaller 

 in proportion, very acute, with the sharp points, when dry, 

 reflexed; spikes narrower. Our specimens were communi- 

 cated along with L. argenteum. — [Wall. Cat. n. 127.) 



183. L. subdiaphanum. Wall. Cat. n. 136. 



Caule erecto gracili subopaco flaccido fere e basi bipinnatim 

 ramoso, ramis erecto-patentibus brevibus, foliis ovato-oblongis 

 obtusis denticulatis basi ina^qualiter cordatis, colore opaco, 

 stipulis ovatis cuspidatis appressis denticulatis, squamis ob- 

 tusis. 



Hab. Mountains of Sylhet and Kamoon. Dr. Wallich. — 

 Stem 6-8 inches high, feeble and flaccid, rarely stoloniferous 

 at the base. 



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