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upon the stem and primary branches, give a peculiar aspect 

 to this plant which it is not easy to define in words. 



131. L. Menziesii. Hook, et Grev. — L. Arbuscula. Hook, et 

 Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 200. (non Kaulfuss.) 



Hab. Owhyhee. Menzies. Oahu. Messrs. Lay and Collie. 



132. L. Arbuscula. Kaulf. Enmn. Fil. p. 19. (non Hook, et 

 Grev.) 



Hab. Sandwicli Islands. Oahu. Chamisso. Messrs. Lay 

 and Collie. Oualan and Borabora. Durville. 



133. L. pumilio. Br. Prod. p. 166. 



Hab. Tropical parts of New Holland. Sir Joseph Banks, 

 in Brown's Prod. — The stem, according to Brown, is erect 

 and subsiraple. 



+- -(- Caule repente. 



134. L. concinnum. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 183, e^408. — L. apicu- 

 latum. Desv. Enc. Bot Suppl. v. 3. jj. 551. — L. umbrosum. 

 Bory, in TVilld. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 36. — L. sparsifolium. Desv. 

 I. c. p. 553. — L. obtusum. Desv. I. c. p. 548. — L. pectinatum. 

 Lam. Enc. Bot. v. 3. j). 651. — L. viridulum. Bory, in Willd. 

 I. c. p. 37. — L. falcatum. Desv. I. c. p. 540. 



Hab. Islands of Bourbon and Mauritius. — After a careful 

 examination of the descriptions of the above synonyms, we 

 feel ourselves fully justified in uniting them with L. concin- 

 num. 



135. L. Roxburghii. Hook, et Grev. 



Caule procumbente stolonifero vage bi-tripinnatim ramose 

 folioso, foliis ovato-oblongis subnitidis margine superiore den- 

 ticulato basi dilatato ciliato sub-marginato, stipulis folio triplo 

 minoribus late obovatis marginatis spinuloso-denticulatis dorse 

 minutissime punctatis mucrone longo rigido aspero aristatis. 



Hab. ? " Herb. Roxb." Dr. Wallich. — In general 



aspect this species approaches L. concinnum, but the leaves 

 are broader, more dilated in the upper margin at the base : 

 they are distinctly ciliated, but by no means prolonged into a 

 narrow auricle. The stipules are singularly though minutely 



