394 



Hab. Isle of Bourbon. Desvaux. — Desvaux, in his arrange- 

 ment, places this next to L. stoloniferum. 



147. L. horizontale. Presl, Reliq. Hcenk. p. 78. 



Hab. Vallies of the Cordilleras of Peru. Hcenke. — This 

 is said to approach the L. marginatum of Humboldt, and is 

 referred by Sprengel to L. stoloniferum ; but since nothing 

 is said of the stolones by Presl, its original describer, we 

 have thought it safer to keep it distinct. 



148. L. mnioides. Sieb. Fl, Mixta, n. 325. 



Caule procumbente folioso stolonifero bi-tripinnatim ra- 

 moso, ramis sparsis, foliis remotiusculis ovato-oblongis vix 

 nitidis flaccidis acutiusculis basi cordatis oblique auriculatis 

 longissime ciliatis, stipulis folio duplo minoribus ovatis cari- 

 natis acuminato-cuspidatis ciliatis appressis paululum falcatis 

 basi productis peltatis. 



Hab. Mauritius. Sieber. — Ten inches to a foot long. 

 Whole plant rather flaccid ; stem tetragonous, with remote 

 leaves ; those of the branches smaller and more approxi- 

 mated; all of them remarkable for the long white hairs 

 which fringe the base, and are best seen on the back of the 

 plant. 



149. L. dilatatum. Hook, et Grev. 



Caule elongato stolonifero procumbente folioso, ramis bi- 

 tripinnatis versus apicem caulis sensim rarioribus minori- 

 busque, ramulis (cum foliis) ad apicem dilatatis, foliis ovato- 

 oblongis acutiusculis sessilibus albo-marginatis omnino 

 integerrimis, stipulis ovatis brevi-acuminatis marginatis in- 

 tegerrimis subfalcatis apicibus patentibus, spicis ? 



Hab. China. Messrs. Lay and Collie. — The stems are a 

 foot or more in length, bearing branches which gradually 

 become smaller and more distant towards the extremity, 

 and leaves larger than those on the branches ; the latter, 

 taken in conjunction with the branches themselves, are 

 broader towards their summits, giving the whole plant 

 a peculiar aspect. The colour is a pale tender green. 

 Fructification unknown. 



