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160. L. radicatum. Hook, et Grev. 



Caule decumbente subvage bipinnatim ramoso terete 

 rigidiusculo folioso basi apiceque longe attenuate radicante, 

 ramulis brevibus, foliis ovatis rigidiusculis acutis denticulato- 

 serratis basi utrinqiie subciliatis subtus nitidiusculis, stipulis 

 folio duplo minoribus oblique cordatis basi ineequaliter 

 auriculatis denticulato-ciliatis tenuiter acuminatis, spicis 

 brevibus. — L. complanatum. " Hob. Madr." in Wall. Cat. 

 n. 2186. 



Hab. Courtallam and Dindygall. Dr. Wight. — From six 

 or eight to ten inches long, rather vaguely branched, remark- 

 able for the extremities of the stems being attenuated, bare 

 of branches, and for their taking root with strong radicles. 



161. L. nitidum. Hook, et Grev. 



Caule repente radicante gracili flexuoso folioso, ramis 

 remotis pinnatis bi-pinnatisve ad apicem non raro attenuatis 

 radicantibus, foliis approximatis patentibus oblongo-ovatis 

 rectis obtusiusculis nitidis subpellucidis denticulatis basi 

 superiore marginatis sublonge ciliatis, stipulis imbricatis 

 appressis ovatis subfalcatis marginatis ciliatis inferne prae- 

 cipue tenui-acuminatis basi inaequaliter auriculatis, spicis 

 brevibus, squamis marginatis denticulatis. 



Hab. Jamaica. Messrs. Wiles and Higson. — A straggling 

 plant with filiform stems, sparingly clothed with leaves, 

 which are smaller than those of the branches ; both stems 

 and branches are often attenuated, and rooting at the 

 extremities. The leaves are thin, membranous, and glossy. 



162. L. ornithopodioides. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1569. (Dill. Muse, 

 t. 66./. 1.) 



Hab. East Indies. Linnceus. — Desvaux observes that the 

 L. ornithopodioides of Willdenow is not the species so named 

 of Linnaeus : but he gives no reason for offering this opinion, 

 and is probably as little acquainted with the plant intended 

 by the Swedish Naturalist as we confess ourselves to be : 

 for he places it in a division inscribed " denticulatio indeter- 

 minata." As in many other cases in this difficult genus, an 



