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_Lebidea. Ach. Many species are met with on the bark of trees 
and more upon rocks. The JL. atrovirens, Parasema, 
Caesia, atroalba, Ach., are quite common. There are many ditions 
which have not been distoninetinals Not one of these plants of the 
family of the Lichens attracts the attention of the inhabitants not 
serves for any purpose. 
Lemna minor and gibba. L. Bveijucnt-d on the perne of stagnant i 
water, in marshes and in drains. Some call it lentejyuelas, but its 
most common name is luchicillo. 
Lepidium bipinnatifidum. Desv. It grows in’ abundance along 
the sides of roads and on walls. This plant varies much: some- 
times, it presents itself without a stalk, but more frequently however 
with a creeping one. I have seen a variety with a high straight stalk, 
which might form a distinct species. The DL. Bonariense, L., is 
found in the woods of Cachapual. There is another one common 
about the hills of Valparaiso, which resembles the L. spicatum, Desv. 
The L. sativum, L., is cultivated in a few gardens. All these plants, 
on account of the acrid and piquant paesiele spt ee —— 
_ are ranked among the antiscorbutics. 
Leptostroma vulgare. Fries. Found on dead: dria in waite: ‘ 
involvens. Hedw. <A small moss, which grows in fresh 
ail humid places. It is found also on old trunks, in the woods. 
Two other species grow on the bark of trees. It resembles the L. 
Sevicea, Hedw. and the L. Bonplandit, Spr. 
Libertia Ixioides. Spr. <A pretty ae of the family of ‘ke 
Iridew. It grows in shady situations, about the hills. It has no vul- 
gar name, = merits cultivation. 
The herb called panul appears to belong to this 
genus, | dustin ee | assign its species. The Umbellifere, 
generally speaking, are difficult to determine, and particularly when 
the fruit has not arrived &t perfection. ‘The panul is employed asa 
medicine; its root is administered in decoction and its bruised leaves 
are applied externally. The whole of the plant is slightly aromatic. 
It is probable, however, that the virtues ascribed to it are exaggerated. 
Lileza subulata. Humb. 1 have only seen this plant once, at the 
foot of the hill of San Cristoval, coming out from the Chimba. If 
is to be observed, that it has never been met with before the present 
time, except in the neighborhood of Zipaquira, a village of New 
Granada, at the height of 1410 toises above the level of the sea. 
If it was at all interesting, we might suppose that it had been trans- 
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