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L. MOLLIS, Graham. 
Leaves eight lines long, and six lines broad. Calycine segment equal in length to the tube of the corolla, 
which is purplish, with the tube cleft along the upper side. Anthers purplish, having two short white awns 
projecting from their lower edge. Stigma almost simple, bearded, (G. Don). This very distinct species is a 
native of St. Domingo, where it was collected by Dr. Krauss. It was introduced into England in 1828. 
L. INFLATA, Lin. Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 99 ; syn. RAPUNTIUM INFLATUM, Mill. 
A dwarf species with small pale-blue flowers; a native of North America, from Virginia to Canada, intro¬ 
duced in 1759. 
L. CHINENSIS, Lam. 
A creeping plant, with pale-blue flowers, on long footstalks ; a native of China, near Canton. 
L. EXCELSA, Wall. 
A magnificent plant; growing ten or twelve feet high ; with large flowers, and leaves nearly a foot long. A 
native of Nepaul, not yet introduced. * 
L. ROSEA, Wall. 
A plant from four to six feet high, with numerous rose-coloured flowers. A native of Nepaul. 
L. DEBILIS, Lin., jun. 
A little feeble plant, scarcely six inches high, with blue flowers. A native of the Cape of Good Hope, intro¬ 
duced in 1774; and described by the younger Linnaeus. 
L. CAMPANULATA, Lam. 
A dwarf plant, with blue, upright, bell-sliaped flowers. Introduced from the Cape of Good Hope, in 1821. 
L. ANCEPS, Thun. 
A low plant with winged stems, and blue flowers. Introduced from the Cape of Good Hope in 1818. 
L. URENS, Lin. 
The flowers are purplish and not showy; and the whole plant, if chewed, will be perceived to abound in a 
milky juice which excites an unpleasant sense of burning on the tongue. It is a native of England, in Devon¬ 
shire, and it is also found in France and Spain. 
L. SERRULATA, Brot. 
A native of Gibraltar in sandy humid places; closely resembling L. urens; introduced in 1820. 
L. TENELLA, Biv. ; syn. L. SETACEA, Smith ; L. LAURENTIA, Brot. ; L. MINUTA, Bee. 
A prostrate plant, with the flowers greatly resembling those of Clintonia pulchella ; a native of Portugal, 
introduced in 1821. 
