173 PLANTAGINEAE: PLANTAGO. 174 
HERBA perennis, magnitudine valde variabilis, nunc 1—1*/,-pedalis, 
nune palmaris. RADIX fusiformis simplex, FOLIA modo erecta, modo, 
praecipue in specim, minoribus patentia, subdecumbentia petiolata ellip- 
tica vel lanceolata, acutiuscula integerrima vel hinc inde irregulariter 
denticulata, basi angustata, 5-nervia, supra hirsuta vel interdum parce 
pubescentia, subtus plus minus, saepius et praecipue ad margines valde 
lanato-tomentosa, utrinque fuscescentia, modo '/, ped. longa, 3 poll. lata, 
modo multo breviora angustiora, interdum vix 2 poll. longa, 1 poll. lata; 
petioli planiusculi 1 poll. longi et quod excedit, basi vaginantes, subtus 
pilis intertextis fuscis valde tomentosi, modo pedales, modo multo bre- 
viores. Spica cylindrica elongata laxiflora; rhachis tomentosa. BRACTEAE 
lineares carinatae acutiusculae, anguste marginatae, calyces subaequantes 
villosiusculae. CAtycis foliola plus minus ciliolata antica ovato-lanceo- 
lata, margine membranacea, postica latiora, late ovata, margine late 
membranacea. COROLLA calyce duplo longior, siccando ferruginea, laci- 
niis ovatis acuminatis, GENITALIA valde exserta, ANTHERAE cordatae 
mucronatae. CAPSULA ovoidea, calycem superans, 3-sperma. SEMINA 
ovalia, obsolete carinata. 
Habitat in Brasilia frequens: Sello; prope Montevideo: Sello; 
in insula S. Catharina: Chamisso; prope S. Ignacio in Brasilia me- 
ridionali: Selle. — Var. 8. prope Montevideo: Sello n. 51. 
8. PLANTAGO CATHARINEA Decaisne: foliis longe petio- 
latis oblongo- lanceolatis obtusiusculis pubescentibus 3-nerviis ; 
scapis adscendentibus pubescentibus, spicis cylindricis elongatis 
laxiusculis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acutiusculis longe ciliatis 
calycem non aequantibus; calycis laciniis ovato-rotundatis ciliatis. 
Plantago Catharinea Decaisne in DC. Prodr. l. c. 726. 
HERBA perennis gracilis, rhizomate fusiformi crasso. FOLIA erecta, 
longe petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata obtusiuscula integerrima vel hinc inde 
irregulariter denticulata, basi in petiolum canaliculatum angustata, utrin- 
que praecipue ad nervos tenuissime pubescentia, 3-nervia, nervis subtus 
prominulis, supra impressis, ad apicem plus minus evanescentibus, firmule 
membranacea, 3—4 poll. longa, 8—10 lin. lata; petioli sulcato-striati 
rigidi, 4—5 lin. longi, SCAPI adscendentes teretiusculi, subtiliter striati, 
pubescentes, superne tomentosi, semipedales. Spica erecta cylindrica, 
plus minus elongata, 3—4 poll. longa, inferne laxiflora. BRACTEAE 
lineari-lanceolatae, acutiusculae, longe ciliatae, foliis calycinis subbrevio- 
res. CALYCIS foliola 2 lin. longa ovalia, dorso carinata, ciliata, posticis 
rotundatis, dorso parce ciliolato. COROLLAE tubus calyce brevior, limbo 
explanato, lobis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, basi ciliatis. STAMINA (in spe- 
eim. nostr, inclusa, OVARIUM globosum, 3-ovulatum. 
Habitat in insula S. Catharina: Gaudichaud n. 156. 
Species inquirendae: 
9. PLANTAGO LEPTOPHYLLA Decaisxe in DO. Prodr. 
XIII. a. 723, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acutiusculis superne cal- 
loso-denticulatis 5—7 - nerviis, utrinque sed praesertim supra 
puberulis, in petiolum planum attenuatis glabriusculum; pedun- 
culis folia superantibus teretibus adpresse et breviter pilosis, 
spicis elongatis basi laxifloris, bracteis calyce brevioribus sub- 
deltoideis margine ciliolatis; calycis foliolis anticis oblongis ob- 
tusis obscure denticulato-ciliolatis, posticis late ovatis glabris; 
corollae lobis ovatis subcordatis acutis glabris; ovario 4-ovulato. 
Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Rio Grande do Sul: A. Isabelle ex 
Decsne. l. c. 
10. PLANTAGO MYOSURUS Lam. Il. Gen. 342; De- 
caisne l. c. 723; Poir. in Lam. Dict. V. 384; Pers. Syn. I. 
139; Barnéoud l. c. 9, foliis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis integris 
3-nerviis in petiolum angustum attenuatis utrinque puberulis; 
pedunculis erectis folia aequantibus laxe pilosis, pilis patulis, 
spicis cylindraceis densifloris, bracteis hirtellis; foliolis calycinis 
anguste marginatis oblongo-ellipticis inaequilateris obscure denti- 
culato-ciliolatis, posticis rotundatis apice ciliolatis; corollae lobis 
ovato-cordatis acutis glabris; ovario 3-ovulato; capsula saepius 
3-sperma. 
Habitat circa Montevideo: Commerson; in Banda oriental: 
Tweedie; tn prov. Rio Grande do Sul: Gaudichaud n, 398 ex De- 
caisne L. c. 
11. PLANTAGO MACROSTACHYS Decaisne 4. c. 724, 
foliis oblongo-ellipticis grosse dentatis sublobulatis (dentibus ho- 
rizontalibus callosis) 7—9-nerviis glaberrimis, in petiolum planum 
attenuatis, ima basi stuposis; pedunculis inferne glabratis, superne 
pubescentibus, folia longe superantibus, spicis elongatis cylindra- 
ceis basi remotifloris, bracteis lanceolatis margine anguste cilio- 
latis; foliolis calycinis anticis ovalibus margine latiusculo denti- 
culato-ciliolatis inaequilateris, posticis rotundatis carina vix cilio- 
lata; corollae lobis cordatis acuminatis; antheris apiculo brevis- 
simo; ovario 3-ovulato. 
Habitat in Montevideo: A. Isabelle n. 50 ex Decaisne l. c. 
12. PLANTAGO BICALLOSA Decaisne l. c. 725, foliis 
elliptico-oblongis mucronulatis integris vel obscure calloso-denti- 
culatis, pube brevi adpressa inspersis, 5-nerviis, in petiolum 
inferne a latere membranaceum attenuatis barbatisque; pedunculis 
gracilibus erectis pubescentibus, spicis cylindraceis inferne sub- 
laxifloris, bracteis ovatis glabris; foliolis calycinis anticis angustio- 
ribus, posticis majoribus concavis rotundatis ciliatis; corollae 
lobis ovatis mucronulatis vel acutiusculis; antheris apiculo brevi 
bicalloso; ovario 3-ovulato. 
Habitat in summis montis da Piedade prov. Minas Geraës: 
Gardner n. 5137. 
13. PLANTAGO PARALIAS Decaisne J. c. 725 (= P. to- 
mentosa A. Isabelle exsicc. n. 138, non Lam.) , herba perennis 
radice fusiformi, foliis ellipticis vel elliptico-lanceolatis integris 
vel calloso-denticulatis 3—5-nerviis, utrinque pube brevi inspersis, 
marginibus subtomentosis, in petiolum brevem planum basi badium 
attenuatis; pedunculis folia vix aequantibus adscendentibus dense 
tomentosis, spicis cylindraceis densifloris, bracteis lanceolatis 
hirtellis anguste marginatis; calycis foliolis longitudine sub: 
aequalibus, anticis subaequilateris late ovalibus, carina dorsali 
vix ciliolata vel glabra, posticis subrotundis margine glaberrimis; 
corollae lobis subcordatis acutiusculis lineola fuscescente glaber- 
rimis; antheris apiculo obtuso; ovario 3-ovulato. 
Habitat in arenosis maritimis circa Montevideo. Specimen du- 
bium ad Santos prov. S. Paulo: Lindberg n. 674. 
Ops. Affinis P. tomentosae Lam., a qua differt calyce glabro, 
corolla minori, 
