316 106. PLANTAGINEE. 
106. PLANTAGINE. 
1. Plantago depressa, Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl. 
p. 8; Decne. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 699 ; Franchet, Pl. David. 
p. 246. 
Curigrr: Peking and Jehol (David ex Franchet). 
Siberia and Mongolia. 
2. Plantago lanceolata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 113; Decne. in 
DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 714; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 706; 
Franch. et Kavat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 385. 
Kranesu: Shanghai, very rare (Faber!) Herb. Kew. 
This very widely-dispersed plant is apparently introduced in 
China, as it is also said by Franchet and Savatier to be in Japan. 
3. Plantago major, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 12; Decne. in DC. 
Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 694 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 705 ; Franchet, 
Pl. David. p. 246, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. 
p.244; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 50, et Fl. Tients. p. 365; Maxim. 
Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 476. 
Plantago asiatica, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 113; Franch. et Savat. Enum. 
Pl. Jap. 1. p. 384. 
Plantago Loureiri, Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 112; DC. Prodr. 
xiii. 1. p. 701. 
Plantago exaltata, Hornem. ; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 56. 
CHIHLI and Surnexine to Huren and Formosa, apparently 
common. Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Widely spread in temperate and warm regions; butintroduced 
in America, except perhaps in the extreme north, and in the 
southern hemisphere. 
4. Plantago media, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 113; Decne. in DC. 
Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 697 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 117. 
SmaxTUNG: Chefoo (ex Debeaux) ; Suenst (Piasezki ex Mavi- 
mowicz). 
Europe and North Africa to Siberia and Kamtschatka. This 
is also colonized in some countries, though to nothing like the 
extent that P. lanceolata and P. major are. 
