502 Cll, LABIATA (BAKER). | Ajuga. 
Adowa, Quartin-Dillon; Maigouagoua, Quartin-Dillon ; Samen ; Debra Eski, 
9700 tt., Schimper, 68. Shcata, Schimper, 545. Lotho, 8400 ft., Schimper, 483. 
Katz, 7900 ft., Rohlfs & Stecker. British East Africa : Machakos to Kikuyu, 5000- 
6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6584! Ukamba, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6420! Maboko 
Mountains, in the sand of a dry river, Scott-Elliot, 6549! Leikipia; Guaso Laschau 
Gregory, Marungu and Steppes of Kiroruma (Kiloluma), Gregory. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro ; at Marangu, 4600 ft. 
Volkens, 224! above Marangn, 8700 ft., Volkens, 1159! Usambara, Holst. 
Also in Arabia, Himalaya, China and Japan. 
OrvEr CII]. PLANTAGINEZ (by J. G. Baker). 
Flowers regular, usually hermaphrodite. Calyx inferior, 4-partite ; 
sepals distinct, much imbricate. Corolla hypogynous, gamopetalous, 
scarious, marcescent ; tube ampulliform or cylindrical; lobes 4, equal, 
spreading. Stamens inserted in the corolla-tube, usually 4 ; filaments 
filiform ; anthers versatile, 2-celled, dehiscent by a long slit, ovary 
superior, 2-celled or spuriously 3—4-celled ; ovules 1 to several in a cell 
style filiform, entire. Fruit capsular, dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds 
attached to the placenta by their inner face; albumen fleshy ; embryo 
usually straight, parallel with the hilum; radicle short, inferlor.— 
Perennial or annual herbs, acaulescent or caulescent. Flowers small, 
spicate, each subtended by a persistent bract. 
. . : . . 2 ate 
Species over 200. Cosmopolitan, mainly in the temperate and subtempera 
regions. 
1. PLANTAGO, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. 1224. 
Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamo-diecious. Calyx-segments 4, 
subequal, or 2 outer larger. Corolla-tube cylindrical or ampulliform ; 
lobes 4, spreading horizontally. Stamens 4, inserted in the corals 
tube ; filaments filiform; anthers versatile. Ovary usually 2-celle , 
with 1 to several ovules in each cell. Capsule membranous, cireumscissil¢ 
at the middle or the base. Seeds 2 to sev eral, cymbiform, with a ventra 
hilum ; albumen fleshy ; embryo straight or curved ; radicle inferlor.— 
Annual or perennial herbs, often acaulescent, with the leaves 1» 4 
radical rosette. Leaves very various, usually entire. Flowers 1ncoP- 
spicuous, spicate or capitate, each subtended by a single bract. 
Species 200. Cosmopolitan. 
Seeds 4-8 ina cell . . . . . . . 1. PB. major. 
Seeds 1 in a cell, 
Acaulescent. 
Spikes short, dense, oblong . : . . . 2. BP. lanceolata. 
Spikes long, cylindrical. 
Leaves sessile, linear, entire. . . . 8. P. albicans. 
Leaves petioled, ovate. 
Leaves toothed . . . . . . 4, P. Fischeri. 
Leaves lobed : . : . . . 5. BP. palmata. 
