bO4 CII. PLANTAGINE® (BAKER). | Plantago. 
4. P. FPischeri, Engl. Bo!. Jahrb. xix. Beibl. No. 47, 48. An 
acaulescent perennial herb. Leaves shortly petioled, broadly ovate, 
2-8 in. long, firm, deeply dentate, turning black in drying, truncate or 
slightly cordate at the base, 7-nerved from the base, glabrous on both 
surfaces. Peduncles long, slender, many to a rosette. Spikes long, 
cylindrical, 3—4 in. long; bracts ovate, shorter than the flowers, with a 
firm centre and broad white scarious margin. Sepals oblong, obtuse, 
with a firm keel and broad scarious margin. Corolla-tube as long as 
the calyx ; lobes ovate, acute. Stamens much exserted. Capsule ovoid, 
as long as the calyx, 2-seeded. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Abori, Fischer, 512. 
Mozamb. Dist. (erman East Africa : Kilimanjaro : Mawenzi Peak, 8700 ft., 
Tolkens, 948. Lumi Ravine, 8700 ft., Volkens, 1901! 
5. P. palmata, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 19; vii. 213. 
Pereunial, acaulescent. Leaves suborbicular, cordate, thin, finely 
hairy, shallowly, obtusely and irregularly palmately lobed ; petiole very 
long and slender. Peduncle very long. Spike dense, cylindrical, 
1-5 in. long; bracts ovate, glabrous, about as long as the calyx. Sepals 
oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 1, in. long, with a brown keel and broad white 
margin. Corolla-lobes lanceolate, acute, nearly as long as the tube. 
Stamens short. Capsule ovoid, little longer than the calyx. Seeds 2, 
cymbiform.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 395; Aschers. Bot. Ost- 
Afr. 74, t. 4. P. Kerstenii, Aschers. in Sitzb. Gesell. Naturf. Fr. Berl. 
1868, 23. 
Upper Guinea. Cuxameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1962 ! 
Fernando Pe: Clarence Peak, 7500-8000 ft., Mann, 611! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia : Begemeder : at Edda Jesus, near Debra Tabor, 9700 ft., 
Schimper, 1233! British East Africa : Mau, 7000-8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6826! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 7000 ft., in marshy 
places, Johnston, 173! Kersten! and without precise locality, Hannington ! 
6. P. Psyllium, Linn. ; Decne. in DC. Prod. xiii. 734. Annual, 
caulescent, $-1 ft. high. Stems finely glandular-pubescent. Leaves 
sessile or verticillate from the nodes of the stem, narrowly linear. 
Heads many toa stem, dense, globose, on ascending peduncles ; bracts 
ovate, glandular-pubescent, the lower rather longer than the calyx. 
Sepals oblong, 4 in. long. Corolla-tube ampulliform, longer than the 
calyx; lobes very small, ovate. Stamens short. Capsule 2-seeded.— 
A. Rich. Tent. F]. Abyss. ii. 207. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre ; near Adowa, Quartin-Dillon ; avd without 
precise locality, Schimper, 977 ! 
Spread through the Mediterranean region eastward to India. 
7. P. stricta, Schousb.; Decne. in DC. Prod. xii. 735. Annual 
caulescent, 3-1 ft. high. Stems glabrous in the lower part, slightly 
pubescent upwards. Leaves opposite or whorled from the nodes of the 
