736 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Quebec, Ontario; New England, west to Minne- 
sota and Nebraska, south to Georgia and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. In close damp soil, pastures, waste places, borders of 
fields. Common, Most a®undant in upper districts. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Am. sept. ad colles et ad vias, prope Decatur, Alabama sept.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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Plantago maritima L.Sp. Pl.1:114. 1753. SEASIDE PLANTAIN, 
Adventive from Europe with ballast. Mobile County; rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in littoribus mari[ti]mis Europae borealis.” 
Herb, Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Plantago coronopus L. Sp. PI.1:115. 1753, 
Adventive with hallast. Mobile County; rare. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Europae glareosis.”’ 
Herb. Mohr. 
Plantago lanceolata L. Sp. P1.1:118. 1753. RIB GRASS. ENGLISH PLANTAIN. 
Ell. Sk. 1: 202, Gray, Man, ed. 6, 423, Chap. Fl. 278. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 
1: 391. 
MUROPE. 
Extensively naturalized in Atlantic North America from Canada to the Gulf. 
ALABAMA: Over the State, In cultivated ground. Mobile County. May to July. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘“ Hab. in Kuropae campis sterilibus,” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Ilerb. Mohr. 
Plantago aristata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:95. 1803. 
Plantago patayonica aristata Gray, Man. ed. 2, 269, 1859, 
Gray, Man, ed. 6,424, Chap. Fl. Suppl. 634; ed. 3,391. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:391. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb 2:345. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York to Tennessee and upper 
Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central Pine belt. Dry, sandy ground. Clay 
County, Moseley. Tuscaloosa County. Flowers July, August. Notrare. Perennial, 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in pratensibus Ilinoensium.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Plantago virginica L.Sp. Pl.1:1138. 1753. COMMON PLANTAIN, 
EM. Sk. 1: 201. Gray, Man. ed. 6,424. Chap. FI. 278. Gray, Syn. FL ON. A, 2, pt. 
1: 391. Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb. 2:345. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Southern New England to southern linois and 
Missouri, south to Florida, and west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: OvertheState. Dry sandy fields. ApriltoJune. Abundant. Annual. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Plantago virginica purpurascens (Nutt.). 
Plantago purpurascens Nutt,; Rapin, Mém, Soc. Linn. Par. 6: 454. 1827. 
P. occidentalis Deesne. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 1: 722. 1852. 
P. virginica longifolia Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A. 2, pt. 1:392, 187%, 
Gray, Syn. F].N.A.1l.¢. Coult. Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 345. 
MEXICO. 
Louisianian area. Southern Arkansas and ‘Texas to southern Arizona. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, Pastures and waysides, in sandy soil. Mobile County, 
Summerville. June. Only locality known in the State. 
Plantago heterophylla Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ser, 2,5:177. 1833-1837. 
MANY-SEEDED PLANTAIN, 
Gray, Man. ed, 6, 424. Chap. Fl. 278. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 1: 392, Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:345, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Tennessee and Florida, west to 
Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Low damp tields, pastures. Lawrence 
County, Moulton. Tuscaloosa County, LeeCounty, Auburn (/arle). Mobile County. 
Flowers, April, May; frequent. Annual, 
Type locality: ‘On the banks of the Mississippi and Arkansas; abundant,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr, 
