524 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Leaves linear. 
Corolla lobes spreading in fruit. 
Leaves fleshy; seaside plant. ...........-..----------------- 3. P. maritima, 
Leaves not fleshy. 
Spikes woolly; bracts short ..........--.-.------------- 4, P. purshir. 
Spikes not woolly; bracts long... ..........-.----------- 5. P. aristata. 
Corolla lobes closed over the fruit. 
Spikes short, dense; capsules 3 to 4mm. long .........-...--- 6. P. bigelovit. 
Spikes slender; capsules 2 mm. long......-...-..------------ 7. P. elongata. 
1. Plantago major L. Sp. PI. 1: 113. 1753. 
Type Locauity: European. 
Rance: Nearly cosmopolitan. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Silverton, Bouck in 1899; Seattle, Piper, July 1, 1895; Tacoma, 
Flett 223; Ellensburg, Whited 548; North Yakima, Wa/t, August, 1895. 
One form of this plant found on gravelly lake shores and in salt marshes seems to be 
native. 
2. Plantago lanceolata L. Sp. Pl. 1: 1138. 1753. 
TYPE LocaLity: European. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Silverton, Bouck; Pullman, Piper, July 20, 1894. 
A common weed in lawns and pastures. 
3. Plantago maritima L. Sp. Pl. 1: 114. 17538. 
Type Locauity: “Habitat in littoribus marimis Europae borealis.”’ 
RanGe: Seacoasts, Labrador to New Jersey and Alaska to California. Europe. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whidby Island, Gardner 252; Orchard Point, Piper, July, 1895; 
Tacoma, Flett 118; Clallam County, Elmer 2817. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
4. Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult. Syst. 3: 120. 1818. 
Plantago lagopus 1. err. det. Pursh, Fl. 1:99. 1814. 
Plantago gnaphalioides Nutt. Gen. 1: 100. 1818. 
Plantago patagonica gnaphalioides A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 21: 391. 1878. 
Type Locauity: ‘In dry situations on the banks of the Missouri.” 
Range: British Columbia to Ontario and Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympia, Kincaid, July 4, 1896; Wenache, Whited 169, 1097; 
Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 392; Cascade Mountains to Colville, Zyadl in 1860; Pasco, 
Hindshaw 1; Henderson, June 12, 1892; Crab and Wilson creeks, Sandberg & Leiberg 278; 
without locality, Vasey in 1889; Clarks Springs, Areager 141, 16; Chelan, Elmer 505: Lake 
Chelan, Lake & Hull, August 13, 1892; Spokane, Piper, July, 1896; Wawawai, Lake & Hull 
655; Piper, June 9, 1894; Okanogan, Griffiths & Cotton 285; Cow Creek, Griffiths & Cotton 
546; Brewster, Griffiths & Cotton 256; Wenache, Griffiths & Cotton 145. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 
5. Plantago aristata Michx. Fl. 1: 95. 1803. 
Plantago patagonica aristata A. Gray, Man. ed. 2. 269. 1856. 
Tyre Locatity: ‘In pratensibus I]linoensium.” 
Rance: British Columbia to Dakota, New Mexico, and Texas. Spreading as a weed 
eastward. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Gardner 376. 
6. Plantago bigelovii A. Gray, Pac. R. Rep. 4: 117. 1856. 
Type LOcALITy: Benicia, California. 
RanGE: British Columbia to California along the coast. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whidby Island, Gardner 424; Seattle, Piper & Smith 1088. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
