Cymaria.] CXII. LABIATÆ. (J. D. Hooker.) 705 
1. C. dichotoma, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 64, Lab. 705, and 
in DC. Prodr. xii. 603; branches petioles cymes and leaves beneath finely 
pubescent, leaves ovate or rhomboid subacute faintly crenate, cymes axillary 
long-peduncled lax-fld. Wall. Cat. 2080. 
Burma; at Taong-dong, Wallich. 
Stem terete, woody ; branches strict, slender, obtusely 4-angled. Leaves 3-4 by 
1i-2 in. membranous, base cuneate; petiole 1-4 in. Peduncle 1-2 in., slender. 
Calyx } in., teeth triangular acute, as long as the tube. Corolla minute, tube hardly 
exserted. Stamens included. Nutlets 5 in. 
2. C. elongata, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 64, Lab. 705, and in 
DC. Prodr. xii. 603 ; branches petioles leaves beneath and cymes densely 
tomentose, leaves subsessile ovate obtuse subcrenate, cymes short-peduncled 
dense-fld. in a long terminal leafy raceme. Wall. Cat. 2079. 
Burma; at Taong-dong, Wallich. 
Branches long, robust. Leaves 14-3 in., thick, finely tomentose above. Peduncle 
4-3 in., and pedicels stout. Calyx d in., as in C. dichotoma, but tomentose. Nutlets 
4 in., obovoid. 
Onprn CXIII. PLANTAGINEIE. 
Scapigerous herbs. Leaves usually radical. Scapes axillary. Flowers 
small, greenish, spicate, often dimorphic. Sepals 4, imbricate in bud, per- 
sistent. Corolla hypogynous, salver-shaped, scarious ; lobes 4, imbricate in 
bud. Stamens 4, inserted on the corolla-tube ; filaments capillary, inflexed 
in bud, persistent; anthers large, pendulous, versatile. Ovary free, 2-4- 
celled; style filiform with 2 lines of stigmatic hairs; ovules 1 basal in 
each cell, or several peltately attached to the septum. Capsule 1-4-celled, 
cireumsciss, membranous, l- or more-seeded, septum free. Seed usually 
peltate, testa thin, mucilaginous, albumen fleshy; embryo cylindric, trans- 
verse, radicle inferior.—Genera 3, species about 50.—The above character 
does not include the anomalous monotypic genera Littorella and Bougueria. 
Plantago, Linn. 
Characters of the Order. 
Sect. 1. Euplantago, Boiss. Leaves all radical. 
* Corolla glabrous. Capsule 2-celled, cells 4-8-seeded. Seeds angular. 
l. P. major, Linn.; perennial, leaves petioled oblong or oblong-ovate 
subentire or toothed 3-7-ribbed, scape short, spike very long and pen ler. 
Boiss, Fl. Orient. iv. 878; Dene. in DC. Prodr. xi. 1, 696; Mhwoaites 
Enum. 245, P. erosa, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., Ed. Carey Sf Wall, i 423, 
and Cat. 6419; Don Prodr.77; Dene.l.c. P. asiatica, Linn. Sp. PI. ; 
Dene. l. c. 695; Wight Ill. t. 177. P. longiscapa, Jacquem. mss. what 
; hawur and Kashmir to Bhotan, 
T d ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Pes 1 
alt. 2-8000 f. and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 10-12,000 ft. Assam, Griffith. pERASIA 
Mrs., alt 4-5000 ft. BURMA and Mataco, Grifith, oe ayi he 
k l . Niveniri Hirnrs, Foulkes, &c. ; 
Parts “of the island Sodio" &c.— DrsTRIB. Malay Islands; Affghanistan and west- 
wards to the Atlantic; wild or introduced, in these and many other m vies. sadth 
Glabrous or hairy M rootstock stout, truncate. Leaves 2-5 in., varia e in bren m 
toothino ; . petiole sometimes 4 in. Spike 3-6 1in.; cattere« 
crowdey ; reto darling the calyx. Sepals glabrous, bs long. margins broadly 
scarious, 'obtusely keeled. Filaments short. Seeds very minute, T 
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