Plantago.] CXIII. PLANTAGINEE, (J. D. Hooker.) 707 
PANJAB PLAINS; from the Sutlej westwards, Falconer, &c. MALWA, Edge- 
worth. ScINDE; on the Boogta Hills, Vicary.—Distr1B. Westwards to Greece and 
gypt. 
Stem 0, or branched from the base, and 2-4 in. high, bearing leaves and axillary 
scapes. Leaves 3-6 in., rarely 2 in. diam. ; margin entire or very sparingly toothed. 
Scapes very numerous, stout, glabrous. Spikes 4-14 in.; flowers large; bracts 
cupular, glabrous, membranous except the green midrib. Sepals rounded, outer with 
a green keel, inner all membranous. Seeds 4 in., boat-shaped, brown; septum à-1 in. 
long, oblong, thickened, black. 
7. P. ovata, Forsk. Fl. ZEg. Arab. 31; annual, stemless or subcaules- 
cent, sparsely or thickly villous, leaves narrow-linear or filiform finely 
acuminate, scapes longer or shorter than the leaves, spikes ovoid or cylindric, 
corolla-lobes rounded concave obtuse. Boiss. FT. Orient. iv. 885; Dene. in 
DC. Prodr. xiii. 1,706. P. decumbens, Forsk. l.c.; Dene. l.e. P. Ispaghul, 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 404, and Ed. Carey & Wall. i. 421; Fleming in As. 
Research. xi. 174; Royle Ill. 312; Dene. l. c. (Ispaghula) ; Bentl. & Trim. 
Hed. Bot. t. 211. P. argentea, Desf. Fl. Atlant. ii. 136. P. lanata, Wall. 
"at. 6414. 
PaNJAB Prarns and low HILLS; from the Sutlej westwards. ScrNDE, Stocks.— 
DisrRim. Westwards to Spain and the Canaries. 2n 
Stem rarely branched, as in P. amplexicaulis. Leaves 3-9 in., rarely 1 in. diam., 
usually 3-nerved, entire or distantly toothed. Scapes glabrous or pubescent. Spikes 
i-liin.; bracts with broad scarious margins, ovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Sepals 
subsimilar, glabrous or pubescent. Seeds cymbiform. 
*** Corolla-lobes hirsute. Capsule 2-celled, cells 1-seeded. 
8. P. ciliata, Desf. FI. Atlant. i. 197, t. 39; annual or perennial, 
stemless or subcaulescent, densely silky or woolly, leaves long- or short- 
petioled oblanceolate acuminate, scapes stout longer or shorter than the 
eaves, spikes oblong or cylindric, bracts sepals and acuminate corolla-lobes 
villous. Dene. in DC. Prodr. xii. 1, 708; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 887. P. 
eriantha, Dene. l. c. 707. 
The PawzAB Hinrs, west of the Jhelum; Salt range, Fleming; Peshawur, 
Vicary, &c.— Dt1sTRIB. Westwards to Arabia and Egypt. . . 
Usually a dwarf species, with broadly oblanceolate apiculate leaves 1-4 in. long, 
but sometimes caulescent with narrow leaves 6 in. long. Scapes numerous. Spikes 
Stout, 1-2 in. ; bracts ovate, obtuse, broadly membranous, back green. Sepals mem- 
branous. Seeds boat-shaped. 
Sect. 2. Psyllium. Stem leafy. Leaves opposite. 
9. P. Psyllium, Linn.; annual, erect, strict, glandular-pubescent, 
leaves linear or linear-lanceolate flat obtuse, peduncles in the upper axils, 
spikes ovoid, bracts acute, lower elongate. Boiss. FT. Orient. iv. 891 ; Dene. 
in DO. Prodr. xiii. 1, 734; Sibth. Fl. Grec. t.149; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 
t. 84. P. arenaria, Dene. l. c. 735 (the Indian plant). 
-W “JAB; Peshawur and South of Brumoo, Stewart; Tarki, 
N. of Indus alt, 2800 Ro Aitehison —Drsreia. Westwards to Greece and Egypt. 
Stem 4-8 in. Leaves l-lj in., with fascicles in their axils, hence appearing 
Whorled, margin entire with a very few glandular tubercles, bases ciliate. capes 
usually shorter than the leaves. Spikes 3-1 in.; lower bracts sometimes spreading, 
hispid. Sepals oblong, subacute. Corolla very small. 
10. P. pumila, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. i. 162; stem ascending 
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