data, 
major. 
cucullata. 
lanceolata. 
virginica. 
caroliniana, 
6, P. undique glabra ; foliis lanceolatis integerrin 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Centunculus. 
v. s. in Herb. Nuttall. A very small inconspicuous 
plant with axillary reddish flowers. The specimens . 
of Mr. Nuttall’s were collected on the Missouri, they 
are about four inches high : and according to his ob- 
- servations, very obligingly communicated to me, this 
species is generally pentandrous. : 
` 122. PLANTAGO. Gen. pi. 186. 
1. P. foliis ovatis cordatis latissimis subdentatis glabris, spica 
longissima, floribus subimbricatis, inferioribus sparsis, 
bracteis ovatis obtusis.— Lam. encycl. 5. p. 369. 
P. kentuckensis. Mich. fl. amer. 1, p. 94. 
P. canadensis. Hort. par. 
= On river sides: Canada, Kentucky, Tennassee, and 
other western parts. Y. June—Aug. v.v. 
2. P. foliis ovatis subdentatis glabriusculis, scapo tereti, 
spica oblonga imbricata. lem. encycl. 5. p. 368. 
pl 1. p.641. 
.., Icon. pui bot. 1558. Fl. dan. 461. 
In fields and on road sides, qum. Ji. Mos sont 
v.v. 
3. P. foliis ovatis ceineavo-encelixtn novemnerviis subtus 
pubescentibus, spica cylindrica imbricata, scapo tereti 
alto. Lam. encyel. 5. p. 370. 
P. maxima. Jacq. ic. 1. t. 20. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 642. 
Icon. Jacq. l. c. 
In wet rocky situations : Canada and Province of Main. 
Y. July, Aug. v.v. 
4. P. foliis lanceolatis villosis, spica brevi cylindrica, brac- 
teis ovatis acuminatis, scapo an punto adpresso piloso. 
P. lanceolata. Willd. sp. pl.1. p. 643. 
. Tn fields and pastures, common. f. June—Aug. v. v. 
. May bea new species. P. lanceolata of Europe, ac- - 
` cording to the. specimens examined in the Herbarium 
of A. B. Lambert, Esq. is bracteis oblongis acutis. 
5. P. ie = ag m foliis lanceolato-ovatis 
subdenticulatis, . flori remoti seapo. mene 
Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 643. " 
Icon. Moris. hist. 3.5.8. t. 15: f. 8. 
In dry barren fields, common: New degiisd to Foil 
©. d. May—Aug. oh; There are a number of 
. varieties in respect to size and | pubescence 
floribus remotis, caule. tereti. Wale fm. 
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