1244 PLANTAGINACEAE 
1. MARTYNIA L. Annual or perennial, very stout, herbs with clammy, 
strong-scented pubescence. Leaf-blades broad. Corolla declined, the limb 
oblique. ae 2-valved, the body d 
terminating in a curved or hooked bea 
About 8 species, Am 
k ouisiana Mil. Annual, densely 
viscid- “pubescent: leaf-blades sinuate, 0.5—3 
wide, petioled: flowers not fragrant: 
calyx] -lobes ovate, obtuse: d lobes un- 
dulate: Qd stout, 8-15 e ong, curved, 
separating 2 ela stieally spreading 
valves, the be ak o Eee the body.— 
(UNICORN-PLANT. RN. PROBOSCIS- 
FLOWER. )—River- PIS fields, waste- -places, 
Miss. valley. —(Mez. )—Sum. —fall. 
ORDER PLANTAGINALES — PLANTAGINAL ORDER 
Annual or perennial herbs, or partially woody plants. Leaves wholly 
or mainly basal, or crowded on a simple or branched caudex: blades 
typically 1-several-ribbed. Flowers perfect, monoecious or dioecious, 
spicate. Calyx of 4 (3-5), partly united sepals. Corolla of 4 (3-5), 
partly united searious and veinless petals. Androecium of 4 or 2 stamens, 
(or of 1 stamen). Gynoecium typically 2-carpellary. Ovary superior. 
Fruit capsular, usually a pyxis. 
Faminy 1. PLANTAGINACEAE — PLANTAIN FAMILY 
. Leaf-blades typically 1-several-ribbed. Calyx-lobes, and 
corolla-lobes, 4. Style and stigma elongate.—Three genera and 225 species, 
widely distributed. 
1. PLANTAGO foil L.1 Acaulescent (ours) or caulescent herbs. 
Leaf-blades broad or Spikes usually elongate, green, or brown or 
rayish. Filaments pa tai. Sdn e to MA orolla-tube. More than 200 spe- 
cies, of wide geographical di 1 ne 
HORSE Ed E corolla lobes erect or closing over the capsule: plants 
ual or bienni 
stamens 2: leaf-blades narrow, linear or filiform. 
mens 4: leaf-blades dpud broad. II. VIRGINICAE. 
lowers perfect : corolla-lobes eading or reflexed on the top 
of the capsule. 
Plants annual: flowers heterogonous, mou cleistogamous. IIT. ARISTATAE. 
Plants perennial: flowers proterogynou 
Calyx- lobes various, the he united, the upper distinct. IV. LANCEOLATAE. 
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Calyx-lobes all essentially distinct. V. MAJORES. 
I. PUSILLAE 
Capsule about twice as long as the m s 10-530. 1. P. heterophylla. 
Capsule slightly surpassing the calyx : seeds 2. P. pusilla. 
1Prepared from matter contributed " Seni Lyman Morris. 
