PLANTAGINEA, 575 
in need of revision ; and, judging from the specimens we have seen, there are at most 
six species. 
1. Plantago aristata, Michx. Fl. Bor.-Am. i. p.95; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 714. 
InLtnors southward.—Mexico, Matamoros (Berlandier). Hb. Kew. 
Dr. A. Gray (Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 391) refers this to P. patagonica, Jacq., and 
states that most of the dozen species of the same division in the ‘ Prodromus’ belong to 
the same species. 
2. Plantago bernoulliana, Vatke in Oester. Zeitschr. 1875, p. 48. 
Guatemala? (Bernoulli). 
. 3. Plantago cumingiana, Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1837, p. 44; 
DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 723. 
Sout Mexico, between Tampico and Real del Monte (Berlandier). 
4, Plantago floccosa, Dene. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 723. 
SoutH Mexico, Tula to Tampico (Berlandier, 750). Hb. Kew. 
5. Plantago galeottiana, Dene. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 726. 
Sourn Mexico, Cordillera around Real del Monte, at 7500 feet, and around Oaxaca, 
at 9000 feet (Galeotti, 1425, 1427). Hb. Kew. 
6. Plantago hirtella, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 229, t. 127; A. Gr. 
Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 392. 
CALIFoRNIA.—Mexico (ex A. Gray).—CHILI. 
7. Plantago major, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 163; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 389. 
In nearly all temperate and warm countries, including Mexico and CenTRAL AMERICA. 
Hb. Kew. | 
8. Plantago mexicana, Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. i. p. 121; DC. Prodr. 
xiii. 1, p. 713. 
Nortu Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 765) ; 
South Mexico, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 180; Schaffner, 449), Aguas Calientes 
(Hartweg), San Andres (Schiede & Deppe), Morelia, 7000 feet (Galeotti). Hb. Kew. 
9. Plantago multiceps, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 228; DC. Prodr. xiii. 
1, p. 711. 
South Mexico, around Toluca (Humboldt & Bonpland). 
10. Plantago nivea, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 228; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, 
p. 712. 
Sourn Mexico, near Guanajuato, at about 7200 feet (Humooldt & Bonpland). 
