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PLANTAGO MAJOR 
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COMMON GREAT PLANTANE, 
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WAY-BREAD. 
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STNONTMA, Plantago. Pharm. Edin, Flantago foliis 
petiolatls, ovatis, glabris ; fpica cylindrica. HaL Stlrp, Hdv, 
n. 660. Plantago latifolia fmuata, Bauh,F'in. 1^^, Plan^ 
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TAGo fimpliciter dicfta. Raii Hift. Plant. 876. Plantago 
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493 
Plantago vulgaris. 
latifolia vulgaris. Parkinfc 
Gerard, 419. Plantago Major. Curtis ^Flor.Lond, Relhan. 
Flor. Cantab, ip. 61, Withering^ Bot,j4rrang, 1/^2, ct2voyKa(Taov- 
Biofcoiid, * (lingua agnina) CL Aiton pro varietatibus habet 
«t Plantago latifolia vulgaris. Park, Theat, 493. 
|S Plantago major, panicula fparfa. Bauh, Hift, 3. p. 503. 
Plantago latifolia rofea, floribus quafi in fpica difpofitis. Bauh, 
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Pin, 189. vide Hort, Kew, 
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'a/s, Tetrandria. Ord, Monogynia. " L, Gen, Plant 
142 
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EJ/l Gen, Ch, Cal, 4-fidus. Cor, 4-fida : limbo reflexo. Stamina 
longiffima. Caps, 2-locularis, circumfcifTa. 
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S>p, Ch. 
P. foliis ovatis glabris, fcapo tereti, fpica flofculis imbricatis. 
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THE root is perennial, fhort, thick, and puts forth feveral long 
whitifh fibres, which ftrike down in a perpendicular direction: the 
leaves are oval, procumbent, irregularly fubdentated, of a pale greea 
colour, ribbed; ribs, commonly feven, often five, and fometimes nine: 
the footflalks are long, concave above, and proceed from the root ; 
the fiower-flems are generally three or four, about a fpan high, downy, 
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* (Plantago Media) ^It has alfo been named from the number of ribs, or nerves of 
the leaf, as T^Avrsufo;, l.rTctTAfi/pr, &c. 
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