Plantago.| PLANTAGINEZ (Cooke), 391 
rounded back and a flat face, black. P. Burchellii, Decne in DC. 
Prodr. xiii. i. 720. P. capensis, var. B, E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei 
Pfl. Documente, 211; var. longissima, Barn. Monogr. Plantag. 35. 
Soutn Arrica : without locality, Zeyher, 1432! 
Kauawart Recron: Transvaal; Pinedene, near Irene, Burtt-Davy, 2326! 
Lydenburg, Wilms, 1247! Mooi River, Burke! Megalies River, near Pretoria, 
Burke! Lynwood, near Pretoria, Burtt-Davy, 7465 ! 
Eastern Recion: Tembuland; Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 353! Pondoland ; 
between Umtata River and St. Johns River, Drége! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 
1078! 1078a! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1481! 
I have included P. Burchellii, Decne, under this, as I cannot find any characters 
to separate it. It was founded on the specimens collected. by Burke (not Burchell), 
quoted above. Decaisne misread the name Burke. 
7. P. remota (Lam. Illustr. i. 341); rootstock woolly ; leaves 
3-6 in. long, 3-1} in. broad, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, entire or 
remotely denticulate with short callous teeth, coriaceous, attenuated 
into a long petiole, densely woolly at the very base ; peduncles 
longer than the’ leaves, striate; spikes 9-12 in. long; rhachis 
glabrous ; flowers yellow, remote, solitary or 2-3 together ; bracts 
1-1} lin. long, broadly ovate, obtusely acuminate, fimbriate at the 
tip and with membranous irregularly toothed margins ; sepals 1} 
lin. long, broadly ovate, acute, with membranous toothed or ciliate 
margins ; keel stout; corolla-tube 1} lin. long; lobes } lin. long, 
broadly oblong, irregularly toothed, reflexed ; filaments 1} lin. long ; 
anthers 11 lin. long, oblong, with an acute triangular tip, yellow ; 
style 13 lin. long; capsules 2-seeded. Decne in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 
721. P. capensis, Thunb. Prodr. 29; Fl. Cap. ed. Schult, 148 ; 
Barn. Monogr. Plantag. 35. 
Coast Reaion : Cape Div. ; Orange Kloof, Wolley-Dod, 2403 ! Devils Mountain, 
above Rondebosch, 550 ft., Bolus, 7025! 
Eastern REGION; Natal; in damp ground by the Mooi River, Wood, 4049 ! 
8. P. carnosa (Lam. Illustr. i. 341); a plant of variable size from 
3 in. to more than 1 ft. high; rootstock woody, descending ; leaves 
variable, numerous, reaching 5 in. long, 3-5 lin. broad, linear, 
obtuse, acute or acuminate, entire or remotely dentate, fleshy or 
coriaceous, rugose, usually coarsely hairy, but sometimes glabrous, 
sessile ; peduncles erect, adpressedly hairy, conspicuously terete, 
reaching in well-grown plants 6 in. or more long ; spikes 1-3 in. 
long, cylindric, dense ; bracts 1 lin. long, broadly ovate, acuminate, 
with ciliate membranous margins and a thick keel; sepals 1} lin. 
long, ovate or elliptic, obtuse, with ciliate membranous margins and 
a strong keel, hairy on the back ; corolla-tube 3—1 lin. long, hairy 
outside ; lobes }—} lin. long, ovate, acute, deflexed ; filaments 1 lin. 
long, filiform ; anthers | lin. long (including a long apiculus) ; style 
1 lin. long ; capsules 1} lin. long, ovoid-oblong, obtuse, beaked by 
the remains of the style, circumscissilely dehiscing below the middle, 
