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Morris : North American Plantaginaceae 



one half as long as the sepals, obtuse or acute, pubescent : calyx 

 pubescent, its divisions scarious, with thick brown herbaceous mid- 

 ribs, spatulate-oblong, rounded, 3 mm. long : corolla conspicuous, 

 surpassing the calyx, its lobes strongly reflexed, two to three times 



as long as the constricted throat, orbicular, obtuse 



abruptly 



ipiculat 



mm. by 2 mm., white : stamens four, just ex- 

 be : pyxis one third surpassing the calyx, ovate, 



5 



seeds two, very dark brown, oblong, finely-pitted. 



Eleven specimens have been examined from California, as 

 follows : t in the U. S. National Herbarium, 1 in the Gray Herba- 

 rium, 3 in the Herbarium of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1 in 

 the Columbia University Herbarium, 4 in the Herbarium of the 



Greene 



Type specimen is 



Herbarium 

 er Anger's 



Del Mar, California, May, 1894, in the Herbarium of the M 

 Botanical Garden. 



Dept. of Biology, Washington, D. C, High Schools. 



