858 FLORA. 



4. Plantago media L. HOARY PLANTAIN. (I. F. f. 3381.) Perennial, the 

 short rootstock clothed with brown hairs. Leaves spreading, ovate, oblong or el- 

 liptic, entire, or repand-dentate, densely canescent, 5-7-ribbed, narrowed into 

 margined petioles; scapes slender, much longer than the leaves, 3-6 dm. tall; 

 spikes dense, cylindric, 2-8 cm. long in fruit; flowers perfect; sepals all distinct, 

 oblong, with a narrow green midrib and broad scarious margins; corolla glabrous, 

 stamens pink or purple; pyxis oblong, obtuse. 2 4-seeded, the seeds concave on the 

 face; stamens 4. In waste places, Me., R. L, Ont. and N. Y. Adventive from 

 Europe. May-Sept. 



5. Plantago eriopoda Torr. SALINE PLANTAIN. (I. F. f. 3382.) Perennial, 

 succulent; rootstock usually covered with long brown hairs among the bases 

 of the leaves. Leaves oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or oblanceolate, entire, or 

 repand-dentate, acute, narrowed into petioles, 5-g-ribbed, 0.7-3 dm. l n g? glabrous 

 or nearly so; scapes stout, pubescent, longer than the leaves, 1.5-4.5 dm. high; 

 spikes 2-13 cm. long, dense above, the lower flowers scattered; flowers perfect; 

 sepals distinct, oblong-obovate with broad scarious margins; corolla glabrous, its 

 lobes spreading or reflexed; pyxis ovoid-oblong, very obtuse, one-third longer than 

 the calyx, 2-4-seeded, circumscissile below the middle. In maritime or saline soil, 

 N. S. and Quebec to Minn., Cal. and the N. W. Terr. June-Sept. 



6. Plantago sparsiflora Michx. SOUTHERN PLANTAIN. (I. F. f. 3383.) 

 Perennial, pubescent, or glabrate; scapes slender, sometimes 6 dm. tall. Leaves 

 thin, oblong-lanceolate, 0.7-2.5 cm. long, 5-7-ribbed, acute or acuminate, entire, 

 narrowed into slightly margined petioles; spikes loosely flowered, sometimes 3 dm. 

 long; flowers perfect; sepals oblong or oval, rather rigid, with narrow scarious 

 margins; corolla glabrous, its lobes not erect over the fruit; pyxis oblong, 5 mm. 

 long, 2-seeded, circumscissile below the middle; seeds convex on the back, slightly 

 concave on the face. In sandy dry soil, N. Car. to Fla. and in southern 111. 



7. Plantago cordata Lam. HEART-LEAVED PLANTAIN. WATER PLANTAIN. 

 (I. F. f. 3384.) Perennial, glabrous, purple-green; rootstock short, stout. Leaves 

 broadly ovate or nearly orbicular, pinnately veined, entire or dentate, rounded, 

 abruptly narrowed, or cordate at the base, often 2.5 dm. long; petioles stout, 

 margined above; scapes longer than the leaves; spikes loosely flowered, sometimes 

 3 dm. long, with interrupted clusters; flowers perfect; sepals ovate to obovate, ob- 

 tuse, green; corolla-lobes spreading; pyxis ovoid-globose, obtuse, circumscissile at 

 or slightly below the middle, i-4-seeded; seeds not excavated on the face. In 

 swamps and along streams, N. Y. to Ala., Mo. and La. March-July. 



8. Plantago maritima L. SEA or SEASIDE PLANTAIN. (I. F. f. 3385.) An- 

 nual, biennial, or perennial, fleshy; rootstock sometimes with tufts of whitish hairs 

 among the bases of the leaves. Leaves linear, glabrous, obscurely nerved, sessile, 

 or narrowed into short margined petioles, 5-25 cm. long, entire, or with a very few 

 small teeth, 2-5 mm. wide; scapes slender, more or less pubescent, longer than or 

 equalling the leaves; spikes dense, linear-cylindric, blunt, 2.5-13 cm. long; flowers 

 perfect; sepals ovate-lanceolate to nearly orbicular, green, somewhat keeled; co- 

 rolla pubescent without, its lobes spreading; pyxis ovoid-oblong, obtuse, 2-4-seeded, 

 circumscissile at about the middle, nearly twice as long as the calyx; seeds nearly 

 flat on the face. In salt marshes and on seashores, Lab. to N. J., and on the 

 Pacific Coast from Alaska to Cal. Also on the coasts of Europe and Asia. June- 

 Sept. 



9. Plantago Purshii R. & S. PURSH'S PLANTAIN. (I. F. f. 3386.) Annual, 

 woolly or silky, pale green; scapes slender, 5-35 cm. tall. Leaves ascending, 

 linear, acute or acuminate, narrowed into margined petioles, 3-nerved, 3-8 mm. 

 wide, entire, or rarely with a few small teeth: spikes usually dense, cylindric, 

 obtuse, 2.5-13 cm. long, about 6 mm. in diameter, exceedingly villous; bracts rigid, 

 equalling or slightly exceeding the flowers; flowers perfect but heterogonous, 

 many of them cleistogamous; sepals oblong, obtuse, scarious-margined; corolla- 

 lobes broadly ovate, spreading; stamens 4; pyxis oblong, obtuse, 2.5 mm. long, 

 little exceeding the calyx, 2-seeded, circumscissile at about the middle; seeds con- 

 vex on the back, deeply concave on the face. On dry plains and prairies, 111. and 

 western Ont. to Br. Col., Tex. and Mex. May-Aug. 



10. Plantago spinulosa Decne. SIMNULOSE PLANTAIN. Intermediate in 

 aspect between the preceding and the following species. Annual, pubescent, pale 



