PLANTAGINACEAE (PLANTAIN FAMILY) 



14 ACANTHACEAE. Acanthus Family. 



1 DIANTHERA WATER WILLOW. (D. americana.) 



2 THUNBERGIA THUNBERGIA. (T. aldta*) 



3 FITTONIA FITTONIA. (F. argyronetira*) 



15 PHRYMACEAE. Lopseed Family. 

 i PHRtMA LOPSEED. (L. leptostachya.) 



6 PLANTAGINALES. Plantain Order. 

 i PLANT 'AGIN ACEAE. Plantain Family. 

 i PLANTAGO. 



1 a Leaves linear, usually % in. or less broad 2 



b Leaves oblong, lanceolate, or ovate, usually % in. or 



more broad 3 



2 a Bracts subtending each flower 6-10 times longer than 



the flower LARGE-BRACTED PLANTAIN. (P. aristata.) 



b Bracts subtending each flower not longer than the flower 



SEASIDE PLANTAIN. (P. maritima.) 



3 a Leaves ovate, often with rounded or heart-shaped base 4 

 b Leaves lanceolate, oblong, or obovate 5 



4 a Spike densely flowered throughout, blunt at apex 



COMMON PLANTAIN. (P. major.) 

 b Spike loosely flowered at base, tapering to apex 



RUGEL'S PLANTAIN. (P. rugelii.) 



5 a Plant very hairy throughout; leaves obovate to oblong 



DWARF PLANTAIN. (P. virginica.) 

 b Plant slightly hairy; leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate 



RIB-GRASS. (P. lanceolata.) 



7 RUBIALES. Madder Order, 

 i RUBI ACEAE. Madder Family. 



1 CEPHALANTHUS BUTTON-BUSH. (C. occidentalis.) 



2 BOU V ARDI A BOUVARDIA. (B. triphylla*) 



3 GARDENIA CAPE JASMINE. (G. jasminoldes.*) 



4 COFFEA COFFEE. (C. ardbica*) 



5 MANETTIA MANETTIA VINE. (M. bicolor*) 



6 MITCHELLA PARTRIDGE BERRY. (M. repens.) 



7 HOUSTONIA. 



i a Flowers violet or blue, solitary on elongated stalks 



BLUETS. (H. coerulea.) 

 b Flowers purple or white, in cymes 



LONG-LEAVED HOUSTONIA. (H. longifblia.) 



8 DlODIA ROUGH BUTTON-WEED. (D. thes.) 



9 GALIUM. 



i a Plants with rough or very hairy stems 2 



b Plants with smooth or not hairy stems 7 



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