34 Class IV. Order I. 



PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA. L. Ribwort or field plantain* 



Leaves lanceolate, tapering at each end ; spike 

 ovate, naked ; scape angular. &m. 



Distinguished from the last by its narrow leaves, short 

 spikes, and furrowed stalk. The leaves are lanceolate, acute, 

 entire, and strongly ribbed. Stalk upright, deeply channelled. 

 Spike dark coloured, ovate, with a circle of projecting, whitish 

 stamens. Pastures and road sides. From May to October. 

 Perennial. 



PLANTAGO MARITIMA. L. Sea plantain, 



Leaves linear, mostly entire, channelled, woolly 

 at the base ; spike cylindrical, scape round. Sm. 



Found on salt marshes and known by its leaves, which are 

 fleshy, linear-subulate, and hollowed out on their inner side. 

 Spike cylindrical, of short or moderate length. Flowers in July 

 and August. Perennial. 



42. CENTAURELLA. 

 CENTAURELLA PANICULATA. Mich. Late C'entaurella. 



Stem branching above; branches subdivided; 

 panicle erect, many flowered ; segments of the co- 

 rolla oval; style much shorter than the germ. Mich. 



Syn. BARfONIA PANICULAfA. Mlihl. 



A slender, upright plant, found in meadows, flowering about 

 August. Stem square, often twisted. Leaves opposite, minute, 

 subulate, resembling scales. Flowers small, white, on the ends 

 of the branches, which are erect and simple or compound. 



43. MITCHELLA. 



MITCHELLA REPEKS. L. Chequer b&rry. 



A handsome little creeping plant, the only species of itsge- 



