PLATE XLII. 



Figs. A and 1-G. Plantago stauntoni. 



Figure A. — A plant having flowers in which the corolla-tube is shorter (young 1) than 

 the lobes, with included stamens ; natural size. 



,, 1.— An unopened flower with its bract. 



„ 2. — A corolla. 



,, 3. — The same laid open, showing the stamens. 



„ 4. — Front view of an anther. 



„ 5. — Back view of an anther. 



„ 6. — A pistil : all enlarged. 



Drawing made from a plant in the Kew Herbarium, collected by Lieut. Smith in St 

 Paul Island. 



Figs. B, C, and 7-15. Plantago pentasperma. 



Figure B. — A plant having inconspicuous corollas (young '?), with the tube shorter 

 than the lobes ; natural size. 



,, C. — A plant of the form having conspicuous corollas, with the tube longer 

 than the lobes ; natural size. 



7.— A flower of C. 



,, 8. — A bract. 



„ 9. — A corolla laid open, showing the insertion of the long filaments, from 

 which the anthers have fallen away. 



,, 10. — An immature capsule. 



„ 11. — The upper opercular portion of the capsule which dehisces from the 

 lower, carrying away the placenta and seeds, two of which may be 

 seen protruding below. 



„ 12. — A vertical section through the operculum showing two of the lateral and 

 the solitary apical seeds. 



,, 13. — A corolla of B. 



„ 14- — A lobe of the same with two stamens attached. 



„ 15. — A pistil of B : all enlarged. 



The drawings of B were made from specimens in the Kew Herbarium, collected by 

 Mi-Del'Isle in St Paul Island. 



