PLANTAGINACEAE 1099 



equally erect after fertilization : capsules ovoid or oval-ovoid, 1.5-2 mm. long, circumscis- 

 sile at about the middle : seeds 2-4, 1.3 mm. long, golden-yellow. 



In dry soil, Connecticut to Michigan, Missouri, Florida and Arizona. Spring and summer. 



4. Plantago occidentalis Decne. Annual or biennial, pubescent with 3-5-Beptate 

 hairs. Leaves basal, 8-20 cm. long or more, spreading ; blades spatulate to spatula te- 

 lanceolate, obtusish, 3-5-nerved, subentire to strongly repand-lobed, narrowed into long 

 somewhat margined petioles : scapes erect, 10-20 cm. tall, equalling or surpassing the 

 leaves : spikes 3-15 cm. long, densely flowered or interrupted below : flowers dioecious : 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, equalling the calyx-lobes : calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate to linear- 

 oblong, acutish, narrowly scarious-margined, somewhat ciliolate : corolla smooth ; lobes 

 narrowly ovate, subcordate, not closely connivent after fertilization : capsules oblong, about 

 2.5 mm. long, circumscissile below the middle : seeds 2, about 1.75 mm. long, fuscous. 



In dry soil, Texas. Spring and summer. 



5. Plantago rhodosp^rma Decne. Annual or biennial, densely and coarsely pubes- 

 cent with 1-7-septate hairs. Leaves basal, 5-18 cm. long, spreading or ascending ; blades 

 oblong to spatulate, obtuse, 3- (or 5-)nerved, subentire to repand-dentate, sometimes tinged 

 with red, narrowed into short margined flat petioles : scapes erect or decumbent, 2.5-20 cm. 

 tall, usually much longer than the leaves: spike 1.5-15 cm. long, densely flowered, often 

 interrupted below : flowers dioecious : bracts narrowly ovate, shorter than the calyx-lobes: 

 calyx-lobes oblong to ovate, 2-2.5 mm. long, typically acuminate, scarious-margined, some- 

 what pubescent on the midrib : corolla glabrous or minutely papillose ; lobes ovate to del- 

 toid-ovate, acute, usually connivent after fertilization : capsules oblong, about 3 mm. long, 

 obtuse, circumscissile below the middle, often purplish : seeds 2, 2 mm. long, dark red. 



In sandy soil, Missouri and Oklahoma to Louisiana. Texas and Arizona. Spring and summer. 



6. Plantago lanatifolia (Coult. & Fish. ) Small. Annual, floccose with white silky 

 wool at least at the base. Leaves numerous, basal, 3-10 cm. long, spreading : blades nar- 

 rowly oblanceolate or, when induplicate, appearing falcate, acute, entire or denticulate, 

 gradually narrowed to the base : scapes ascending or spreading, solitary or several together, 

 3-13 cm. tall, equalling or surpassing the leaves : spikes 1-3 cm. long, 6-8 mm. thick, 

 dense : flowers perfect : bracts deltoid-lanceolate, about f the length of the calyx-lobes : 

 calyx-lobes pilose, narrowly oblong, about 4 mm. long, scarious-margined : corolla glabrous ; 

 lobes spreading, triangular-ovate, obtuse, dark at the base : capsules ovoid, obtuse, circum- 

 scissile below the middle. • 



In dry ground, Texas. Spring. 



7. Plantago Wrightiana Decne. Annual, usually glabrous, except the spikes and up- 

 per part of the peduncles. Leaves alternate, erect or nearly so, rather rigid, 5-18 cm. long ; 

 blades linear or slightly broadened upward, obtuse and callous-tipped, 3-nerved, entire, 

 glabrous or sparingly pubescent at the dilated base of the short petioles : peduncles erect or 

 ascending, somewhat enlarged above, twice or thrice longer than the leaves, silky-strigillose : 

 spikes cylindric, 2-6 cm. long, 6-8 mm. thick, dense : flowers perfect : bracts deltoid-ovate, 

 not equalling the calyx-lobes, scarious-margined : calyx-lobes more or less silky, oval to 

 cuneate, about 3 mm. long, scarious-margined : corolla glabrous ; lobes reflexed, ovate, 

 cordate, 3-3.5 mm. long, obtuse, violet at the base : capsules broadly oblong, 4 mm. long, 

 rounded at the apex, surpassing the calyx-lobes : seeds 2, about 3 mm. long, brown. 



In dry soil, Texas to Arizona. Spring and summer. 



8. Plantago inflexa Morris. Annual, villous to matted-tomentose. Leaves alter- 

 nate, ascending to erect, 10-20 cm. long ; blades oblanceolate-linear, acute and callous- 

 tipped, 5-7-nerved, entire or with scattered teeth : peduncles ascending to erect, very 

 stout, terete, much surpassing the leaves, 12-40 cm. high : spikes coarse, long-cylindric, 

 3-10 cm. long, 5-8 mm. thick, dense : flowers perfect : bracts lanceolate to ovate-lanceo- 

 late, slightly surpassing the calyx-lobes, scarious-margined : calyx-lobes more or less vil- 

 lous, spatulate-oblong, rounded or retuse, about 3 mm. long, scarious-margined : corolla 

 glabrous ; lobes reflexed, broad-ovate, cordate, 2.5-3 mm. long, obtuse, dark at the base : 

 capsules l3roadly oblong, 4 mm. long, rounded, surpassing the calyx-lobes : seeds 2, about 

 3 mm. long, brown. 



In dry soil, Texas and adjacent Mexico. Spring and summer. 



9. Plantago Helleri Small. Annual, deep green, villous. Leaves basal, erect or 

 ascending, rather numerous ; blades linear, slightly broadened upward, to linear-spatulate, 

 2-14 cm. long, acute, 3-ribbed, entire and callous-tipped, glabrate in age, except near the 

 base : scapes solitary or several together, erect or ascending, usually surpassing the leaves, 

 villous : spikes oblong-cylindrical, 1-2 cm. long, 7-12 mm. thick, conspicuous on account 

 of the corolla-lobes : bracts linear-subulate, surpassing the calyx-lobes : flowers perfect : 



