FLORA VITIENSIS. 193 
IV. Teucrium, Linn. et Auct.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 574. Calyx tubulosus v. 
campanulatus, rarius inflatus, 5-dentatus; dentibus æqualibus v. supremo ssepius latiore. Corolla 
tubo brevi intus exannulato ; limbi laciniis 4 superioribus subzequalibus v. supremis latioribus longio- 
ribusve, nune oblongis declinatis, nunc brevissimis subrectis, infima maxima rotundata v. oblonga 
sepius concava. Stamina 4, inter lacinias supremas exserta, didynama, inferioribus longioribus. 
Antherarum loculi confluentes. Stylus apice subzqualiter 2-fidus. Nuculz in speciebus plerisque 
more tribus grosse reticulato-rugosz, in paucis tamen Scorodoniis rete vix elevatum, in omnibus 
latere interiore baseos oblique affixe.—Herbee fruticesve, habitu et inflorescentia varia. 
l. T. inflatum, Swartz, Prodr. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 88; Benth 1. c.; herbaceum, erectum, pubescens 
v. villosum ; foliis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis basi rotundato-truncatis v. subcordatis, subtus subcanes- 
centibus; spica subsimplici, bracteis lanceolatis; calycibus declinatis inflatis pubescentibus villosisve, 
ore contracto, dente supremo latiore.— 7. villosum, Forst. Prodr. n. 232 et Icon. (ined.) t. 171. T. 
palustre, Kth. in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. vol. ii. p. 306. T. vesicarium, Mill. ; Steud. Nom. Bot. 
p. 830.— Common in most Vitian Islands (Seemann! n. 360). Also collected in the Tongan Islands 
(Forster! Barclay !), New Caledonia (Sir E. Home !), Aneitum (M‘Gillivray!), and Isle of Pines 
(M‘Gillivray !). 
Orbo LXXII. PLANTAGINEZ. 
I. Plantago, Linn. Gen. 142; Dene. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii. sect. i. p. 694. Flores her- 
maphroditi, spicati v. capitati, singuli bracteati. Calyx 4-phyllus, foliolis subzequalibus. Corolla 
tubulosa, 4-loba, scariosa, persistens, interdum fructu adnata. Stamina 4, exserta v. inclusa; fila- 
menta flaccida; anthere cordate. Ovarium 9—4-loculare, loculis 1-8-ovulatis. Stylus simplex. 
Capsula membranacea, ad basin cirecumseisse dehiscens, pyxidata, dissepimento demum libero, facie- 
bus seminifero. Semina hilo ventrali in capsulis oo-spermis parva, angulosa, in 2-spermis cymbi- 
formia, testá mucilaginoso-pallidá, olivaceá v. fuscá.— Herb: acaules v. caulescentes rarissime suffru- 
tescentes, glabro v. pubescentes aut lanate; foliis in acaulibus confertis rosulatis, in caulescentibus 
alternis v. oppositis, integris v. dentatis aut pinnatifido-incisis, nunc planis et nervosis, nunc semi- 
teretibus; pedunculis axillaribus; floribus dense spicatis, spicis cylindricis v. globosis.—Plantago, 
Coronopus, et Psyllium, Tournef. Inst. 127 et 128. 
In Viti there is only the cosmopolitan P. major, Linn.; but in the Hawaiian Islands there are two 
remarkable endemic species, viz. 1, P. princeps, Cham. et Schlecht. (P. Queleniana, Gaud.), with var. B. laxi- 
folia, A. Gray, and y. hirtella, A. Gray; and 2, P. pachyphylla, A. Gray, with three varieties; a. Mavien- 
sis, A. Gray ; B. Hawaiensis, A. Gray; and y. Kavaiensis, A. Gray. . | 
. l. P. major, Linn. Spec. 163; Dene.1.c.; foliis ovato-cordatis v. late ovatis v. ovato-oblongis 
integris v. s:epius irregulariter grosse et repando-dentatis 3-5-7-nerviis in petiolum canaliculatum in- 
ferne membranaceum attenuatis glabratis interdum crassiusculis sublucidis v. violaceo-tinctis ; pe- 
dunculis teretibus glabris v. puberulis ssepius erectis v. ascendentibus ; spicis cylindricis v. rarius 
ovatis; bracteis calyci subsqualibus subdeltoideis anguste marginatis ; foliolis calycis subzequalibus 
subobovatis v. ovato-rotundis, anticis carinatis glabris ; coroll: lobis ovatis obtusis fuscescentibus ; cap- 
sula conoidea sepius violaceo-tincta 2-loculari 2—10-sperma ; seminibus angulatis parvis olivaceis 
Engl. Bot. t. 1558.—Common on roadsides, in waste places, etc., probably introduced (Seemann! n. 
362). Found in nearly every part of the tropical and temperate regions. 
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