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P. harhata of Forster. I have seen no Chilian specimens referable to 

 the latter ; but they very probably exist. 



Plantago uncialis, Decaisne. (P. paucijiora, var. major, Bar- 

 neoud ? P. barhata, var. uncialis, Wedd. P. andicola, Gillies in herb. 

 Hook.) — High Andes of Chili, close to the snow. In this the glob- 

 ular-ellipsoidal, 4-seeded capsule dehisces below the middle, and the 

 persistent portion is decidedly shorter than the sepals. 



Plantago princeps, Cham. & Schlecht. This remarkable spe- 

 cies, of the Sandwich Islands, certainly includes P. Queleniana of 

 Gaudichaud (as Chamisso suspected) ; and I am constrained to append 

 to it the following as varieties, although they appear so different that 

 they would naturally be taken for species. If so, many such are mak- 

 ing in the Sandwich Islands. 



Var. /3. LAXiFOLiA : caule 1 - 2-pedali minus lignoso ; foliis magnis 

 (4 - 7-pollic.) submembranaceis oblongo-lanceolatis ovalibus seu ob- 

 ovatis basi in petiolum alatum angustatis 7 -9-plinerviis, basibus laxe 

 imbricatis ; capsula plerumque 4-sperma. — Hawaii, growing among 

 stones by the sea-side, at the northern base of Mouna Kea. 



Var. y. niRTELLA: foliis prtesertim subtus cum pedunculis pilis 

 crispatis hirsutis, petiolis angustis ; capsula disperma : cajt. fere proece- 

 dentis. — On the tabular summit of Kauai. 



Plantago pachyphylla (sp. nov.) : acaulis ; caudice crassissimo 

 lanato ; foliis crasso-coriaceis ovali-oblongis ligulato-lanceolatisve inte- 

 gerrimis 5 - 11-nerviis glabratis vel tomentulosis puberisve scapo 

 raultum bi'evioribus ; spica elongata densitlora ; floribus basi lanatis 

 (denique saspius glabratis) ; bractea sepalisque ovatis obtusis vel obtu- 

 sissimis ; corolloe lobis ovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis vel post anthesin 

 acutatis ; ovulis in quoque loculo 2-4. — Sandwich Islands. 



Var. a. Maviensis : latifolia ; foliis 9-ll-nervii3 (cum petiole 

 brevi lata 5-7 poll, longis Ig-- 2 poll, latis) subtus scapisque (pedali- 

 bus) lana decidua tomentosis ; caudice erecto percrasso. Subsexus 

 masculinus, staminibus (styloque) longe exsertis ; ovulis in utroque 

 loculo 2-4 baud gravidis. — Maui, on Mouna Haleakala, alt. 7,500 

 feet. Aspect of P. Auklandica. 



Var. /3. Haw^aiensis : caudice repente minus lanato ; foliis ovato- 

 lanceolatis seu latiuscule lanceolatis seu lineari-ligulatis raro denticula- 

 tis 5 - 9-nerviis in petiolum breviusculum vel brevissimum attenuatis 

 cum scapo (1 - 2-pedali) glabratis vel hirsutiusculis, tomento saepius 

 evanido ; sepalis plerumque ciliolatis capsula ellipsoidea 4 - G-sperma 



