Ruellia PHRYMACEAE— PLANTAGINACEAE Plantago 



Ruellia L. 

 See Fernald: Rhodora 47, 1-38, 47-63, 69-70. 1945.) 



R. caroliniensis (Walt.) Steudel. 



Frequent in woods and thickets. Piedmont area of Cecil County, 

 and southward on the Coastal Plain to Northampton County. 

 Mid-June to mid-July. 



Several varieties of this species have been proposed by Fernald, 

 1. c. 



R. strepens L. 



Infrequent, in rich soil, shores of the Susquehanna and North 

 East Rivers, and Chesapeake Bay, in Cecil and Kent (Md.) Coun- 

 ties. July to early Sept. 



Paulownia Sieb. & Zucc. 



P. tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud. (P. imperialis S. & Z.) 



Planted, and frequently spontaneous, especially in the Piedmont. 

 Introd. from Japan. 



Considered by many authors to belong to Scrophulariaceae. 



PHRYMACEAE (Lopseed Family) 



Phryma L. 

 P. Leptostachya L. Lopseed. 



Frequent in moist woods. Piedmont, and southward on the 

 Coastal Plain to Talbot County ( Earle) ; rare farther south : sandy 

 woods back of the dunes. Savage Neck (No) , Fernald, Long & Fogg, 

 5454, 11 Oct. 1935 (P); 2 mi. e. of Wattsville (Ac), R. R. Tatnall, 

 4344, 9 Aug. 1939 (T). July, Aug. 



PLANTAGINACEAE (Plantain Family) 



Plantago L. Plantain. 

 P. major L. Common Plantain. 



Common weed of dooryards and waste places; widely distributed. 

 June to Oct. 



Var. intermedia (Gilibert) Dene. (P. halophila Bicknell.) 



Seldom collected ; in salt marshes along the coast : Assateague 

 Island (Ac), True, 28 June 1928 (P). 



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