Plantago PLANTAGINACEAE— RUBIACEAE Asperula 



P. Rugelii Dene. 



Common in woods, fields and dooryards, Piedmont area, and 

 southward to Talbot County (Earle). June to Sept. 



P. lanceolata L. English Plantain. 



Common in waste places, and on river shores and beaches. 

 Piedmont, and southward at least to Sussex County. May to Oct. 

 Nat. from Europe. 



|4 P. aristata Mx. 



Becoming common as a weed on sandy shores and dry roadsides, 

 from the Fall Line southward to Sussex and Talbot Counties. 

 June to Oct. Nat. from central U. S. 



P. virginica L. 



Common; dry sandy woods, fields, roadsides and coastal sands, 

 Piedmont, and southward to northern Accomac County. Mid- 

 April to June. 



' P. pusilla Nutt. ■ '^ " ' 



Infrequent; dry fields in the Piedmont of New Castle County, 

 and on the Coastal Plain in Siiass.x and Wicomico Counties. Late 

 April to June. 



P. heterophylla Nutt. 



One collection: moist sandy soil in Cypress Swamp near Gum- 

 boro (S), Commons, 24 May 1876 (A). 



P. indica L. (P. arenaria W. & K.) 



One collection: sandy beach at Slaughter Beach (S), Larsen, 

 1082, 7 Aug. 1936 (P). Adv. from central Europe. 



RUBIACEAE (Madder Family) 



Sherardia L. Field Madder. 

 S. arvensis L. 



Local, in cultivated ground: field 2 mi. s. of Princess Anne (So), 

 R. R. Tatnall, 1149, 31 May 1931 (T, A, P, G); weed in lawn, 7 mi. 

 w. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 3438, 24 Aug. 1941 (P). Nat. from 

 Europe. 



Asperula L. 

 A. arvensis L. 



One collection: waste ground near Faulkland (NC), Commons, 

 July & Aug. 1880 (A). Adv. from Europe. 



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