Plantago 



PLANTAGINACEAE 



869 



The inflorescence of this species sometimes branches and I have noted 

 plants with as many as five branches. 

 N. B. to N. Dak., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



3a. Plantago Rugelii var. asperula Farw. (Papers Michigan Acad. Sci. 

 1: 99. 1923.) This variety is not well marked on account of the many 

 intergrading forms. Most of my specimens are entirely glabrous but some 

 of them are rather densely pubescent on the scapes and lower surface of 

 the blades, while some of them are pubescent on the scapes only. 



The variety is not geographically separated in Indiana and is included 

 in the map of the species. 



4. Plantago aristata Michx. Bracted Plantain. Map 1901. This 

 species prefers slightly acid soil and is a good indicator of soil of this 

 kind. It is generally a common plant where it is found and is regarded 

 as a weed. It is found in fallow fields, on washed slopes, and sometimes on 

 the crests of ridges in open woodland. 



Maine to B. C, southw. to Fla. and N. Mex. 



5. Plantago lanceolata L. Buckhorn. English Plantain. Map 

 1902. A pernicious weed found throughout the state. It is especially 

 troublesome in clover fields because the seed are separated with difficulty 

 from the clover seed. A farmer in Perry County, however, told me that 

 the young plants are much relished by stock, and he said that he always 

 sowed the seed in his pastures to increase the forage. 



It is found in cleared grounds almost everywhere except in very sandy 

 or very wet soils. 



Nat. of Eu. ; Newf . to B. C, southw. to Fla. and Kans. 



5a. Plantago lanceolata var. sphaerostachya Mert. & Koch f. 

 eriophora (Hoffmansegg & Link) Beck. (Rhodora 24: 204. 1922.) I found 

 this form as a frequent plant in a pasture field on the east side of Pleasant 



