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sule ovate, a third longer than the calyx. Seeds 2 in each 

 cell, oblong, compressed, brown. 

 Hab. In wet meadows; along creeks. On the Island of New- 

 York. Near Fishkill. June. In Pennsylvania. Muhleii- 

 berg. 



2. P. major L. : leaves ovate, smoothish, subdentate, 

 generally shorter than the petioles; scape terete; spike cy- 

 lindrical, slender; flowers closely imbricated; capsules many- 

 seeded. Willd. Spec. I. p. 641. Smith FI. Brit. I. p. 

 182. Eng. Bot. t.]55Q. P ur s h FlA.j). 9B. Big.Bost. 

 p. 33. Elliott Sk. \. 1^.201. R o em. i^ S c hu^lt. Ill, 



p.m. 



Root large, perennial. Leaves spreading on the ground 2 — 4 

 inches long, mt)re or less ovate, about 5 -nerved, with coarse, 

 obscure teeth, acute at the base; petiole channelled above. 

 Sca/ie 8 — 12 inches long, pubescent. Sjiike 2—6 inches long. 

 Brads lanceolate, acute or obtuse, shorter than the calyx. 

 Ca.'yx oblong; segments ovate, acute, carinate. Stameyis 

 twice as long as the corolla. Style exscried, pubescent. Cafi- 

 sule oblong, acute ; dissepiment plane. 



Hab. In fields, waste grounds, &c. ; very common. May— Au- 

 gust. Introduced. Common Plantain. 



3. P. media L. : leaves ovate, pubescent, longer than the 

 petioles; scape terete; spike short, cylindric; cells of the 

 capsule 1-seeded. W ill d. Spec. I. f. Q4'2. Smith FL 

 Brit, I. p. 183. Eng. Bot. t. 1559. Muhl. Cat. p. 15. 

 Rotm.' 8/ Schult. III. p. 115. 



Root large, perennial. Leaves 2 inches long, spreading on the 

 ground, hairy, on very short petioles, 5-nerved, obscurely 

 toothed. Scafie longer than the leaves. S/nke 1 — 2 inches 

 long. Flowers closely imbricated. 



Hab. In fields. On the Island of New-York ? In Pennsyl- 

 vania. Muhlenberg. July. 



The plant I have taken for P. media may be only a variety 

 of major. I have not yet had an opportunity of examining the 

 capsule, which, according to Hooker, contains but a single 

 seed in each cell. 



4. P. virginica L. : hairy-pubescent ; leaves lanceolate- 

 ovate, subdenticulate ; spike cylindrical, with remote flowers; 

 scape angular. Willd. Spec. I. p. 644. Mich. Fl. I. p. 

 94. Pursh Fl.l.p.98. E I Ho 1 1 Sk. I. t^, 20\. Roem. 

 ^ Schult. III. p. 121. 



Root biennial. Whole plant covered with a gray hairy pubes- 

 cence. Leaves 1 — 2 inches long, sometimes obovate-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, 3-nerved, attenuated at the base into a short petiole. 

 Scafie longer than the leaves. Spike at first short, but at length 



