98 



data. 



major. 



cucullata. 



(anceolalt 



virginica. 



roliniana, 



■TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. CeutUnCUluS. 



V. s. in Herl. Nuttall. A very small inconspicuous 

 plant with axillary reddish flowers. The specimens 

 of Mr. Nnttall's were collected on the Missouri, they 

 are about four inches high : and according to his ob- 

 servations, very obligingly communicated to me, this 

 species is generally pentandrous. 



122. PLANTAGO. Gen.pl. 186. 



1. P. foliis ovatis cordatis latissimis subdentatis glabns,spica 



longissima, floribus subimbricatis, inferioribus sparsis^ 

 bracteis ovatis obtusis. — Lam. encycl. 5. p. 36g. 



P. kentuckensis. Mkh.Jl. amer. 1. p. 94. 



P. canadensis. Hort. par. 



On river sides : Canada, Kentucky, Tennassee, and 

 other western parts. 1/. . June — Aug. v, v. 



2. P. foliis ovatis subdentatis glabriusculis, scapo tereti, 



spica oblonga imbricata. Latn. encycl. 5. p. 368. 



Willd.sp.pl. l.p.641. 

 Icon. Engl. lot. 1558. Fl.dan.AQl. 

 In fields and on road sides, common. 1/ . May — Sept. 



v.v. 



3. P. foliis ovatis concavo-cucullatis novemnerviis subtus 



pubescentibus, spica cylindrica imbricata, scapo tereti 

 alto. Lam. encycl. 5. p. 370. 



P. maxima. Jaccj. ic. 1. t. 26. JVilld. sp. pi. I. p. 642. 



Icon. Jacq. I. c. 



In wet rocky situations : Canada and Province of Main, 

 1/ . July, Aug. V. V. 

 A. P. foliis lanceolatis villosls, spica brevi cylindrica, brac- 

 teis ovatis acuminatis, scapo angulato adpresso piloso. 



P. lanceolata. IVilld. sp. pi. I. p. 643 ? 



In fields and pastures, common. % . June — Aug. v. v. 

 May be a new species. P. lanceolata of Europe, ac- 

 cording to the specimens examined in the Herbarium 

 of A. B. Lambert, Esq. is bracteis oblongis acutis. 



5. P. undique canescenti-pubescens ; foliis lanceolato-ovatis 



subdenticulatis, floribus remotis, scapo angulato. 



lVilld.sp.pl. l.p. 643. 

 Icon. Moris, hist. 3. s. 8. t. 15. f. 8. 

 In dry barren fields, common : New England to Florida. 



0. (J.May — Aug. v.v. There are a number of 



varieties in respect to size and pubescence. 



6. P. undique glabra ; foliis lanceolatis integerrimis longis, 



floribus lemotis, caule tereti. — JValt.fl. car. S5. 



