N TETRANDRIA.—MONOGYNIA. 



ovate-lanceolate, petiolate ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, sessile ; capsule subovate, slightly angled. 

 HAB. Stagnant waters. June. V-. Swimming or 

 creeping, succul. ;fl. minute, quadrang. 



7.11 PLANTAGO. Plantain. Plantagines. 



t. P. cordata : leaves ovate, cordate, very broad, sub- 

 dentate, smooth ; spike very long ; flowers subim- 

 bricated ; the inferior ones scattered ; bracts ovate,, 

 obtuse. 

 HAB. Wet meadows. June. If.. Leav. Gin. long. 

 3 — 4 broad; spike 18 in. long; cells of the cap. 2- 

 seed. 



i. P. major: leaves ovate, smoothish, subdentate.. 

 generally shorter than the petioles ; scape terete : 

 spike cylindrical, slender ; flowers closely imbri- 

 cate ; capsules many-seeded. 

 HAB. Fields, waste grounds, &c. May — Aug. 2£. 

 Leav. spreading ; scape 8 — 12 m. long, pubes.; dis- 

 sep. of the cap. plane. 



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



petioles ; scape terete : spike short, cylindric ; 

 cells of the capmle 1 -seeded. 

 11 AB. Fields. July. i{ . Leaves spreading ; petiolo 

 short; spike 1 — 2 in. long, dense. 



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



ovate, subdenticnlate ; spikes cylindrical, with re- 

 mote flowers ; scape angular. 

 IIAB. Sandy soils. May — June. $. Plant gray, 2 — 

 3 i/i. high ; spike yellowish : cap. 2 - seeded : dissep. 

 plane. 

 >. P. lanceolata: leaves lanceolate, acute at each end: 

 spike short, ovate-cylindrical ; scape angular ; cap- 

 sule 2-seeded. 

 11AB. Fields, pastures, &x. May — Sept. U . Scape 



12 18 in. long : spike brownish ; stum, very long. 



♦.;. P. maritima : leaves linear, grooved, fleshy, hairy 

 near the base; scape terete; spike cylindrical, 

 bracts rather acute. 

 IIAB. Salt marshes. Aug.— Sept. U . Scape as long 

 as the leaves ;fl. rather remote : caps. 2-sceded. 

 7. P. pusilht: minutely pubescent ; leaves linear-subu- 

 late, flat, entire, acute : scape terete, slender. 



