34 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CI. 4>. 



72. PLANTAGO. Plantain. 



1. P. major, 22. 1558. (Greater P.) Leaves ovate, smoothish, 



somewhat toothed, on longish footstalks. Flower-stalks round. 

 Spike tapering. Seeds numerous. 

 Mead. & past. If. 5 — 9. L. rather upright, 7 — 9 ribbed. Spikes long. 



2. P. media, 22. 1559. (Hoary P.) Leaves ovate, downy, on short 



stalks. Flower-stalks round. Spike cylindrical. Seeds solitary. 

 Dry past. If. 5 — 8. L. close to the ground, Sp. short. Stam. pink. 



3. P. lanceolata, 8. 507. (Ribwort P.) Leaves lanceolate, entire. 



tapering at each end ; woolly at the base. Flower-stalks angular. 

 Spike ovate. 

 Mead, and past. If. 6, 7. Leaves plaited, erect. Spike blackish. 



4. P. maritima, 3. 175. (Sea P.) Leaves linear, channelled, nearly 



entire. Flower-stalks round, longer than the leaves. Spike 

 cylindrical. 

 Salt marshes, and mount. If . 8. Varying in size. Spikes long and 

 slender. 



5. P. Coronopus, 13. 892. (Buck's-horn P.) Leaves in many pinnate, 



linear segments. Flower-stalks round. 

 Sandy gr. . 5 — 8. L. numerous, spread fiat. Spike short. 



73. CENTtJNCULUS. Chaff-weed. 

 1. C. minimus, 8. 531. (Small C.) Flowers sessile. Corolla without 

 glands at the base. 

 Watery heaths. 0.6,7. About 2 in. L. ovate. Fl. axillary, reddish. 



74. SANGUISoRBA. Burnet. 



1. S. officinalis, 19. 1312. (Great B.) Spikes ovate. 



Mead, and past. If. 6. About 2 f. L. pinnate. Sp. dull purple. 



2. S. media. (Oblong B.) Spikes cylindrical. 

 West of Scot. V..7. A var. of S. off. 



75. EPIMeDIUM. Barren wort. 

 1. E. alpinum, 7.438. (Alpine B.) Radical leaves none ; stem- 

 leaf twice ternate. 

 Mount, thickets, rare. If. 5. Leafl. fringed. Fl. in clusters, 

 drooping, dark-red ; nect. yellowish. Indigenous ? 



76. CoRNUS. Cornel. 



1. C. sanguinea, 4. 249. (Wild C, Dog-wood.) Branches straight. 



Leaves green on both sides. Cymes naked, flat. 

 Woods and hedges. T2 . 6. Dark red. Wood hard. Fl. white, termin. 



2. C. suecica, 5. 310. (Dwarf C.) Herbaceous. Umbel between 



two branches, stalked, with an involucrum. Ribs of the leaves 

 but slightly combined. 

 Alpine past. If. 6, 1. Stem 4 — 6 in., erect. Umb. of dark purple fi. 



77. PARIETARIA. Wall-pellitory. 

 1. P. officinalis, 13. 879. (Common W.) Leaves lanceolate-ovate, 



