i™ PLUMBAGlNEvE. [Slutice. 



Salt marshes and crevices of rocks on the sea-shore ; also on grassy 

 bases of mountains sloping towards the sea at considerable elevations. 

 Fl. June — Sept. %. — Varying very much in the breadth and hairiness 

 of the leaves and scapes as well as in size, sometimes proliferous. 



5. P. Coronopus, Linn. Buck's-horn Plantain. Leaves in 

 many pinnate, linear segments ; flower-stalks round ; dissepi- 

 ment of the capsule with 4-angles, (thus forming 4-cells), 1-seed 

 in each cell. Br. Fl. 1. p. 68. E. Fl.v.i.p. 216. E. Bot. t. 

 892. 



Gravelly and sterile sandy soils, generally near the sea-coast. Fl. 

 June, July. 0. — Leaves mostly spreading, very variable in size and pu- 

 bescence, pinnatitid ; segments often toothed or again divided. Scape 

 hairy. Spike mostly cylindrical. 



2. Littorella. Linn. Shore-weed. 



Bm-ren ji. Calyx of 4 leaves. Corolla 4-fid. Stamens very 

 long. Fertile ji. Calyx none (unless 3 bractege can be so 

 called). Corolla urceolate, contracted at the mouth. Style 

 very long. Capsules 1 -seeded. — Name; littusthe shore, from 

 its place of growth. Monozcia. Tetrandria. 



1. L. lacustris, Linn. Plantain Shore-weed. Br. Fl. \.p. 

 401. E. Fl. v. iv.p. 130. E. Bot. t. 4Q8.—Plantago wiifora, 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 



Gravelly shores of lakes in various parts of the country, plentiful at 

 Lough Bray, Lough Dan, &c. Fl. June If. — Leaves all radical, three 

 or four inches long, linear, fleshy. Scapes several. Corolla white, 

 with an inflated tube. Fertile flowers sessile in the axils of the 

 leaves. 



Ord. 46. PLUMBAGINEiE. Juss. Lead-wort Family. 



Calyx tubular, plaited, persistent. Corolla of one or five 

 petals, equal. Stamens definite, hypogynous in the monopeta- 

 lous corollas, inserted upon the petals in the polypetalous ones. 

 Ovary ], free, 1 -seeded, with the ovule inverted, pendulous from 

 the apex of a stalk arising from the bottom of the ovary. Styles 

 5 (rarely 3 or 4) ; stigmas as many. Fruit an almost valveless 

 utricule. Seed inverted : integument simple. Embryo straight : 

 radicle superior. — Herbaceous or sujfrutescent plants, frequently 

 growing on the sea-coast, in various situations, and with a very di- 

 versified aspect. Leaves alternate or clustered, undivided, somewhat 

 sheathing at the base. Flowers spiked or capitate. 



1. StaTice. Linn. Thrift. 

 Calyx of one piece, funnel-shaped, plaited, dry and membra- 



