PLANTAGINACEH, (PLANTAIN FAMILY.) 277 
CAD MES Floridana, A. DC. Smooth; leaves obovate-oblong, entire, on 
short petioles; clusters few-flowered ; lobes of the calyx and corolla 5; drupés 
small, longer than the pedicels. — South Florida. — Leaves 2-3! long. Drupes 
1" in diameter. 
2. ARDISIA, Swartz. 
Flowers perfect. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-cleft, convolute in the bud. 
Stamens 5; the anthers mostly longer than the filaments, opening from the 
apex downward. Ovary 1-celled, many-ovuled. Style slender: stigma acute. 
Drupe globular, 1-seeded. — Leaves coriaceous. Flowers in terminal racemes 
or panicles. : 
l. A. Pickeringia, Torr. & Gray. Smooth; leaves oblong-obovate, ob- 
tuse, entire, narrowed into a short petiole, pale beneath; panicles terminal, short ; 
corolla dotted with minute black globules. — South Florida. July. — Leaves 2! 
long. Drupe 14” in diameter, shorter than the pedicel. 
ORDER 85. PLANTAGINACEJUE. (PLANTAIN FaAwrLY.) 
Chiefly stemless herbs, with radical mostly ribbed leaves, and small 
whitish spiked or capitate flowers, borne on a naked scape. — Calyx 
of 4 imbricated sepals, with scarious margins. Corolla salver-shaped, 
4-parted, withering. Stamens 2—4, included or exserted, inserted on 
the tube of the corolla, and alternate with its lobes: anthers 2-celled, 
deciduous. Style slender. Ovary free, 2 — 4-celled. Capsule 2-celled, 
few—many-seeded, opening transversely. Seeds attached to the de- 
ciduous partition. Embryo straight in flethy albumen. 
l PLANTAGO, L. PLANTAN. 
Characters same as the order. 
* Flower perfect. 
l. P. major, L. Leaves ovate or oval, smooth or pubescent, 5 - 7-ribbed, 
mostly toothed, narrowed into a broad concave petiole; scape pubescent ; spike 
long-cylindrical, densely many-flowered ; bracts ovate ; capsule many-seeded. — - 
-. Low ground around dwellings. Introduced. May - Aug. — Scape 6'- 19! high. 
Leaves 4! - 6! long. 2 
. 2. P. cordata, Lam. Smooth; leaves broadly ovate or cordate, toothed, 
7 - 9-ribbed, on long flat petioles ; spike long-cylindrical, rather loosely flowered ; 
bracts roundish; capsule 2— 4-seeded. — Low ground, in the upper districts of 
Georgia, Tennessee, and northward. April-June. 1} — Scape 1° high. Leaves aee 
.S'-8' long. 
_ obscurely denticulate, 3- 5-ribbed ; spike cylindrical, rather loosely fi 
~ bracts acute, shorte than the smooth calyx; capsule conical, 4-seed 
~ Dear Decatur, Alabama. Rugel.—Plant small. Scape sle 
: "E Rugelii, Decaisne. Leaves smooth or pubescent, oblong, entire. r | | 
