

TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Plantago. 195 



Fl. dan. 2±3-E. bot. 175-Dod. U)8-Lob. obs. l63. 2-Ger. 

 em. 423. 3-Part. 498. 1-i/. ox.\iii, 17. 34-G*r.343. 3* 

 J. B. ill. 511. 3-Ger. em. 425. I . 



Root wood-like, inversely conical at the crown. Stalk 5 or 

 6 inches high. Spike 1 to If inch long, bent at a right angle 

 before flowering. Leaves fleshy, convex on the lower, channelled 

 on the upper surface, generally entire, but sometimes with a few 

 minute teeth. Floral-leaves keeled. Bloss. tube woolly* Anthers 

 yellow. 



Sea Plantain. Sea coast. [Also near Barnard Castle, 35 miles 

 from the sea. Mr. Robson.] P. June, July. 



Var. 2. narronv-leaved. Leaves thread-shaped. 



A much smaller plant than the preceding, and flowering ear- 

 lier. I found it in the Isle of Wight, and going out of blossom 

 the beginning of June. Leaves about 2 inches long. Stalk cy- 



lindrical, slender, not scored, 4 inches high. Spite 1 inch long, 

 cylindrical, not closely crowded with florets. 



Var. 3.Jlat4eaved. Leaves flat, ribbed, very sparingly toothed. 



y. B. hist. iii. 506. 2, well represents the leaves^ but the 

 spikes are too short. *** 



Leaves 5 inches long, flat, 5-ribbed. Stalk about 5 inches 

 high, cylindrical. Spike 2 inches long, cylindrical, bent at a 

 right angle before flowering. FL leaves with a midrib, but not 

 keeled. 



[Near the Bristol channel. Mr. Swayne. Sea coast, Yar- 

 mouth. Mr. Woodward.] 



• I. Var. 4. mountain. Huds. var. y. 



7. B. bitt. iii. 506. 2. 



Smaller than either of the above varieties. The leaves from 

 2 to 3 inches high, one eighth of an inch wide. 



[On Cwn Idwell. June, 1798. Mr. Griffith.] 



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Leaves between winged and toothed, hart, cliff. 



Fl. dan. 272-Pet. 4. IQ-Fuchs. U$-Trag. 99-J. B. iii. 

 5QS-Blackw. 4?6C-Matth. 4>93-Dod. 109. \~Lob. obs. 

 239. 2~Ger. 427. l-Part. 5t)2. l-H. ox. viii. 1/. 31. 



Spike truly nodding before it flowers. Linn. Leaves wing- 

 cleft, the segments very unequal ; lying on the ground in form 

 of a star. Stalk from 4 to 7 inches high* Spite If to 2 inches 

 long ; cylindrical. Calyx, segments lapping over each other, 

 ^eply divided, fringed at the outer edge. Anthers terminated 

 by a small spear-shaped transparent membrane. 



This plant varies very much both in the size and clefts of the 



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