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ERICALES 



Ewing; Grand 



Rib Grass. 



Grand Island; 



Bracts 2-10 times as long as the flowers. 



Bracts 7-17 mm. long, 2-5 times as long as the flowers. 



6. P. spinulosa. 

 Bracts 10-30 mm. long, many times as long as the flowers. 



7. P. aristata. 



1. Plantago major L. Common Plantain. 

 A common weed in waste places throughout the state. Anselmo; Bel- 

 mont; Crete; Lincoln; Peru; Talmage; Tecumseh. 



2. Plantago rugelii Dec. 



In waste places, less common than the last. Crete; 

 Island; Lincoln; Republican Valley. 



3. Plantago lanceolata L. 



Common in the southeastern part of the state. Crete; 

 Holdrege; Lincoln; :Minden; O'Neill. 



4. Plantago eriopoda Torr. Saline Plantain. 

 In saline or alkaline soil. Alliance; Grand Island; Kearney; Sheridan 

 County; Sidney; Wood River. 



5. Plantago purshii R. & S. 



A common weed in dry soil throughout the state. Anselmo; Callaway; 

 Deuel County; Fairbury; Lincoln; Perkins County; St. James; Sioux 

 County; Wahoo. 



6. Plantago spinulosa Dec. 



In dry soil, mostly in waste places. Kearney; :\Iinden. 



7. Plantago aristata Michx. 



In dry soil throughout the state. Brunswick; Lincoln; Hastings; Min- 

 den; Nemaha; Oreopolis; Valentine. 



8. Plantago virginica L. 

 In dry soil in the southeastern part of the state. 



9. Plantago elongata Pursh. 

 Plantago myosuroides Rydb. 



In dry soil, not common. Anselmo; Lincoln; 

 Water. 



Weeping Water. 



Mansfield; Weeping 



ERICALES. 



Shrub, fruit a berry in our species. 

 Herbs, fruit a capsule. 



1. Ericaceae. 

 2. Pirolaceae. 



1. ERICACEAE. 



Arctostaphylos. 706. 



1. Arctostaphylos uva-ursa (L.) Spreng. 

 In dry soil in Custer County. 



2. PIROLACEAE. 



Leaves normal, evergreen. 



Leaves reduced to scales, not green. 



Flowers many, corolla gamopetalous. 



Flowers solitary, corolla polypetalous. 



1. Pirola. 



2. Pterospora. 



3. Monotropa. 



1. Pirola. 693. 

 Raceme regular, capsule about 6 mm. in diameter. 



