524 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Leaves linear. 



Corolla lobes spreading in fruit. 



Leaves fleshy; seaside plant 3. P. ntantima. 



Leaves not fleshy. 



Spikes woolly ; bracts short 4. P. purshii. 



Spikes not woolly ; bracts long _ 5. P. aristata. 



Corolla lobes closed over the fruit. 



Spikes short, dense ; capsules 3 to 4 mm. long 6. P. higelorii. 



Spikes slender; capsules 2 nnn. long 7. P. elongafa. 



1. Plantago major L. Sp. PI. 1: 113. 1753. 

 T^TE locauty; P^iu'opean. 



Range: Nearly cosmopolitan. 



Specimens examined: Silverton, Bouck in 1899; Seattle, Pi/^f/", July 1, 189.5; Tacoma, 

 Flett 223; Ellensburg, WMted 548; North Yakima, Watt, August, 1895. 



One form of this plant found on gravelly lake shores and in salt marshes seems to be 

 native. 



2. Plantago lanceolata L. Sp. PI. 1: 113. 1753. 

 Type locality: European. 



Specimens examined: Silverton, BoitcJc: I^illinan, Piptr, July 20, 1894. 

 A common weed in lawns and pastures. 



3. Plantago maritima L. Sp. PI. 1: 114. 1753. 



Type locality: "Hat)itat in littoribus marimis Europae borealis." 

 Range: Seacoasts, Labrador to New Jersey and Alaska to California. Europe. Asia. 

 Specimens examined: Whidby Island, Gardner 252; Orchard Point, Piper, July, 1895; 

 Tacoma, Flett 118; Clallam County, Elmer 2817. 

 Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



4. Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult. Syst. 3: 120. 1818. 

 Plantago lagopus L. err. det. Pursh, Fl. 1: 99. 1814. 

 Plantago gnaphalioides Nutt. Gen. 1: 100. 1818. 



Plantago patagonica gnapTialioides A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2': 391. 1878. 



Type locality: "In dry situations on the banks of the Missouri." 



Range: British Columbia to Ontario and Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Olympia, Kincaid, July 4, 1896; Wenache, WMted 169, 1097; 

 Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 392; Cascade Mountains to Colville, Lyall in 1860; Pasco, 

 Hindshaw 1; Henderson, June 12, 1892; Crab and Wilson creeks, Sandherg <& Leiherg 278; 

 without locality, Vasey in 1889; Clarks Springs, Kreager 141, 16; Chelan, Elmer 505; Lake 

 Chelan, LaTce & Hidl, August 13, 1892; Spokane, Piper, July, 1896; Wawawai, Lake & Hull 

 655; Piper, June 9, 1894; Okanogan, Griffiths cfc Cotton 285; Cow Creek, Giiffiihs & Cotton 

 546; Brewster, Griffiths & Cotton 2.56; Wenache, Griffiths cfc Cotton 145. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 



5. Plantago aristata Michx. Fl. 1: 95. 1803. 



Plantago patagonica aristata A. Gray, Man. ed. 2. 269. 1856. 

 Ty'pe locality: "In pratensibus Illinocnsium." 



Range: British Columbia to Dakota, New Mexico, and Texas. Spreading as a weed 

 eastward. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Gardner 376. 



6. Plantago bigelovii A. Gray, Pac. R. Rep. 4: 117. 18.56. 

 Type locality: Benicia, California. 



Range: British Columl)ia to California along the coast. 



Specimens examined: Whidby Island, Gardner 424; Seattle, Piper <& Smith 1088. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



