lidO I'LANTA(JINArK.'K. (I'LANTAIN KAMILV.) 



33. TEUCRIUM, L. (iKuv anj)kk. 



Calvx tnliiilur ur licll-sliaju'il, .^tixitlicd. C'Diolla 5 lulied ; the 4 ni)per lobea 

 Bliurt, till- lowest larf^i-, ohloiig or louinlcd, coutave. SlaiiiL-ns 4, diilvnaiiious, 

 the li'wtT jmir luiigi'St, cxserti-d hetweeu tlie 2 upper lobes of tlie corolla: 

 autluT cells iiiutliKiit. Nutlets rugose. 



1 • T. Canadense, L. stem tomentose, erect, simple or brauthed ; leaves 

 8hurt-])etioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrate, pubescent above, white-velvety 

 beneath ; Howers mostly alternate, in a long hoary raceme, longer than the 

 subulate bracts ; calyx bell-siiajjed. — Swamps and low ground. July - Sept. 

 2/ — Stem 2° -3° high. Leaves 2'- 6' long. Flowers purplish. 



Pkuii.i.a ocymoihes, L., cultivatetl as a foliage jjlant, is sjM»ntaneons along 

 roails in the iiitju'r districts, and tiie Tiiynie of tlie garden (Tiivjius Sek- 

 PVLLLM, L.) is sjiaringly naturalized in North ('arolina. 



Okdek 10;J. PL.ANTAGINACE^3. (Plantain Family.) 



Cliiefly 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 -i, 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 tran.sversel3^ Seeds attached to the de- 

 ciduous partition. Embryo straight in fleshy albumen. 



1. PLANT AGO, L. Plantain. 



Characters same as the order. 



* Flower perfect. 



1. P. major, L. Leaves ovate or oval, smooth or pubescent, 5-7-ribbed, 

 mostlv tiinthcd, narrowed into a broad concave petiole ; scape pubescent; s])ike 

 long-cvlindrical, densely many-flowered ; bracts ovate; capsule many-seeded. 

 — Low ground anmnd dweUings. Introduced. May -August. — Scape 6'- 

 12' high. Leaves 4' -6' long. 



2. P. cordata, Lam. Smootli ; leaves broadly ovate or cordate, toothed, 

 7-0-rihhed, on long flat petioles; spike long-cylindrical, rather loosely 

 flow ered ; bracts roundish ; capsule 2 - 4-seeded. — Low ground in the upper 

 districts. April - .luue. Ill — Scape 1° high. Leaves 3' - 8' long. 



3. P. Rugelii, Decaisne. Leaves smooth or puliescent, oblong, entire or 

 ob.scurcly denticulate, 3-.5-ribbed ; .spike cylindrical, rather loosely flowered ; 

 bracts acute, shorter than the smooth calyx ; capsule conical, 4-seeded. — Low 

 ground in the ni)i)cr districts. — Plant small. Scape slender, 6'- 10' high. 



4. P. Patagoniea, Jacq. Annual, villous, or sometimes smoothish ; 

 leaves lanceolate or linear, shorter than the scape ; spike oblong or capitate ; 



