368 MEMOIRS OF THE XEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



Yellowstone Park: Lone Star Geyser Basin, Aug. 7, 1897, 

 Rydberg & Bessey, 4gSy. 



PLANTAGINACEAE. 



Plantago major L. Sp. PI. 112 [111. Fl. 3: 206; Syn. Fl. 2': 389; 



Bot. Cal. I : 611 ; Man. R. M. 299]. 



In waste places, up to an altitude of 2000 m. 



Montana: Emigrant Gulch, Aug. 23, 1897, Rydberg & Bessey^ 

 4gpo; Madison River, 1886, Tzceedy, 1208; Elliston, \%'^(^, Kelsey. 



* Plantago Asiatica L. Sp. PI. 113; Plantago major Asiatica De- 



caisne, according to Gray, S}^. Fl. 2' : 389. 



In habit it is almost identical with P. Rugelii Decaisne, from 

 which it differs mainly in the much shorter capsule and the less 

 carinate and broader bracts and sepals. P. Rugelii is confined to 

 Eastern and Southern North America. Its place in the West is taken 

 by the present species. From P. major it is distinguished by the 

 longer acute spike, and the capsule which is circumscissile much be- 

 low the middle. 



Montana: Manhattan, 1895, Rydberg, 2jg2 ; Great Falls, 1886, 

 R. S. Williams, 808 : Bozeman, W. T. S/iazv. 



* Plantago Tweedyi Gray, Syn. Fl. 2' : 390. 



Resembles somewhat a depauperate form of P. major, but has nar- 

 rower oblong thin leaves, mostly 3-5-ribbed. On grassy slopes, at 

 an altitude of 2000-2500 m. 



Montana: Gallatin River, 1886, Tzveedy, 120^. 



Yellowstone Park : Mirror Lake Plateau and East Fork, 1885, 

 Tzveedy, 4j2. 



Plantago eriopoda Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2 : 237 [111. Fl. 3: 208; 



Syn. Fl. 2': 390; Man. R. IM. 300]. 



In saline meadows, up to an altitude of 2000 m. 



Montana: Ennis, 1886, Tzcecdy, 1204: Jack Creek, July 19, 

 1897, Rydberg & Bessey, 4994: Helena, 1892, Kelsey ; Gallatin 

 Co., Mrs. Alder son ; Madison River, 1883, Scribner, 2ig: Judith 

 Basin, 1882, Canby. 



Plantago Purshii R. & S. Syst. 3: 120 [111. Fl. 3: 209] ; Plantago 

 gnaphalioidcs Nutt. Gen. I : 100 ; Plantago Patagonica gnap/ia- 

 lioides Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 269 [Syn. Fl. 2' : 391 ; Man. R. M. 300] . 



