ALISMACE^. 109 



ajugoides, Benth. Softly white-hairy: leaves oblong obtuse: ill-scented, 

 albens, Gr. White-woolly, leafy, often tall: leaves rather acute, 

 pycnantha, Benth. Tawny -hairy, leafy: leaves obtuse, spike short, dense, 

 palustris, L. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, mostly sessile. Or. 

 bixllata, Benth. Mostly hispid, light rose flowers in interrupted spikes. 

 Chamissonis, Benth. Much larger: leaves 2-5 in. long. Wet ground, 

 ciliata, Dougl. Similar; leaves thinner, less hairy. Or. Coast. 



PLANTAGINACE^. 



1. PLANTAGO, Tournefort. 



Stamens 4. Leaves not fleshy, 1-8-ribbed or nerved 1, 6, 6 



Leaves somewhat fleshy, oblanceolate to lanceolate or broader. ... 2, 3, 7 



Leaves fleshy, linear to filiform; spike dense, cylindrical 4 



Stamen3.2: leaves linear to filiform, 1-4 in. long: annuals 8, 9 



1. P. major, L. var. Asiatica, Decne. Leaves ovate or oval: scape ^-2 high. 



2. P. eriopoda, Torr. Yellowish wool at base: scape J-l ft. high. N. Cal. to Alaska^ 



3. P. macrocarpa, C. & S. Petioles long: capsule |-^ in. long. Coast, Wash. 



4. P. maritima, L. Corolla-tube pubescent: seeds 2 to 4. Common on the Coast. 



5. P. lanceolata, L. Petioles slender: scape deeply furrowed; spike short. Nat. 



6. P. Patagonica, Jacq. Usually silky- woolly: slender leaves acute: spikes short 



7. P. hirtella, HBK. Scape with long dense spike, 1-2 ft. high. Cal. Coast. 



8. P. Bigelovii, Gr. Spike dense, ^-1 in. long: capsule 4-8eeded. Saline marshes. 



9. P. heterophylla, Nutt. Spike 2-5 in. long, very slender: seeds 10-28. CaL 



CLASS II.— ENDOGENS OR MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



ALISMACEJl. 



Flowers perfect: stamens nsually 6: carpels in a whorl. 



Carpels numerous, distinct, obovate-oblong, flattened: scape paniculate 1 



Cfirpels 6-12, united at base, tapering to a beak: scape simple 9 



Flowers mon<Bcious or dioecioas: carpels many, capitate, winged, short-beakod 8 



