172 PLANTAGINACEAE. 



Order PLANTAGINALES. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves wholly or mainly basal, or 

 crowded on a simple or branched caiulex: blades typically 1-several-ribbed. 

 Flowers perfect, monoecious, or dioecious, spicate. Calyx of 4 (3-5), 

 partially united or distinct sepals. Corolla of 4 (3-5), partially united 

 scarious and veinless petals. Androecium of 4^-2 stamens (or 1 stamen). 

 Gynoeeium typically 2-carpellai-y. Ovary superior. Fruit capsular, 

 usually a pyxis. 



Family 1. PLANTAGINACEAE. Plantain Family. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaf-blades typically 1-several-ribbed. 

 Corolla-lobes spreading. Style and stigma elongate. 



1. PLANTAGO [Tourn.] L. Leaf-blades broad or narrow. Spikes 

 usually elongate. Filaments partially aclnate to the corolla-tube. — Plantain. 



Leaf-blades broad : bracts obtuse, inconspicuous : spikes long and narrow. 



1. P. major. 

 Leaf-blades narrow : bracts acuminate, conspicuous : spikes short 



and thick. 2. P. lanceolata. 



1. P. major L. Leaves .5-3.5 cm. long; petioles usually green at the base; 

 blades ovate or oval, or rarely oblong, entire or coarsely toothed: scapes 8-40 

 em. tall: spikes 4-20 cm. long: bracts short: calyx-lobes ovate or obovate, 

 obtuse: corolla-tube about as long as the calyx: capsules about 3 mm. long. — 

 Hammocks and waste places. Nat. of Eu. — (Ber., Bali., Cuba, Ant.) 



2. P. lanceolata L. Leaves 4-30 cm. long; blades linear-elliptic to broadly 

 elliptic, acute at the apex, or acuminate at both ends: scapes 1-7 dm. tall, 

 ridged: spikes cylindric, dense, 1-S cm. long: bracts rhombic, 4-5 mm. long: 

 calyx-lobes broadly oblong to oval, 2-3 mm. long, obtuse, the 2 lower ones 

 with closely subparallel midribs: corolla-lobes broadly lanceolate, 2-2.5 mm. 

 long: capsules oblong, 3 mm. long. — Pinelands and roadsides. — F. K. Nat. of 

 Eu. — (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Eibwort. Eib-grass. 



Order SANTALALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, mostly root- or tree-parasites. Leaves with 

 expanded blades, or scale-like. Flowers inconspicuous, perfect or im- 

 perfect. Calyx present, but often a mere border. Corolla present or 

 wanting. Androecium of as many stamens as there ai-e sepals, or petals, 

 or twice as many. Gynoeeium of several united carjiels: ovai-y more or 

 less inferior. Fruit a drupe, a nut, or a berry. 



Family 1. OLACACEAE. Ximenia Family. 



Shrubs, trees, or vines. Loaves usually alternate: blades entii'e or 

 rarely toothed. Flowers perfect or polygamous, regular, in dichotomous 

 or raceme-like cj'mes. Calyx of 4-G small sepals, surmounting the hyi)an- 

 thium. Corolla of 4-6 distinct or united petals. Androecium of 4-12 

 stamens. Gynoeeium .3-4-carpellary. Fruit a drupe. 



