904 Plantaginaceae. 
spine-tipped; anticous calyx-segment exceeding 2 cm in length, 
lanceclate, 2-nerved; 2 inmost calyx-segments 1,5 cm long, elliptic- 
lanceolete, mucronate. Corolla 2%/, cm long, rose or pale-purple. 
Capsule 1—1,75 cm. — Flow. February. 
M. p. Rosetta, naturalized (Muschler). 
Also known from Tropical Africa and Arabia. 
Plantaginales. 
A gamopetalous order, of uncertain relationship. Herbs, com- 
monly acaulescent. Leaves mainly or wholly basal: blades typically 
1-several-ribbed. Flowers perfect, monoecious or dioecious, in 
spikes. Calyx of 4 partially united or nearly distinct sepals. Corolla 
of 4 partially united, scarious and veinless petals. Androecium 
of 4 or 2 stamens. Gynoecium a compound superior pistil. Fruit 
capsular, commonly circumscissle. 
105. Plantaginaceae. 
Flowers usually regular. Sepals 4. Corolla small, scarious, with 
an ovate or cylindrical tube and 4 spreading lobes, imbricate in the 
bud. Stamens 4, or rarely fewer, inserted in the tube of the corolla 
and alternate with its lobes, usually long; anthers 2-celled, the 
cells parallel, opening longitudinally. Ovary free, 1-, 2- or 4-celled, 
with one or more ovules in each cell. Style simple, terminal, entire, 
with 2 opposite longitudinal stigmatic lines. Capsule opening transver- 
sely or indehiscent. Seed peltate, laterally attached, albuminous. 
Embryo straight or slightly curved, parallel to the hilum. — Herbs 
with radical tufted or spreading leaves, rarely branched and leafy. 
Flowers in heads or spikes or rarely solitary, on leafless axillary 
peduncles, each one sessile within a small bract. 
A small Order, widely spread over the globe, but chiefly in the 
temperate regions of the Old World. 
514. Plantago Linn. 
Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamo-dioecious. Calyx-segments 4, 
subequal, or 2 outer larger. Corolla-tube cylindrical or ampulliform ; 
lobes 4, spreading horizontally. Stamens 4, inserted in the corolla- 
tube; filaments filiform; anthers versatile. Ovary usually 2-celled, 
with 1 to several ovules in each cell. Capsule membranous, circum- 
scissile at the middle or the base. Seeds 2 to several, cymbiform, 
with a ventral hilum; albumen fleshy; embryo straight or curved; 
radicle inferior. — Annual or perennial herbs, often acaulescent, 
