Plantago. 913 
revolute often hirsute at the base; heads globose few-flowered, 
minutely puberulous; bracts from a large base subulate, the lower 
ones as long as the spikes, the upper ones longer than the calyx; 
calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate obtuse; corolla-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 
acute. — Flow. March to April. 
N. v. Often cultivated and subspontaneous. 
Local name: kemmin daker (Schweinfurth); generally: kemmin 
aswad. 
Also known from India. 
1268. (15.) Plantago stricta Schousb. Maroce. (1801), p. 35. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 891. — Aschers.-Schweinf. [llustr. Flor. d’Eg., 
p. 124 no. 859. — An annual plant, 20—40 cm high or sometimes 
somewhat more, minutely pruinose above, papillose-hairy at the joints; 
stem nearly simple. Leaves linear, entire. Peduncles from upper 
axils, often longer than the leaves; spikes ovate, long, scabridulous- 
hairy; bracts lanceolate to lanceolate-linear; calyx-lobes acutish; 
corolla-lobes lanceolate, acute. — Flow. March to April. 
D. a. sept. Galala; Suez. — D. a. mer. Kene; (Qoseyr. 
Local name: qatuna (Muschler). 
Also known from Tropical Africa, Arabia Petraea and Palestine. 
1269. (16.) Plantago phaeostoma Boiss. and Heldr. Diagnos. 
Plant. Or., Ser. II fasc. LV (1859) p.. 71. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 892. 
— Aschers.-Schweinf. Il. Flor. dKg., p.124 no. 861. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p.664 no. 266. — An annual plant, 
4—7 cm high, or sometimes somewhat more, glandular-puberulent 
and papillose-hairy, branching from the neck, branches divaricate. 
Leaves linear, 1—2,5 cm long, entire. Peduncles as long as the 
leaves and heads, or shorter; spikes oblong, 1,4—2 cm long, dense, 
hirtulous; bracts oblong-linear, obtuse, all but the lowest shorter 
than the calyx; calyx-lobes oblong, obtusish, alike; corolla-lobes 
ovate, mucronate, with a buff-coloured throat. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Matruga; Mariut; Alexandria-West and -Kast. 
Local name: bisr-el-qatiina. 
Also known from Arabia Petraea, 
1270. (17.) Plantago Psyllium L. Spec. Plant., ed. [ (1753) 
p. 167. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 891. -— Rehbch. Ic. XVII, tab. 84 
fig. VI. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., Supplem. p. 771. — 
Aschers. Flor. Rhinocol., p. 803 no. 210. — An annual plant, 20 to 
40 cm high or often somewhat more, glandular-pubescent; stem 
erect, simple or thyrsoid-branched. Leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, 
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