276 THE RIB-WORT FAMILY. 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. LiTTORELLA — {Littorella laciistris.) 

 Pondsides on Lindow Common. Margin of Mere Mere, plentiful ; 

 and by ponds at Baguley, on the site of the extinguished moor. 

 Fl. June, July. 



Curtis, iv. 642 ; E. B. vii. 408 ; Baxter, iv. 284. 



Probably occurs in the mud and wet sand on the borders of many other 

 Cheshire pools, but unobserved, as it is prone to remain under water, without 

 flowering. The leaves then become longer and grass-like. 



2. Buck's-horn — {Plantago Corbnoptis.') 



Dry, sandy places, rare. Knutsford Race-ground, abundant. For- 

 merly in abimdance on Kersal Moor, and near Hale Moss, but the 

 spade and plough have been too strong for it. Fl. May — August. 



Annual. 



E. B. xiii. 892. 



Often called " Star of the Earth," from the beautiful stellate figure of the 

 foliage as it lies close upon the surface. 



3. Great Rib-wort — {Plantdgo major.) 



By waysides, and on heaps of roadside rubbish, common every- 

 where. Fl. July — October. 



Curtis, i. 83 ; E. B. xxu. 1558; Baxter, in. 207. 



In gardens there is sometimes grown an extraordinary variety, in wliieb, instead 

 of a spike of flowei's, tliere is a rose-like tuft of green leaves. 



4. White Rib- wort — [Plantdffo media.) 



Dry fields and waysides, a plant of the limestone districts, which it 

 greatly ornaments, and in these parts only astray. Near Seaman's 

 Moss Bridge, on the bank of the canal. In the grounds at Worsley 

 Hall. (J. E.) Common near Congleton. Formerly near Bowdon old 

 Church, by the roadside, but now shaved away. Fl. July. 

 Curtis, ii. 231 ; E. B. xxii. 1559. 



5. Meadow Rib-wort — [Plantugo lanccoldta.) 

 In meadows and pastures, profusely everywhere, and often a prin- 

 cipal clement of the hay-field. Fl. June, July. 

 Curtis, i. 82 ; E. B. viii. 607. 



