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along the margins. Rather common, and generally distributed ; more 

 abundant in the north. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer, Autumn. 



Rootstock slender, throwing out numerous runner-like branches, 

 which at intervals produce jilants like the parent, and in this way a 

 dense carpeting is formed in the shallow water in which it grows. 

 Leaves all radical, flesh}', linear-subulate, semi-cylindrical, flattened 

 or slightly channeled above, dilated and sheathing at the base, 1 to 

 6 inches long. Male flowers on slender scapes, usually rather shorter 

 than the leaves, with 1 scarious ovate-amplexicaul bract below the 

 middle (rarely with 2 bracts) : sepals oblong-elliptical, obtuse, her- 

 baceous, ■with scarious margins : stamens very long • anthers pale 

 yellow : ovary abortive, fusiform, with a short style. Female flowers 

 sessile, with a very long style. Plant dark green, glabrous, or rarely 

 slightly pubescent. 



Plantain Shore-weed. 



French, LitloreUe des lacs. German, Sumpf-Strandling. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



PLANTAGO ARGENTEA. Linn. 



" Some few years ago I saw a specimen in the hands of Sir William 

 Hooker, which had been sent to him from Ireland by Mr. Andrews, 

 and which apparently corresponded with continental examples of P. 

 argentea in the herbarium of Sir William." — H. C. Watson, in " Cy- 

 bele Britannica." Vol. II. p. 311. 



PLANTAGO ARE N ARIA. Linn. 



Found a few years ago abundantly on the sand hills at Burnham, 

 Somerset; but in 18 >(> Mr. T. B. Flower was unable to find a single 

 specimen; in 1867 a few Avere observed. In 1865 I found a few 

 plants of it at Southend, Essex. 



PLANTAGO PSYLLIUM. Linn. 



Has been reported to have been found at St. Aubin's Bay, Jersey, 

 in August, 1848, but has not permanently established itself. 



