570 PLANTAGINEE { Plantago. 
The genus includes the whole order except the monotypic genera Littorella 
and Bougeria, and has a world-wide distribution. With the exception of 
P. Brownii, which extends to Australia, allthe New Zealand species are endemic. 
Several species from the Northern Hemisphere have become naturalised, the most 
abundant being P. major, Linn, and P. lanceolata, Linn. 
* Scapes many-flowered. 
Leaves 2-4 in., ovate or obovate. Spikes 2-6in. Capsule 
2-seeded .. oF B. 3 sed .. 1. P. aucklandica. 
Leaves 2-10in., lanceolate. Spikes 4-lin. Bracts and 
calyx-segments glabrous. Capsule 4-seeded .. .. 2. P. Raouln. 
Leaves 1-5in., oblong-lanceolate. Spikes}-lin. Bracts 
and calyx-segments pilose and ciliate 3. P. spathulate. 
** Scapes few-flowered. Plants small; leaves }~2 in. long. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous or sparsely pilose. 
Scape 1-8-flowered. Calyx-segments obtuse, glabrous. 
Capsule 8-seeded .. ae ie Je .. 4, P. Brownii. 
Leaves oblong-spathulate, densely clothed with tortuous 
woolly hairs. Scape 1-5-flowered. Calyx-segments sub- 
acute. Capsule 12-15-seeded a0 40 A 
Leaves linear or lanceolate, densely villous at the base. 
Scape 1-flowered. Calyx-segments very minute, obtuse. 
Corolla-lobes and stamens often 3. Capsule 20-30-seeded 6, P. triandra. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, villous at the base. Scape 1- 
flowered. Calyx-segments acute, more than half as long 
as the capsule am os te 5c .. 7. P. uniflora. 
5. P. lanigera. 
1. P. aucklandica, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 64, t. 42.—Rhizome 
stout, often as thick as the thumb, 3-4in. long, sometimes elon- 
gated above the ground, rarely branched at the top. Leaves all 
radical, densely crowded, 2-4 in. long, elliptic-obovate to obovate- 
lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed into a short 
broad petiole, glabrous, fleshy, 7-10-nerved, remotely and obscurely 
sinuate-dentate ; petioles villous at the very base with iong soft 
brown hairs. Scapes numerous, stout, pilose or pubescent, much 
longer than the leaves. Spikes 2-6in. long; flowers small, sessile, 
densely packed above the middle of the spike, laxly placed towards 
the base. Bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, glabrous, rather 
shorter than the calyx ; corolla-lobes elliptic-oblong, acute, patent 
or reflexed. Capsule ovoid, about twice as long as the calyx, 2- 
seeded.—Handb. N.Z. Fil. 228. 
AUCKLAND IsLANDs: Not uncommon on the hills, alt, 1000ft., Sir J. D. 
Hooker, Kirk! F. R. Chapman! 
A very distinct species, with something of the habit of the European 
P. media, Linn. 
2. P. Raoulii, Decne. in D.C. Prodr. xiii. i. 703.—Rootstock 
short, stout. Leaves numerous, all radical, erect or rosulate, 
2-10in. long, oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, subacute, 
narrowed into a rather long broad petiole, irregularly sinuate- 
toothed or quite entire, 3-5-nerved, more or less pilose or almost 
