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Fig. 171A 



Figure 171B 



Fig. 171-A. Hairs of Common Plantain. 

 (Drawing by L. H. Fammel. and Charlotte M. King.) 



Fig. 171-B. Distribution of Common Plantain. 



Chemical Composition. — According to the report of the Bussey 

 Institution* the chemical composition is as follows : 



FRESH OR AIR DRY MATERIAL. 



Rugel's Plantain {Plant ago Eugelii Dec). 



Description. — Perennial, much like the preceding, but leaves and 

 petioles commonly purplish ; spikes less dense ; sepals oblong ; cap- 

 sule about twice as long as the sepals; circumscissile much below 

 the middle ; flowers proterogynous ; seed oval or oblong, not reticu- 

 lated. 



Distribution. — Common in fields and waste places from Maine to 

 Texas, South Dakota and Ontario. Common in Iowa. 



Extermination. — This weed may be exterminated in the same 

 manner as the preceding species. 



♦Bull. 1877:117, Jenkins & Winton. Office of Experiment Stations, Bull 11 



