698 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Order PLANTAQINALES. 



Family PLANTAGINACE^. Plantains. 



PLANTAGO L. 



Fruiting Data. — The time of year noted indicates the season 

 of fully developed (and commonly mature) capsules. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Corolla of fertile flowers closed over the fruit, flowers in slender spikes. 

 b. Leaves spatulate lanceolate, very pubescent, stamens 4. 



Plantago virginica, p. 699 

 bb. Leaves linear, stamens 2. P. elongata, p. 700 



aa. Corolla of fertile flowers not closed over the fruit. 



b. Leaves more or less dilated, strongly ribbed, flowers in a slender spike. 

 c. Pod splitting around the middle. 



d. Plant nearly smooth, leaves broad, elliptic to cordate, ovate, 



undulate or slightly toothed. [P. majorY 



dd. Plant often quite pubescent, leaves lance ovate or narrowly 



elliptic. P. halophila, p. 698 



cc. Pod splitting much below the middle. P. rugelii, p. 699 



bb. Leaves lanceolate, flowers in a short terminal spike or head. 



[P. lanceolataY 

 bbb. Leaves linear or setaceous. 



c. Leaves setaceous, loosely pubescent, bracts exceeding the calyx 



and giving a bristly appearance to the head. [P. aristataY 



cc. Leaves linear or subterete, fleshy, flowers in a long, slender raceme. 



P. decipiens, p. 699 



Plantago halophila Bicknell. Salt Marsh Plantain. 



Plantago halophila Bicknell, Britt. Manual 105 1 [VanCourtland Park, N. Y. 

 City]. — Keller and Brov/n 298. 



A plaintain closely related to the common weed, P. major, 

 occurs along the edge of the salt marshes. 



In the new Gray's Manual it is treated as a variety intermedia 

 Gilibert, while Mr. Bicknell has described it as a species P. 

 halophila, not having material necessary for a study of its re- 

 lationship, I use the latter name, which beyond question refers 

 to our plant. 



Pr. — June into October. 



^ Common Plantain, a familiar weed. 



' Ribwort, a common v/eed. 



* Large-bracted Plantain, introduced from the west. 



