95 



At Corpus Christi, ranging from sea level to 40 feet. Only one or 

 two plants were found in flower, all the others being in fruit. The 

 flowers were blue. 



March 17 (1417); type locality, Barbados. 



SIPHONOGLOSSA <Ersted. 



Siphonoglossa dipteracantha (Nees). 



Adhatoda dipteracantha Nees, in DC. Prodr. n : 396 (1847). 

 Monechma Piiosella Nees, in DC. Prodr. n : 412 (1847). 

 Siphorwglossja Piiosella Torr. Mex. Bound. Surv. 2: 134 (1859). 

 Usually under chapparral, or in other protected situations at Corpus 

 Christi, altitude sea level to 40 feet. 



March 12 (1425); type locality, Mexico. 



DIANTHERA L. Sp. PL 27 (1753). 



Dianthera Americana L. Sp. PL 27 (1753). 



Found growing in Town Creek at Kerrville, altitude 1600 feet. 

 Rather plentiful. 



May 15 (1748); type locality, Virginia. 



PLANTAGINACEAE. 



PLANTAGO L. Sp. PL 112(1753). 

 Plantago aristata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 95 (1803). 



Plantago Patagonica var. aristota A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 269 (1856). 

 A slender form referred to this species was found growing in a yard at 

 Kerrville, altitude 1650 feet. 



May 19 (1769); type locality, Illinois. 

 Plantago heterophylla Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5 : 177 



(1833-37)- 



Rather common on the plateau at Corpus Christi, the plants large and 

 well developed in a moist place, small and stunted in dry ground. 



March 17 (1456); type locality "on the banks of the Mississippi and 

 Arkansas. 

 Plantago Mexicana Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. i: 121 (1821). 



A spreading, prostrate form of this species (1392), with rather narrow 

 leavts was found on the sloping banks of the bluff at the southeastern 

 end of Corpus Christi, and later an abundance of it was seen on hill- 

 tops about Kerrville, altitude 1900-2000 feet. This species, usually con- 

 fused with P. Purs hit (gnaphalioides'}, is distinguished from that species 



