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the lower ones scattered ; bracts ovate, obtuse ; cells of the capsule 



2-seeded. P. kentuckiensis Mich. 



HAB. Banks of streams. Can. N. Y. and Penn. W. to Tenn. 

 June July. I(. Scape 12 18 inches high. Leaves 6 inches 

 long, smooth, generally cordate at base. Flowers in a slender 

 elongated spike. Sprengel considers the P. asiatica of Europe, 

 and P. glabra of Nuttall, synonymous with it. . 



2. P. major Linn. : leaves ovate, smoothish, subdentate, on longish 

 petioles ; scape terete ; spike cylindrical, very long ; flowers closely 

 imbricated ; cells of the capsule many seeded. 



HAB. Fields, &c. Throughout Can. and the U. S. June Aug. 

 24. Leaves spreading on the ground, coarsely toothed. Scape 

 8 12 inches high, pubescent. Spike 26 inches long, close. 

 Introduced. Common Plantain. 



3. P. media Linn. : leaves ovate, pubescent, on very short petioles ; 

 spike short, cylindrical; scape rounded ; cells of the capsule 1-seeded. 



HAB. Fields. N. Y. and Penn. July, Z. Leaves 2 inches 

 long. Scape longer than the leaves. Flowers in a closely im- 

 bricated spike, which is seldom more than 2 inches long. 



4. P. virginica Linn. : hairy-pubescent ; leaves lanceolate-ovate, 

 sparingly toothed, 3-nerved, tapering at base ; spike cylindrical, with 

 remote flowers ; scape angular. 



HAB. Sandy soils. Throughout the U. S. June. $. Scape 

 hairy, almost hispid, longer than the leaves. Spikes 1 4 inch- 

 es long, with the flowers at first crowded, but at length distant. 

 Corol yellowish. 



5. P. lanceolata Linn. : leaves lanceolate, tapering at each end, 3 5- 

 nerved, remotely toothed ; spike short, ovate-cylindrical, compact ; 

 scape angled ; capsule 2-seeded. 



HAB. Pastures. Can. to Car. May Sept. If. Scape 6 12 

 inches high, a little hairy. Flowers in a very dense spike. Bracts 

 ovate, brownish, as long as the calyx. Introduced. 



6. P. cucullata Lam. : Kives ovate-cucullate, subdenticulate, 9-nerv- 

 ed,, pubescent beneath ; spike cylindrical, imbricated ; scape terete. 

 P. maxima Jacq. Torr. 



HAB. Moist rocky situations. Can. and Maine. Pursh. July, 



Aug. 24. 



** Leaves linear. 



. 7. P. maritima Linn. : leaves linear, grooved, fleshy, hairy near the 

 base, mostly entire, often remotely toothed ; scape round, terete; spike 

 cylindrical, dense. P. pauciflora Pursh. 



HAB. Salt marshes. N. S. Aug., Sept. 2^. Scape 610 inches 

 high. Leaves fleshy. Spike cylindrical, short. 



8. P. jjusilla Nutt. : minutely pubescent ; leaves linear-subulate, flat, 

 entire, acute ; scape terete, slender, longer than the leaves ; spike cy- 

 lindrical, loose ; lower flowers distant ; bracts ovate, acute, as long as 

 the calyx. P. hibrida Bart. ?P. linearifolia, Muhl. ? 



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