Order 92. Plantagineoe. 261 



P. maior. Leaves petioled oblong, somewhat toothed, spike 

 long and slender, bracts equalling the calyx, capsule 2-celled, 

 with 4 to 8 seeds in each cell. Bdrtang. 



Not in D. or G. This is the greater or broad-leaved plantain of 

 England, common by the side of every dusty road, and a pest in lawns. 

 It seems to be found here and there in most parts of India, and is 

 ascribed to Bombay and Mahableshwar. The old English name is 

 Way-bred , and it is said BO surely to foilovvthe footsteps of migratory 

 man as to have got in some colonies the name of the " Englishman's 

 foot," 



B. " Take thou some new infection to the eye, 

 And the rank poison of the old will die." 



E. " Your plantain leaf is excellent for that." 



Romeo and Juliet. 



" The hedgehog underneath the plantain bores." 



Tennyson. 



(In Sikkim) " I attended an old woman who dressed her ulcers with 

 plantago (plantain) leaves, a very common Scotch remedy, the ribs 

 being drawn out from the leaf, which is applied fresh : it is rather a 

 strong application." Hooker, Himalayan Journals. 



Two other species, * P. amplexicaulis and * P. ovata, are found in 

 Sind 



