258 PLANTAGINEsE. [PLANT A<. 



2. P. me'dia, L. ; leaves subsessile elliptic-oblong toothed /5-9-ribhc-d, 

 scape long not furrowed, spike sliort, sepals free, capsule 2-celled 2-.ser> !<.!, 

 seeds flat in front. 



Roadsides and waste places, usually on a dry soil, ascending to 1,600 ft. in 

 Northumberland ; rare or introduced only in Scotland and Ireland ; ft. June- 

 Oct. Pubescent with jointed hairs. Jtoobtorl: tapering. Leaves 6-10 in., 

 very variable. Scape 6-12 in. ; spike 1-3 in. ; bracts often purple, concave, 

 obtuse, edges silvery, shorter than the glabrous unkeelcd sepals. ( f o/W/- 

 tiibe glabrous. Filaments long, purple ; anthers whitish. Seeds brown, rough. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, Siberia, W. Asia to the Himalaya. 



3. P. lanceola ta, L. ; leaves petioled lanceolate entire or toothed 3-6- 

 ribbed, scape long deeply furrowed, spike short, 2 dorsal sepals often con- 



. nate, capsule 2-celled 2-seeded, seeds concave in front. 

 Pastures and waste places, ascending to 2,200 ft. in the Highlands ; fl. May- 

 Oct. Glabrous or pubescent. Rootstock tapering, crown woolly. 

 1-12 in., very variable. Scape as long ; spike |-3 in., ovoid globose or 

 cylindric ; bracts flat, acuminate. Sepals hairy at the tip, 2 dorsal keeled. 

 Corolla longer than the calyx-tube, glabrous. Stamens long, all whitr. 

 black, shining. DiSTRiB. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia to the Hima- 

 laya ; introd. in N. America. Leaves formerly employed for dressing sores 

 in Scotland. 



VAR. 1, lanceola'ta proper ; bracts and sepals blackish at the tips. YAH. 2. 

 Timba'li, Jord. (sp. ) ; bracts and sepals with broad silvery margins. Fields 

 of clover, &c., not indigenous. 



4. P. marit'ima, L. ; leaves narrow linear fleshy faintly 3-5-riM .rd, 

 scape not furrowed, spike short or long, 2 dorsal sepals connate, capsule 

 2-celled 2-seeded, seeds flat in front. 



Salt marshes and mountain streams, ascending to 1,800 ft. in the Highlands ; 

 fl. June-Sept. Perennial, glabrous or hairy. Rootstock woody, branched, 

 woolly at the crown. Leaves 1-12 in., J-^ in. diam., very variable, some- 

 times narrowly lanceolate, quite entire or remotely toothed. Scapes as long 

 as or longer than the leaves ; spikes -3 in.; bracts ovate-lanceolate. >'<,</. 

 nearly glabrous, the 2 dorsal with a toothed keel, margins narrowly scarious. 

 Corolla-tube pubescent. Stamens pale yellow. Seeds brown, faintly winded 

 at one or both ends. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, Siberia, Dahuria, 

 W. Asia to the Himalaya, N. America. 



5. P. Corono pus, L. ; leaves narrow linear 1-ribbed toothed 1-2- 

 pinnatifid, scape not furrowed, spike sliort or long, 2 dorsal sepals with 

 'i winged scarioiis keel, capsule. 3-4-celled 3-4-seeded, seeds flat in front. 

 Sandy and gravelly places, most common near the sea ; fl. June-Aug. 



Annual or biennial, usually pubescent with long hairs. Leaves 1-12 in., very 

 variable. Scapes usually ascending equalling or exceeding the leaves ; >]iik'-> 

 ^-C in. ; bracts ovate, long acuminate, much exceeding the obtuse snails. 

 Corolla-tube pubescent. Stamens pale yellow. Seeds pale brown. DISTISIH. 

 Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia. 



2. IiITTOREL'l^A, L. SHORE-WEED. 



A creeping aquatic perennial herb. Leaves all radical, J-cylindric. 

 Scapes short, few-flowered ; flowers monoecious. MALE fl. solitary. >>/>,/ A,- 

 4. Corolla-tube cylindric, lobes 4. Stamens 4, hypogynous. Ovary rudi- 



