h a 

 (a) Spike of Plan- 

 tago cylindrica, before 

 fiovvenng, (6) Lower 

 half of spike during 

 flowering. 



PLANTAGINE.^. (PLANTAIN FAMILY.) 669 



ovate, bearded at tip, herbaceous along midrib, otherwise scarious ; 

 corolla lobes ovate-oblong, short-acuminate — Spring — Sandy places; 

 coast, and interior plains, and deserts. 



4. P. cylindrica, Forsk. TJmm Lub- 

 leideli. BarTchemy. % Stemless or short-stem- 

 med, silvery -fleecy. Leaves linear to linear-ob- 

 long, and oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a peti- 

 ole, acutish with a callous tip, entire, nerves 

 concealed hy fleece. Scapes terete shorter than 

 leaves, spikes often subsessile, oblong to cylin- 

 drical, .03 to .08 long; flowers as large as in last; 

 bracts ovate, obtuse, with a herbaceous, hirsute 

 strip along middle of outer surface, and scarious, 

 villous-ciliate margin ; calyx-lobes oblong-obtuse, 

 herbaceous along midrib, otherwise scarious, 

 ciliate at margin and tip; corolla-lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute — Spring — Sands; Sinai and 

 et-Tih to Egypt. 



5. P. amplexicawli§, Cav. Khandnet- 

 en-Na''jeh. More or less hairy, stemless or 

 stems .05 to .15, Leaves lanceolate to lineav- 

 lanceolate, 5-nerved, entire, tapering to a clasp- 

 ing petiole. Peduncles axillary, longer or short- 

 er than leaves; Spikes .01 to .03 long, globular 

 to ovate and cylindrical ; bracts glabrous, ovate- 

 orbicular, hooded, obtuse, midrib green, margin and tip scarious; calyx 

 glabrous, lobes round -ovate, the anterior with a green Tceel, the posterior 

 all scarious ; corolla-lobes ovate-oblong, acute — Spring — Et-Tih, and 

 southward to Lower Egypt, 



6. P. I^ceHingii, L. Pubescent, stemless. Leaves linear to 

 linear-lanceolate, entire or remotely denticulate, acuminate. Scapes a 

 little longer than leaves; spikes .01 to .015 long, ovate to oblong; bracts 

 transversely ovate, glabrous or ciliate at margin, midrib Iroad, herbaceous, 

 excurrent in a Iroad, obtuse 2ioint, scarious-margined ; calyx lobes all scar- 

 ious, ovate-orbicular, glabrous ; corolla-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute — 

 Spring — Sandy places ; Jebel Usdum ; Jericho ; Aleppo and north-east- 

 ward. 



7. P. Cretica, L. Villous; stemless. Leaves linear-lanceolate 

 to linear-spathulate, acutish, tapering at base, rarely 



somewhat dentate. Peduncles thick, fleecy, «mc^ s7w?'^ Fig. 814. 

 er than leaves, at length indurated, recurved; spike 

 round-ovate, .008 long; bracts oblong -lanceolate, her- 

 baceous, fleecy , longer than calyx; calyx-lobes ovate, not 

 keeled, fleecy toward tip, the outer somew^hat her- 

 baceous, the inner scarious ; corolla-lobes ovate, short- 

 cuspidate — Spring — Sandy and dry places ; common 

 from coast to middle mountain zone and interior 

 plains. 



S. P. OTata, Forsk. Jeneimeh. Kibdsh 

 Luqmet-en-Na''jeh. Villous-fleecy, stemless. Leaves nar- 

 row-linear to lanceolate, entire or obsoletely callous- i^pike of 

 toothed, tapering at base. Scapes as long as leaves or riantago ovata. 



