PLANTAGINEiE. (PLANTAIN FAMILY.) 071 



than leaves; spikes cylindrical, dense, .03 to .15 long; bracts appresscd- 

 hirtulous, narrow-margined, ovate, acute or acuminate ; calyx-lobes 

 ciliate, the posterior keeled-winged ; corolla-tube hirsute, lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate; celh of capsule lilocellatc — Spring — Sands and 

 dryjDlaces; common. 



Var. simplex. Leaves linear, entire or few toothed — Beirtit 

 among pines. 



15. P. maritiuia, L. % Stemless. Leaves /e-sAy, linear, 3-nerved, 

 entire or remotely denticulate, glabrous or sparingly papillose, hirsute or 

 fleecy at sheathing base. Scapes appressed-papillose-hairy, usually 

 longer than leaves; spike cylindrical, .02 to .06 long, rather loose; 

 bracts ovate, concave, shorter than calyx, narrow-margined ; calyx-lobes 

 obtuse, broad-margined, the keel of the posterior lobes green, expanded 

 into a narrow, scarious wing; corolla-tube appressed-hirtulous, lobes 

 ovate, acute ; cells, of capsule 2, each loith 1 seed — Summer — Salt 

 marshes ; coast and interior. 



16. F. cariiiata, Schrad. 2^ Root-stock woody, with many stems. 

 Leaves triquetrous-linear, glabrescent or fleecy at base. Scapes appress- 

 ed-hirtulous, usually much longer than leaves; spikes ovate-globular to 

 cylindrical, .01 to .05 long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, as long as 

 calyx ; calyx-lobes scarious-margined, the posterior keeled ; corolla-tube 

 appressed-hirtulous, lobes ovate, acute ; capsule 2-celled with 1 seed in 

 each cell — July to October — Subalpine and Alpine Lebanon and Anti- 

 lebanon. 



17. P. AralJica, ^\i. .2, shruhby at lase and aloxe^ the branches 

 naked lelow, densely leafy. Leaves hispid, very mscid, stiff, linear- 

 triquetrous, .015 to .02 long, revolute-margined. Peduncles few to- 

 gether, corymbed in the upper axils, longer than leaves ; spikes ovate- 

 s.pherical, .008 long, few-flowered; bracts ovate, acute or acuminate, 

 viscid-hirtulous, somewhat shorter than calyx ; calyx viscid-hirtulous, 

 anterior lobes oblong, obtuse, posterior keeled; corolla-lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute — March — Elevated valleys and mountain tops of 

 Sinai. 



1§. P. Psyllium, L. © Qatunah. .2 to A, glandular-jjulescent; 

 stem, erect, simple or thyrsoid-branched. Leaves linear-lanceolate to 

 linear, .03 to .06 long, entire or remotely denticulate Peduncles from 

 upper axils, about as long as leaves; spikes ovate-sioherical, .006 to 

 .013 long, glandular-hairy; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate; 

 calyx-lobes acuminate, corolla-lobes lanceolate, acute— Spring — 

 Grassy places and fields ; common even in deserts. 



10. P. §tr!cta, Schousb. Q .2 to A, mi?iutely 2yruinose adove, 

 pa2nllose-hairy at joints ; stem nearly simple. Leaves linear, entire. 

 Peduncles from upper axils, often longer than leaves; spikes ovate, long, 

 scahridulous-hairy ; bracts lanceolate to lanceolate-linear; calyx-lobes 

 acutish ; corolla-lobes lanceolate, acute — Spring — Near Aleppo at 'Ain- 

 el-Beida. 



20. P. phseostoma, Boiss. et Held. .04 to .07, glandular- 

 puberulent and papillose-hairy, branching from neck, branches diva- 

 ricate. Leaves linear, .01 to .025 long, entire. Peduncles as long as leaves 

 and heads, or shorter; spikes oblong, .014 to .02 long, dense, hirtulous; 

 hmcts ollon(j-U?iear, obtuse, all but the lowest shorter than calyx; calyx- 



