^02 cii. LABIATE (baker). [Ajuga, 



Adown, Qua it in- Dillon J Mftigouagou;i, Quart in- Dillon ; Sam en ; Debra Eski^ 

 07OO ft., Schimper, G8. Sluuta, Schimper, 545. Lotho, 8400 ft., ScJiimper, 483. 

 Kat/, 7900 ft., Rohip cj- Stecker. British Kast Africa : Machakos to Kikuyu, 5000- 

 6000 tr., Scott-Elliut, 6584 ! Ukamba, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6420 ! Mabokc 

 Mountains, in tlie sand of a dry river, Scott- Elliot, 6549 ! Leikipia ; Guaso Laschau 

 Gregotii, Marungu and Steppes of Kiroruma (Kiloluuia), Gregory. 



MCozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; at Marangu, 4600 ft. 

 Volkens; 224 ! above Marangu, 8700 ft., Vollcens, 1159 ! Usambara, Hoist. 



Also in Arahin, Hinialayn, China and Japan. 



Okdek cm. PLA^NTAGINE^ (by J. U. Baker). 



Flowers regular, usually hermaphrodite. Calyx inferior, 4-partite ; 

 sepals distinct, much imbricate. Corolla hypogynous, gamopetalous. 

 scarious, marcescent ; tube ampulliform or cylindrical ; lobes 4, equal, 

 spreading. Stamens inserted in the corolla-tube, usually 4 ; filaments 

 filiform ; anthers versatile, 2-celled, dehiscent by a long slit, ovary 

 superior, 2-celled or spuriously 8-4-celled ; ovules 1 to several in a cell ; 

 style fihform, entire. Fruit capsular, dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds 

 attached to the placenta by their inner face ; albumen fleshy ; embryo 

 usually straight, parallel with the hilum ; radicle short, inferior. — 

 Perennial or annual herbs, acaulescent or caulescent. Flowers small, 

 spicate, each subtended by a persistent bract. 



Species over 200. Cosmopolitan, mainly in the temperate and subtemperate 

 regions. 



1. PLANTAGO, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. 1224. 



Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamo-dioecious. Calyx-segments 4, 

 subequal, or 2 outer larger. Corolla-tube cylindrical or ampulliform ; 

 lobes 4, spreading horizontally. Stamens 4, inserted in the corolla- 

 tube ; filaments filiform ; anthers versatile. Ovary usually 2-celled, 

 with 1 to several ovules in each cell. Capsule membranous, circumscissile 

 at the middle or the base. Seeds 2 to several, cymbiform, ^vith a ventral 

 hilum ; albumen fleshy ; embryo straight or curved ; radicle inferior. — 

 Annual or perennial herbs, often acaulescent, with the leaves in a 

 radical rosette. Leaves very various, usually entire. Flowers incon- 

 spicuous, spicate or capitate, each subtended by a single bract. 



Species 200. Cosmopolitan. 



Seeds 4-8 in a cell . . . . . . . 1. P. major. 



Seeds 1 in a cell. 

 Acaulescent. 



Spikes short, dense, oblong 2. P. lanceolata. 



Spikes long, cylindrical. 



Leaves sessile, linear, entire . . . . 3. P. albicans. 



Leaves petioled, ovate. 



Leaves toothed 4. P. Fischeri. 



Leaves lobed 5. P. 2Jalmata. 



