S83 PLANTAGiNE.E. Plautago. 



9 P. albicans (L. Sp. 165) perennis niolliter vel sericco-lanata 

 sa?pe argentea, rliizomate ramoso cespiloso sublignoso, folils in rhi- 

 zomatis ramorum apico rosulatis linearihus vel lanceolato-spaliiulalis 

 acuniinatis inferne longe attenuatis integris trinerviis planis vel 

 sa?pius undi.lalis, scapis teretibus numerosis ascendentihus folia 

 super.uitibus, spicis cylindricis elongalis laxifloris basi sfepe inter- 

 ruplis. bracteis concavis ohlongis cncullatis dorso herhaceis glabris 

 vel breviler vclutinis late membranaceis apice penicillato-pilosis 

 calycem ;equantibus, calycis laciniis ovatis apice pilosis dorso cari- 

 nanli herbaceo excepto scariosis, corollae lobis ovato-oblongis brevjter 

 acuminalis, capsula disperma, seminibus ovato-oblongis cymbiformi- 

 bus ^. Ic. Cav. tab. 124. — Fl. Graec. tab. loo. — P. interriipta 

 Poir. Dict. — P. arcjeniea Ten. Nap. Suppl. non d.c. 



Hab. In arciiosis et ad vias regionis calida?, Gra^cia et ejus insulcc!, Byzan- 

 tium (Nor!j, liliodus (Bourgl), Cyprus (Kyi), Paleslina Arabiai contermina 

 (Boisslj, Eyyptus inferior ad Alexandriam (Eiirenh! Gaill!), Persia au.stralis 

 ad Dalalii (Hausslv!). 



Ar. Geogr. Reyio mediterranea Europae et Africre borealis. 

 -|- -|- Annuo-perennantes. 



10- P. oylindrica (Forsk Eg. Arab. p. 81) annua et perenrians 

 acaulis vel brevissime caulescens collo inlerdum suhramosa dense 

 argenteo-lanata. foliis anguste aut latiuscule linearibus vel lineari- 

 oblongis elongalis basi longe attenualis calloso-acutiusculis integiis, 

 pedunculis folio brevioribus interdum brevissimis tandem declinatis, 

 spicis oblongis vel cylindricis, bracteis ovatis obtusis dorso herbaceis 

 hirsntis margine late memhranaceis ciliatis calycem subjeqiiantibns, 

 calycis laciniis c, 'ongis ohtusis dorso herbaceis margiiie et apice 

 longe ciliatis, corulife glabr?e lobis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, capsuIS 

 disperma, seminibu^ ohlongis cymbiformibus dorso parce et irregu- 

 lariter lineolato-sulcatis O et '^. 



Hab. in arenosis Egypti inferioris ad Pyramides (Sieb! Ky!), circa Alexan- 

 driam (Ky! sub P. Victonalf), ad l\ahiram (Wiest 5'^8!1, in deserto inter Kahi- 

 ram et Suez (Boiss!), Arabi;l Petrea ad Ras Hamam (Schimp. 200!), planitie 

 Ramleh (Boiss!). Arabice Berchemi. 



Folia 3-4-pollicaria V/i-3 lin. lata, spicoe sex et demum 24-30 lineas longaj. 

 Radice siepius annua, pedunculis abbreviatis, spicis densifloris, bracteis hir- 

 sutis a P. albicante distincta. 



1 I. P. Stocksii (Boiss. in d.c. Prodr. XIII, p. 720) annua vel 

 |)erenuans longe et patule sericeo-lanata, collo demum cespitoso et 

 indurato, foliis lineaii- vel oblongo-Ianceolatis 3-5-nerviis infe-rne 

 attenuatis apice longe altcnuato-acuminatis, scapis tenuibus ascen- 

 dentihus vel dcclinatis folia [equanlibus vel subsuperantibus in spi- 

 cas lenues longas remotiftoras abeunlibus, hraclea calyce siihbreviore 

 ovala obtusa mucronulata membranaceo-marginata hirla vel glabrat^, 

 calycis laciniis ovato-oblongis obtusis dorso viridibus hirtis vel gla- 



