Plantago. plantagine^. 88-j 



intfi-ior ad Alpppo (Ky. 66! Haussk!) et Damascum (Gaill!), Palestina ad 

 Hei)ron (Kyl) et Gaza (Boissl). 



Aninis P. BeUardi sed pedunculis brevibus demum rocurvis, spicis abbre- 

 viatis, calycis laciniis submuticis et corollaj lobis uiayis rotundatis distincta. 



17. P. ovata (Forsk. Eg. Arab. p. 31) aiiniia acaulis |jiimila 

 inoHiler villoso ianata, foliis ani^iiste lincaribus vcl lanceolatis intej^ris 

 vel obsolete calloso denlirnhitis basi longe alterinatis. sr.a|iis i^racilibns 

 foliis fuquilongis vel brevioribns saepius declinatis, spicis siibgloboso 

 vel cylinflrico-ovatis, bractei- glabris ovato-rotiindis oblusi;? lalft 

 scariosis fuscescentibiis vel pallidis calycem {Bqnantibus, calycis laci- 

 niis ovatis obtnsis lalc scariosis glabris vel pnbescentibus, corollaB 

 lobis ovatis vel rotundis brevissimc mucronulatis, capsiila^ lobulis 

 monospermis, seminibus oblongis cymbiformibus margine angusle 

 membranaceis ©. P. decumhens Forsk. Eg. Ar. p. 30 (non differt). 

 — P argentea Desf. All. II, p. 13B. — P. mkrocephala Poir. Dict. 

 IV, p. 378. — P. villosa Moench Meth. p. 459. 



Hab. in arenosis et desertis Egypti inferioris et medite (Forsk., Boiss! 

 Schweinf! etc), Arabia; petre* (Schimp 20,3! Boissl), Syriae interioris ad 

 Palmyrara (Bll), Assyriie ad Mossul (Noe 825!), Iberi* Caucasicae et prov, 

 Karal)aKh (C.A.M! Hohl), Persiae medise orientalis (Bge I) et australis ad 

 sinum Persicum (Ky. <il!), Turkestaniae (Karl). 



Ar. Geogr. Insula? Canarienses, Madera, Hispania austro-orientalis, Africa 

 borealis, India boreali-occidentalis. 



18. P. Haussknechtii (Vatke Verh Bot. Brandenb. 1874, 

 p 53) annua acaulis pumila adpresse hirsuto-canescens, foliis integris 

 limari-oblongis subtrinerviis basi longe atleiiuatis, scapis tenuibus 

 subslriatis foliis sublongioribus, spicis oblongis et oblongo-cyrindricis, 

 bracteis lale ovato-orbiculatis obtusis dorso lanalis late membranaceo- 

 marginatis calycem aequantibus, calycis laciniis superne hirsutis, 

 corollae lobis basi fnscescentibus ovatis aculis, capsulae locniis mono- 

 spermis (allero interdum ex cl. Vatke dispermo), seminibus oblongis 

 cymbiformibns O- P- phoBopsis Payne in Proceed. Palestine Explor. 

 Soc. Appendix. 



Hab. in Palestin^ ad orientem Jordani (Paynel), MesopotamiA (Olivl) et 



Srope Katt el Amara (Haussk !), in Persia australi ad fontes petroleum fun- 

 eiites prope Dalechi (Kyl), prope Abuchir (Haussk !). 



Scupi cum spicis 3-4-pollicares, folia 1-3 lineas lata, facies P. ovatcB a quft 

 bracteis lanatis statim distinguitur, a P. notatd foliis integris, calyce superne 

 nec basi hii-suto, corollae lobis obtusioribus. 



19. P. notata (Lagasc. Gen. et Sp. ]S° 102) annua piimila acan- 

 lis ))lus minus hirsuta pallide virens, foliis rosulatis sessilibus lan- 

 ceolatis vel linearibus remote lacinulatis trinerviis lacinulis anguste 

 lineari-lanceolatis basi pilorum fasciculo saepiiis auclis, scapis tereti- 

 bus declinatis folia vix aequantibus, spicis ovato-olobosis rarius bre- 

 viter cylindricis, bracteis ovato-orbiculatis dorso lanatis late mcnibra- 

 nacci:9 calycem aequantibus, calycis basi lanali laciniis glabrinsculia 



