892 PLANTAGiNE^. Plantago. 



Hab. in Egypto superiore prope Girgeh (spontanea ex cl. Husson!, culta ex 

 cl. Schweinfurth!), in regno Gabulico ad Schikarpore (Grifif!). 



Glabrescentia, caulibus decumbentibus, foliis pedunculisque tenuissimis 

 spicis ob bracteas inferiores interdum omnes elongatas foliosis ab affini P. 

 strictd dignoscenda. 



35. P. phaeostoma iBoiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. II, 4, p. 71 j 

 annua lola glanduloso-puberula et papillari-hirta collo ramosa, cauli- 

 bus nanis lateralibus divaricatis sjfipe ramosis, foliis anguste linea- 

 ribus integris, pedunculis foliis capitulisque aequilongis vel brcvio- 

 ribus, spicis oblongis densiflofis breviter hirlis, bracteis oblongo- 

 linearibus obtusis prseter infimas calyce brevioribus^ calycis laciniia 

 oblongis obtusiusculis conformibus anguste membranaceis, corollse 

 iobis ovalis mucronatis fauce fusca 0. 



Hab. in arenosis ad Alexandriam fSamar! Letourn!), ad Ouadi Kuser et 

 Ouadi Askar deserti ^Egyptiaco-Arabici (Schweinf!), ad Ouadi Mokatteb 

 Arabiif petreae (Boiss !). 



Plantula 2-3-pollicaris ssepius ramosissima, folia V»-l-pollicaria, spicse 6-8 

 lineas longae 3 latne. Affinis P. strictce dififert caulibus nanis, pedunculis bre- 

 vibus, bracteis abbreviatis. 



36. P. arenaria (W. K. Pl. Rar. Hung. I, p. 51, tab. 5i) annua 

 pubescens, caule erecto vel diffuso stricto ramoso, foliis anguste 

 iinearibus vel filiformibus elongatis margine subrevolutis integris 

 basi saepe villosulis,..pedunculis axillaribus folio longioribus saepe 

 subumbellato-thyrsoideis, spicisovatis densis, bracteis dorso breviter 

 papillari-hirtis infimis ovalis in cuspidem herbaceam flores superan- 

 tem attenuatis superioribus spathulato-orbicuJatis membranaceo- 

 marginatis, calycis laciniis anticis oblique ovatis obtusissimis, posticis 

 ianceolatis aculiusculis membranaceis, corollae lobis ovato-lanceolatis 

 acatis ©. Rchb. Germ. t. 85. — F. Cynops Sm. Prodr. I, p. 103 non L. 



Hab. in campis arenosis saepe maritimis, Thessalia in maritimis (Heldr! 

 Orph!), Thracia ad Philippopolin (Friy.), Bithynia (Sibth. Pichl!), insula 

 Naxos et Thera (Sart!), Anatolia borealis (Wied!), Pontus (Bourg!), Tauria 

 (Stev.), Transcaucasia (Ledeb., Becker!). 



/3. divaricata. — Divaricatim ramosa, folia abbreviata sublatiora. 

 Forma marilima. 



Hab. in arenosis maritimis ad Astros Pelopennesi (Orph!), in insuia Andros 

 (Sartl), in oasi Chargeh Egypti (Schweinf !). 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania centralis, Gallia, Helvetia australis, Germania, Italla 

 borealis, regio Danubialis, Rossia media et australis. 



37. P. squarrosa (Murr. Gomm. Golt. 1781, p. 38, tab. 3j 

 annua papillari-hirta, a cullo ssepius ramosa, caulibus diffusis vel 

 ascendentibus saepe ramulosis, foliis carnosulis linearibus vci lineari- 

 obloiigis abbrevialis aculis subcanaliculatis saepe recurvis, pedunculis 

 ex axillis superioribus capilulo sequilongis vel brevioribus seepe sub- 

 umbeilalim 3-5 congestis, spicis pubescentibus obiongis vel oblongo- 



