Plantago. plantagine^. 893 



cylindricis interdum laxiusculis, bracteis inferioribus binis spicam 

 involucrantibus interdum elongatis oblonj^^o-lanceolatis rccurvis supra 

 basin dilatatam substrangulatis, superioribus oblongis oblusiusculis 

 calycem ocquantibus vel subsuperantibus, calycis laciniis anticis 

 oblongo-spatluilatis subobliquis, posticis oblongis carinato-subulatis, 

 corolhe laciniis ovato-oblongis aculis ©. P. ^uyptiaca Jacq. Ic. Rar. 

 lab. 28. — Gollect. I, p. 45. — Fragm. lab. 81, fig. 2. 



Hab. in arenosis maritimis, Syria ad Berythum (Bl! Gailll), Palestina ad 

 Joppem(Ky. 5851). 



^. hrachystachys. — Spicae globosaj ssepe glabrescentes, bracteae 

 involucrcles crassiores et breviores. — P. sarcophylla Boiss. exs. 



H;ib. in Egypto ad Alexandriam (Ehrenb! Gaill!), ad Pyramides Gizeh 

 rHussonl), in oasi el Nuehl (Ky. 496!), Palcstina prope Gaza (Auch.27141 

 Boissl), ad Joppem (Ky. 6501), ad Berythum (Bll), in Pamphylia ad Side 

 (Hfldrl). 



Variat praiterei foliis ramis et pedicellis angustissimis hisce capitiilo lon- 

 gioribus, foliisijue liiieam vel sesquilineam latis et pedicellis crassis brevis- 

 Bimis. Spicae in form^ typicd (prius ab auctoribus descripta sed rariore) inter- 

 dum 9-10 lineas longae, in varietate /3. pisum aequantes vel majores. 



Species incomplete descriptce, certo certius prcBcedentiam nonnullarim 

 synonyma 



P . polyatochya Viv. Eg N^» 31. — Scaposa, foliis linearibus elon- 

 gatis uninerviis integris vel remote dentatis, spicis ovato-oblongis 

 aliis subsessilibus aliis pedunculatis, bracteis ovato-acutis mucronu- 

 latis margine membranaceis, corollae laciniis ovato-lanceolatis O. 



Affinis dicitur P. SyrticfB Viv. = P. notatce et lobis corollae acutioribus 

 tantum distincta. Verosimiliter eadem. 



P. setosa Bertol. Misc. I, p. 80. — Scaposa, foliis scapo brevioribus 

 obverse lanceolatis obtusis mucronulatis glabris ciliatis, spica crassS 

 cylindraceA obtusa, bracteis ovatis acuminato-arislatis ciliatis margine 

 mcmbranaceis, laciniis corollinis breviter aristatis ©. 



Hab. ad oras Euphratis (Ghesney 130!). 



Au P. cylindrica vel P. ciliata ? 



