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L.), with long (3 to 12 inches), narrow, ribbed, more 

 or less lanceolate leaves, tapering rootstock, and short, 



Photo, 1909. G. Parkin. 



FIG. 55. Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.). 



globose or cylindrical heads at the end of long, angular 

 stalks (Fig. 55). Flowering takes place between May 



