524 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Leaves linear. 



Corolla lobes spreading in fniit. 



Leaves fleshy : seaside plant 3. P. maritima. 



Leaves not fleshy. 



Spikes woolly ; bracts short 4. P. purshii. 



Spikes not woolly ; bracts long 5. P. aristata. 



Corolla lobes closed over the fniit. 



Spikes short , dense ; capsules 3 to 4 mm. long 6. P. bigelmni. 



Spikes sjender; capsules 2 mm. long 7. P. dongata. 



1. Plantago major L. Sp. PI. 1: 113. 1753. 

 Type ixx-ality: European. 



Ranob: Nearly cosmopolitan. 



Specimens examined: Silverton, Bouclc in 1899; S«*attle, Piper, July 1, 1895; Tacoma, 

 Fha 223; Ellensburg, Whited 548; North Yakima, Watt, August, 1895. 



One form of this plant found on gravelly lake shores and in salt marshes seems to be 

 native. 



2. Plantago lanceolata L. Sp. PI. 1: 113. 1753. 

 Type locality: European. 



Specimens examined: Silverton, Bouclc; Pullman, Piper, July 20, 1894. 

 A common weed in lawns and pastures. 



3. Plantago maritima L. Sp. PI. 1: 114. 1753. 



Type ixk'ality: "Habitat in littoribus marimis Europae borealis." 

 Ranoe: Seacoasts, Labrador to New Jersey and Alaska to California. Europe. Asia. 

 Specimens examined: Whidby Island, Oardner 252; Orchard Point, Piper, July, 1895; 

 Tacoma, Flett 118; Clallam County, Elmer 2817. 

 Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



4. Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult. Syst. 3: 120. 1818. 

 Plantago lagopus L. err. det. Pursh, Fl. 1: 99. 1814. 

 Plantago gnaphdioides Nutt. Gen. 1: 100. 1818. 



Plantago patagonica gnaphalioides A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2': 391. 1878. 



Type locality: "In dry situations on the banks of the Missouri." 



Range: British Columbia to Ontario and Mexico. 



Specimens examined: Olympia, Kincaid, July 4, 1896; Wenache, Whited 169, 1097; 

 Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 392; Cascade Mountains to Colville, Lyall in 1860; Pasco, 

 Hindshaw 1; Henderson, June 12, 1892; Crab and Wilson creeks, Sandberg <fc Leiherg 278; 

 without locality, Vasey in 1889; Clarks Springs, Kreager 141, 16; Chelan, Elmer 505; Lake 

 Chelan, Lalce cfe Hvll, August 13, 1892; Spokane, Piper, July, 1896; Wawawai, iMke cfc HvU 

 655; Piper, June 9, 1894; Okanogan, Gnffiths cfc Cotton 285; Cow Creek, Griffiths cfe Cotton 

 546; Brewster, Griffiths cfe Cotton 256; Wenache, Griffiths cfe Cotton 146. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 



6. Plantago aristata Michx. Fl. 1: 95. 1803. 



Plantago patagonica aristata A. Gray, Man. ed. 2. 269. 1856. 



Type locality: "In pratensibus Illinoensium." 



Range: British Columbia to Dakota, New Mexico, and Texas. Spreading as a weed 

 eastward. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Gardner 376. 



6. Plantago bigelovii A. Gray, Pac. R. Rep. 4: 117. 1856. 

 Type locality: Benicia, California. 

 Range: British Columbia to California along the coast. 



Specimens examined: Whidby Island, Gardner 424; Seattle, Piper cfe Smith 1088. 

 Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



