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PLANTAGO CORONOPUS, LINN. 



with P. Coronopus var. latifolia. I was exceedingly interested in 

 this statement as it coincided almost exactly with the opinion I 

 had already formed. It seems well, perhaps, to give in parallel 

 columns the distinguishing characteristics of the two plants. 



P. Coronopus, Lin. 



Hoot generally slender, annual 

 or biennial. 



Leaves generally spreading flat 

 on the ground, more rarely sub- 

 erect, strap-shaped or linear, one 

 nerved usually furnished with 

 narrow acuminate ascending lobes 

 rachis generally not so long as P. 

 ccratophylla 



Scape usually exceeding the 

 leaves. 



Heads of flowers Jin. lin., or 

 more long. 



Bracts acuminate longer than 

 the sepals. 



Capsule 3-4 locular, 3-4 seeded. 



Hab Widely spread in Great 

 Britain. Distributed also widely 

 in Europe, North Africa, and West 

 Asia. 



P. ceratophylla, Hoftm. and Link. 



Eoot long, thick, probably per- 

 ennial. 



Leaves suberect, hairy, oblanceo- 

 late in outline, generally 3-nerved, 

 occasionally 5-nerved, rachis 

 broader than in P. Coronopus, 

 Lin., apex acute or subacuminate, 

 segments lanceolate, r e m o t e, 

 occasionally toothed acute or sub- 

 acuminate, rachis 6 inches long, 

 sometimes longer. 



Scape longer than the leaves 

 towards the apex, rather more 

 hairy than in P. Coronopus. 



Heads of flowers 1, 3, or 4in., 

 or more long. 



Bracts acuminate longer than 

 the sepals. 



Capsule trilocular (in the original 

 description) described as 2-seeded, 

 but judging from herbarium speci- 

 mens examined evidently some- 

 times more seeded. 



Hab The specimens I have 

 seen in * Herbaria come from 

 Portugal and Spain. Always near 

 the sea. 



As previously stated the plant sent to Professor Henriques for 

 identification was gathered on the beach at Charmouth, but Mr. 



* P. macrorhiza, Poir., appears to me to be easily distinguishable from 

 P. ceratophylla, Hoffm. and Link. This statement, therefore, only applies 

 to this latter plant as distinguished from the former. 



