134 59. PLANT AGINACE.E. 



58 PLUMBAGINACEJE. 



1. ARM^RIA. Thrift, Sea-Pink, Sea-Gilliflower. 



A. VULGARIS, Willd. Rhizome thick, tufted. Le. all radical, 

 linear, grooved and dotted above. Scape 3 6 in. high, bearing a 

 head of pale purple or pink fl. ; with a reflexed sheath or involucre 

 round the upper portion of the scape. Fl. intermixed with scales. 



Very common. On rocks by the sea side all round our shores. (B) P. 40. 



59 -PLANTAGINACE^E. 



1. PLANTAGO. v Plantain. 



1. P. MAJOR, L. Greater Plantain, Way-Bread. Le. all 

 radical, spreading, broadly ovate, 7 9 -ribbed, converging at the 

 base into a grooved footstalk. Scape 6 12 in. high. Spike long, 

 with greenish fl., closely arranged on the rachis. Bracts ovate, 

 keeled. Sep. green in the centre, scariose on the edge. St. 

 longer than the cor. Antli. purple. Capsule 2-celled, with 4 8 

 seeds in each. 



Very common. On roadsides and pastures. (B) P. 68. 



* 2. P. MEDIA, L. Hoary Plaintain. Le. all radical, spreading 

 flat on the ground, sessile, or shortly stalked, elliptical, hoary 

 with short down. Spike cylindrical, shorter than in the former 

 species, 1 2 in. long, shining from the silvery scarious cor. Sep. 

 not keeled. Filaments purple, anthers yellow. Cap. 2-celled, 

 with one seed in each. 



Very rare, and only found as an introduced plant with grass seeds, not retain- 

 ing its place so as to become permanent in pastures. (E) P. 6 10. 



3. P. LANCEOLATA, L. Ribwort Plantain. Le. all radical, 

 lanceolate, tapering into a short footstalk, often with tufts of 

 long hairs at the base, ficape furrowed, hairy. Spike ovate or 

 oblong. Bracts ovate, blackish at the tips, acute or cuspidate. 

 Sep. keeled, tips black. Filaments long, slender. Anthers 

 yellow. Cap. 2-celled, with one seed in each. 



Very common. On roadside and pastures. (B) P, 6 7. 



Var. Timball, Jord. Bracts and sepals with broad silvery 

 margins. Clover fields on the Kilmarnock Road, introduced. 



4. P. MARITIMA, L. Sea-side Plantain. Le. linear, channelled, 

 thick and fleshy, sometimes slightly toothed, woolly at the base. 

 Scape round. Spike 1 2 in. long, cylindrical, with rather lax fl. 

 Cor. tube pubescent. Cap. 2-celled, with one seed in each. 



" On the roadside near to the avenue into Whitemoss, 1 ' Ure. "At the water- 

 fall near Linn House, Cathcart," Dr. Ross. Very common on the shores of the 

 Firth. (B) P. 69. 



A variety is found among rocks in C umbrae, with the le. plain , 

 scape densely hairy, H. < A. 



