ALISHACEJE. 109 



1. S. ajugoides, Benth. Softly white-hairy: leaves oblong obtuse: ill-scented. 



2. S. albens, Gr. White-woolly, leafy, often tall: leaves rather acute. 



3. S. pycnantha, Benth. Tawny -hairy, leafy: leaves obtuse, spike short, dense* 



4. S. palustris, L. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, mostly sessile. Or. 



6. S. bullata, Benth. Mostly hispid, light rose flowers in interrupted spikes. 



6. S. Chamissonis, Benth. Much larger: leaves 2-5 in. long. Wet ground. 



7. S. ciliata, DougL Similar; leaves thinner, less hairy. Or. Coast. 



PLANTAGINACEJE. 



1. PLANTAGO, Tournefort. 



Stamens 4. Leaves not fleshy, 1-8-ribbed or nerved 1, 6, 6 



Leaves somewhat fleshy, oblanceolate to lanceolate or broader.... 2, 3, 7 



Leaves fleshy, linear to filiform; spike dense, cylindrical 4 



Stamens 2: leaves linear to filiform, 1-4 in. long: annuals 8, 9 



1. P. major, L. var. Asiatica, Decne. Leaves ovate or oval: scape $-2 high. 



2. P. eriopoda, Ton*. Yellowish wool at base: scape -1 ft. high. N. Cal. to Al^alr^. 



3. P. macrocarpa, C. & S. Petioles long: capsule |-J in. long. Coast, Wash. 



4. P. maritima, L. Corolla-tube pubescent: seeds 2 to 4. Common on the Coast. 

 6. P. lanceolata, L. Petioles slender: scape deeply furrowed; spike short. Nat. 



6. P. Patagonica, Jacq. Usually silky-woolly: slender leaves acute: spikes short. 



7. P. hirtella, IIBK. Scape with long dense spike, 1-2 ft. high. Cal. Coast. 



8. P. Bigelovii, Gr. Spike dense, -1 in. long: capsule 4-seeded. Saline marshes. 



9. P. heterophylla, Nutt. Spike 2-5 in. long, very slender: seeds 10-28. CaL 



CLASS n. ENDOGENS OB MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



ALISMACE.E. 



Flowers perfect: stamens usually 6: carpels in a whorl. 



Carpels numerous, distinct, obovate-oblong, flattened: scape paniculate 1 



Carpels G-12, united at base, tapering to a beak: scape simple 9 



Flowers monoecions or dioecious: carpels many, capitate, winged, short-beaked 8 



