44 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaceae. 



Vorkommen meist auf trocknem Boden, an sandigen Wegrändern, zwischen Straßen- 

 pflaster. [Nordamerika: New York (Heuser)]. 



y. subvar. rotundata Pilger nova comb. — P. major var. vulgaris f. rotundata Pilger 

 1. c. (1922) 271; Domin 1. c. 11. — Robusta vel mediocris. Foliorum lamina sicca papy- 

 racea, fragilis, rotundato-ovata, basi late rotundata usque subcordata, 6 — 13 cm longa, 

 5 — 9,5 cm lata, margine parum undulata vel inferne denticulata vel dentibus paucis 

 majoribus irregularibus instructa. Inflorescentia plerumque folia tantum aequans vel 

 brevior, pedunculus ad 13 cm longus, arcuatim adscendens vel fere rectus, spica densa. 



Verbreitung? Rügen, Binz (Retzdorff 1904). Österreich, Steyr (Britt- 

 meyer 1842). Nördl. Ural und Westsibirien (Ehrenberg 1829). 



6. subvar. ovata Pilger nova comb. — P. major var. vulgaris f. ovata Pilger 1. c. (1922) 

 268; Domin I.e. 12. — Mediocris. Radicellae dense fasciculatae. Folia ereeta, lamina 

 satis parva sicca rigide membranacea, parum flexilis, ovata, 2,5 — 5,5 cm longa, 2 — fere 

 4 cm lata, integra, parum undulata vel dentibus nonnullis parvis irregularibus instructa, 

 glabra, petiolus plerumque lamina longior vel et eam aequans, angustus, 3 — 8 cm longus. 

 Spicae pedunculus validus, erectus, in speeim. typicis folia superans, 8 — 13 cm longus; 

 spica densa, angusta, 3 — 10( — 15) cm longa. Semina 6 — 8. 



Mark Brandenburg: Auf sandig-schlickigem Boden am Ufer des Schlachtensees 

 bei Berlin, Massenvegetation von P. major zusammen mit Juncus compressus (Pilger 

 1921). New York: Staten Island, Richmond Valley (Britton 1889; Herb. New York). 

 In typischen Exemplaren sehr charakteristisch. 



s. subvar. microstaehya (Hayne) Pilger nov. comb. — P. major L. <5. microstaehya 

 Hayne 1. c. (13); Wimm. et Grab. Fl. Siles. I. (1827) 128. — P. major a. minima Roth, 

 Tent. Fl. German. II. (1789) 170. — P. major L. var. rupicola Opiz in Bercht. ökon.- 

 techn. Fl. Böhm. II. 1. (1838) 37. — P. major L. Race I. P. intermedia Gilib. (pro sp.) 

 y. minima Martrin-Donos sec. Rouy, Fl. de France X. (1908) 134. — P. intermedia Gilib. 

 var. minima Martrin-Donos, Florule du Tarn (1864) 581. — P. major var. vulgaris f. 

 microstaehya (Hayne) Pilger 1. c. 265. — P. vulgaris Pavlova f. microstaehya (Hayne) 

 Pavlova 1. c. 92, 96, Fig. 3 — 5. — P. major var. microstaehya Hayne sec. Domin 1. c. 13. 

 — Parva, rhizomate brevi. Folia plerumque pauca tantum rosulata, ± ereeta, lamina 

 parva, sicca plerumque satis rigida et fragilis, anguste elliptico-ovata, raro ovata usque 

 late ovata, margine parum undulata vel dentibus nonnullis perparvis obtusis instructa, 

 glabra vel valde parce pilis brevibus inspersa, 1,5 — 4 cm longa, 0,7 ad fere 2 cm lata, nervis 

 3 vel 5, petiolus angustus plerumque lamina brevior. Spicae pedunculus erectus vel parum 

 arcuato-adscendens, brevior vel parum longior quam folia; spica brevis, ellipsoidea usque 

 cylindracea, 1 — 3 cm longa. Semina 6 — 8, 1,5 mm longa. 



f. dura (Pilger) Domin 1. c. 13. — P. major var. vulgaris f. microstaehya subf. dura 

 Pilger 1. c. (1922) 266. — Foliorum lamina crassiuscula, rigida, ± rubescens, 1 — 3 cm longa, 

 petiolus brevis, ad 1 cm longus. Spicae pedunculus ± erectus, rigidus, 1,5 — 6 cm longus, 

 spica 0,5 — 3 cm longa. Semina 7 — 8. 



Kiesiger Straßenrand bei Berlin, Rosetten dem Kies anliegend, zahlreich, aber 

 nicht gedrängt wachsend. 



b. var. Pilgeri Domin 1. c. 15. — P. major var. vulgaris f. leptostaehya (Wallr.) sec. 

 Pilger 1. c. (1922) 267 1 ). — P. major L. var. granitica Martrin-Donos, Fl. du Tarn (1864) 

 580 sec. Rouy, Fl. de France X. (1908) 134? — P. vulgaris (Hayne) Pavlova <x. f. tenuifolia 

 Pavlova 1. c. 90, 96, Fig. 1, 2 sec. descr. — Plantae majores vel minores, rhizoma tenue. 

 Foliorum lamina tenuiter membranacea, ovata usque late ovata vel elliptico-ovata, a 

 petiolo bene discreta vel in petiolum basi breviter euneato-angustata, 5,5 — 12 cm longa, 

 3,5 — 7 cm lata, subintegra, margine parum undulata vel inferne sinuato-denticulata, 



x ) Domin, der das Typenexemplar der Wallrothschen Form sah, bemerkt, daß diese 

 nicht die f. leptostaehya in meinem Sinne ist, wie nach der kurzen Beschreibung anzunehmen war, 

 sondern zu seiner P. Dostalii gehört. 



