82 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaceae. 



parum ultra 2 mm longa, triquetro-ovata, nonnunquam margine superiore minute parce 

 ciliolata, carina angusta, crassa, laminis lateralibus tenuiter membranaceis. Sepala 3 mm 

 longa, postica ovato-elliptica, parum angustata, glabra, carina nigricante satis angusta, 

 percurrente; sepala antica lanceolato-ovata vel ad formam posticorum accedentia, parum 

 inaequilatera, carina laminae laterali angustiori circ. aequilata. Lobi corollae circ. ovati, 

 acutiusculi vel obtusiusculi, 1,5 mm longi, nervo angusto conspicuo. Capsula satis angusta, 

 conico-attenuata, apice ipso anguste truncato-obtusa, pars inferior y 2 superioris longa; 

 semina in specim. haud bene evoluta. 



S.O. -Kapland: Zwischen Umtata und Umsamwubo (Drege n. 4711, Typus); 

 Alexandra County, Ifafa, an sumpfigen Orten im Röhricht, auch im fließenden Wasser 

 zwischen Steinen, 800m ü.M. (Rudatis n. 1823 — 1912). 



b. var. Burkei Pilger nova var. — P. Burchelii Decne. 1. c. 720, n. 131 x ). — Folia 

 elliptica usque ovato-elliptica, superne ± late arcuato-cuneatim angustata, inferne sensim 

 cuneatim in petiolum transeuntia, raro inferne magis rotundata et brevius in petiolum 

 angustata (lamina (10 — )15 — 20 cm longa, (4 — )6 — 6,5 cm lata, petiolo (5 — )10 — 18 cm 

 longo), integra vel raro denticulis distantibus obtusiusculis instructa, villis brevibus inspersa, 

 ad nervös subtus ± densius villosa, vel et ubique fere glabrescentia, nervis 5. Inflorescen- 

 tiae satis validae ; spicae pedunculus folia ± superans, ad 30 cm longus, sulcato-striatus, 

 spica laxiuscula vel superne densior, ad 20 cm longa. Bractea et sepala margine superiore 

 ciliolata; bractea 2 / 3 calycis aequans, circ. elliptica, 2 mm longa. Sepala 2,5 — 2,75 mm longa, 

 latiora ovato-elliptica vel ovato-rotundata. Lobi corollae ovati, parum ultra 1 mm longi. 

 Stilus et stamina parum exserta; anthera 1,5 mm longa, apiculo parvo, triquetro-acutius- 

 culo. Capsula ellipsoidea, circ. medio circumscissa, ad 4 mm longa; semina 2,5 mm longa, 

 dorso parum convexa, minute punctulata, facie hili parum concava. 



S.O. -Kapland: Pondoland, überall auf bebautem Grund, an Wegrändern (Bach- 

 mann n. 1298, 1299 — 1887—1888); Alexandra County, Illutankungu, etwa 1100m ü.M., 

 an sonnigen, trockenen, kurzbegrasten Abhängen (Rudatis n. 1783 — 1912). Cooke 

 gibt an: Kalahari-Region, Mooi River (Burke), Magalies River bei Pretoria (Burke). 



f. minor Pilger nova f. — Minor; folia glabrescentia, lanceolato-ovata, inferne brevius 

 in petiolum brevem angustata (lamina 6 — 7 cm longa, ad 2,5 cm lata, petiolo 2 — 2,5 cm 

 longo). Spicae pedunculus ad 11 cm longus. 



Pondoland: Triften, an Wegen (Bachmann n. 1297 — 1888). 



c. var. densiuscula Pilger nova var. — Mediocris ; folia ovata, late cuneatim in petiolum 

 angustata (lamina 8 — 10 cm longa, 3,5 — 4,5 cm lata, petiolo 8 — 10 cm longo), glabra, 

 irregulariter parce obtusiuscule dentata. Spicae pedunculus folia superans, 30 cm longus, 

 spica angusta, densa, basi tantum laxiuscula, 30 cm longa. Bractea 2 /s calycis aequans. 

 Sepala latiora late usque rotundato-ovata, superne minutissime ciliolata, membranaceo- 

 acutiuscula, carina haud omnino percurrente. Capsula anguste ellipsoidea, apice parum 

 truncata. 



Transvaal: Bei der Stadt Lydenburg (Wilms n. 1247 — 1888). 



32. P. cordata Lam. Illustr. Genr. I. (1791) 338; Poir. Encycl. Meth. V. (1804)369; 

 Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. I. (1814) 98; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. III. (1818) 114; Barneoud, 

 Monogr. Plantag. (1845) 12, n. 12; Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. i. (1852) 698, n. 18; Asa 

 Gray, Synopt. Fl. North Amer. II. 1. (1878) 389; A. M. Cunningham in Proc. Indiana 

 Acad. Sc. 1896. (1897) 194; Small, Fl. Southeast. Un. St. (1903) 1101, Man. Southeast. 

 Fl. (1933) 1247; Britton and Brown, 111. Fl. North. Un. St. See. Ed. III. (1913) 247. — 

 P. kentukensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. (1803) 94. — P. canadensis Hort. Paris, ex Lam. 1. c. ; 

 Michx. 1. c. — P. multiplinervia Steud. in Flora XXXII. (1849) 410 [Riehl n. 161]. — 

 Rhizoma breve carnosum, nonnunquam et parum elongatum in radicem crassiorem in- 

 divisam vel et pluries partitam transiens. Folia pauca rosulata, lamina sicca nigrescens, 



l ) Cooke 1. c. vereinigt die Art von Decaisne mit P. longissima. Er bemerkt: It was founded 

 on the speeimens collected by Burke (not Burchell)... Decaisne misread the name Burke. 



