118 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaceae. 



b. var. glabrata J. D. Hook. Fl. Tasman. 303. — P. glabrata J. D. Hook, in Lond. 

 Journ. 1. c. 276; Decne. 1. c. 703 n. 49. — Parva, rhizomate brevi, crassiusculo, lana 

 basali nulla. Folia parum numerosa rosulata, lanceolata, superne breviter vel longius 

 angustata, usque 3,5 cm longa, subglabrescentia, parce tantum villis brevibus inspersa, 

 dentibus paucis, brevibus, obtusis instructa. Inflorescentiae paucae, pedunculus tenuis, 

 erectus, striatus, parce pilosus, folia pluries superans, ad 11 cm longus; spica densa, ovato- 

 ellipsoidea, 1 cm longa. Bractea et in carina villis parce inspersa, 2,5 mm longa. Sepala 

 latiora elliptica, angustiora obovato-elliptica vel anguste elliptica, margine parce ciliolata. 

 Lobi corollae late ovati, angustati, breviter acutati, 1,75 mm longi. 



Tasmanien : Lake St. Glair (Gunn n. 1228, Herb. Kew). 



c. var. Daltoni (Decne.) J. D. Hook. Fl. Tasman. 303. — P. leptostachys J. D. Hook, 

 in Lond. Journ. 1. c. 277, non aliorum. — P. Daltoni Decne. 1. c. 703 n. 47. — Parva, 

 gracilis, lana basali saepe copiosa. Folia papyracea vel tenuiter coriacea, anguste lanceo- 

 lata vel oblanceolata, superne breviter vel longius angustata, 3 — 8 cm longa, integra, glabra 

 vel parce villis inspersa. Spicae pedunculus folia pluries superans, 6 — 20 cm longus, ± 

 erectus, tenuis, parce pilosus usque glabrescens; spica angusta, anguste cylindracea, 

 saepius basi laxiuscula, pauciflora vel usque 2 cm longa. Bractea % calycis tantum aequans, 

 late basin calycis circumdans, concava, rotundato-ovata, 1,25 — 1,5 mm longa, pilis paucis 

 tantum inspersa, carina perlata, medio prominente, crassa, extus tenuiore, in laminas 

 laterales angustas transeunte. Sepala latiora elliptico-rotundato-ovata, 2 mm longa, 

 sepala angustiora elliptico-ovata, striis 2 praeter carinam angustam in sepalis ± conspicuis. 

 Lobi corollae anguste ovati, 1,5 mm longi. Capsula late ellipsoidea. 



Tasmanien : Arthur's Lake (Gunn n. 1228?, Herb. Kew). 



63. P. picta Colenso in Trans. New Zeal. Instit. XXII. 1889 (1890) 481. — Parva 

 vel mediocris, perennis, rhizomate brevi, crasso. Rosula depressa, multif oliata ; folia 

 sicca crassiuscula, coriacea, fragilia (in vivo laete viridia, crassa), oblanceolata, superne 

 breviter rotundato-cuneatim vel et parum longius cuneatim angustata, obtusiuscula, in- 

 ferne sensim angustata usque ad vaginam latiuscula (petiolo haud discreto, vagina tri- 

 angulari-dilatata), 3 — 6 cm longa, 5 — 7 mm lata, integra vel dentibus nonnullis parvis 

 vel et longioribus (circ. 1mm), distinctis, obtusis instructa, glabrescentia vel sparse (imprimis 

 margine et ad basin dentium) villosa, basi lanata. Inflorescentiae circ. 6; spicae peduncu- 

 lus arcuatim adscendens usque fere rectus 3 — 10 cm longus, teres, sparse villosus; spica 

 brevis densa, 1 — 2 cm longa, ovata vel breviter cylindracea. Bractea calycem aequans, 

 e basi latissima ovato-angustata, obtusa (in floribus inferioribus et calyce parum longior, 

 longius angustata), 3 — 4 mm longa, pilis brevibus margine et apice inspersa, carina per- 

 lata, superne crassa, inferne minus incrassata (nervis compluribus parum ibi conspicuis), 

 a laminis lateralibus tenuiter membranaceis haud rite distincta. Sepala 3 mm longa, 

 antica parum vel vix inaequilatera, parum concava, late elliptica vel elliptico-ovata, mar- 

 gine sparse ciliolata, carina haud omnino percurrente, perlata, haud ita incrassata (nervis 3 

 saepe parum conspicuis), quam laminae laterales latiore; sepala postica concava, rotundato- 

 ovata vel ovata, margine superiore sparse ciliolata, carina percurrente, lata, superne crassa, 

 inferne minus incrassata, (nervis 3 ibi parum conspicuis), plerumque parum angustiore 

 quam laminae laterales. Lobi corollae rotundato-ovati, parum forma irreguläres, obtusius- 

 culi, 1,75 mm longi, nervo conspicuo, latiusculo. Antherae (sec. cl. Colenso) ovato-cor- 

 datae, lobis basalibus rotundatis. Ovula 4; semina ? 



Neu-Seeland: (Colenso, v. spec. in Herb. Kew, Cotypus!). Colenso I.e. 

 gibt an: On a small islet lying near the shore between Gable-end Foreland and Tolaga- 

 Bay; East Cape Island (Cockayne n. 2354 — ganz verblüht, mit ausgefallenen Kapseln, 

 im Februar 1905). 



64. P. Muelleri Pilger nom. nov. — P. stellaris F. Muell. Fragm. Phytogr. Austral. 

 II. (1860—61) 23; Pilger in Englers Bot. Jahrb. L. (Engler-Fest-Band 1914) 66 (non 

 P. steüaris Salisb. 1796). — P. Broumii Rap. ap. Bentham, Fl. Austral. V. (1870) 142. 



