124 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaceae. 



elongato, nonnunquam ad 2 cm longo producta, ellipsoidea, 3 — 4,5 mm longa, medio 

 circumscissa ; semina (in specim. mihi visis) 10 — 49 (sec. cl. Berggren 15 — 30; sec. 

 cl. Cheeseman 20 — 30), parva, rubro-brunnea, impresso-punctulata, diversa, am- 

 bitu fere quadrata vel 4 — 5-angulata, angulis obtusis, vel magis ad formam ovatam vel 

 ellipticam vergentia, circ. 1 mm (ubi plura) longa, crassa, hilo parvo. — Fig. 17. 



Neu-Seeland, Südinsel: [Cheeseman: Margins of lakes and wet ground 

 from Westport and Marlborough southwards. Sea level to 3 500 ft. Berggren : in monte 

 Kelly's Hill ad flumen Otira]. Castle Hill, auf feuchtem humosem Sand der Auenflächen, 

 500 m ü. M. (Di eis n. 6328 — blühend und fruchtend im Februar 1902); Hooker Valley, 

 Canterbury Alps, 2500 ft. (Cheeseman n. 1685 und 1686 — blühend und fruchtend 

 im Januar 1908); Cape Foulwend, bei Westport (Townson, Herb. Cheeseman n. 1684). 

 Stewart Island (sec. Cheeseman). 



Cheeseman beschreibt eine zweite, nahe verwandte Art der Sektion, von der mir kein Exemplar 

 vorlag : 



72. P. Masonae Cheesem. in Trans. New Zeal. Inst. LIII. (1921) 424, Man. New 

 Zeal. Fl. Ed. 2 (1925) 853. — Folia crassa, carnosa, purpureo-variegata, 1,25 — 4 cm 

 longa, ovato- vel oblongo-spathulata vel lanceolato-spathulata, pinnato-dentata, lana 

 basali brunnescente ± evoluta, nonnunquam fere nulla. Lobi corollae et stamina semper 4. 

 Capsula minor, globosa; semina 10 — 20. 



Neu-Seeland: Nordinsel, Seeklippen bei Manaia, Taranaki (Mrs. Mason; nonv.). 



Sectio 7. Coronopus DC. 

 in Lam. et DC. Fl. Franc, ed. 3. III. (1805) 417, emend. Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 1. 

 (1852) 729. — Asterogeum S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. Br. PL II. (1821) 294. — Plantaginella 

 Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon N. S. XVII. (1869) 140. — Plantago Sect. Eriantha 

 Barneoud, Monogr. Plantag. (1845) 18. 

 Tubus corollae pilosus; ovula 3 — 5, semina facie hili plana; corolla in Capsula diu 

 persistens. Plantae annuae vel perennes; folia plerumque angusta, saepe pinnato-dentata. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Flores versus spicae axem valde compressi; carina sepalorum posticorum ± alata; 



Capsula perpetue calyce inclusa. Saepe annuae; folia plerumque valde lobata. 



I. Plerumque radice tenui, saepe annuae, fere semper caudex indivisus, rosula unica; 



plerumque plantae minores ; folia plerumque valde pinnato-lobata, saepius dupli- 



citer pinnato-lobata, raro (imprimis in formis reductis) parum divisa usque integra, 



rhachi plerumque angusta; inflorescentiae paucae usque multae, spicae pedunculus 



ascendens usque erectus, tenuis usque crassus; bractea calyce brevior usque 



longe setaceo-acutata ; sepala antica anguste vel latius elliptica, carina crassa 



vel crassissima, sepala postica plicato-concava, carina angusta, ala ± evoluta; 



corollae tubus parcius breviter pilosus ; ovula 4 — 5 73. P. Coronopus. 



IL Affinis P. Coronopus subspec. commutatae. Bractea et sepala pilis longioribus 

 rigidulis inspersa; corollae tubus pilis longioribus, rigidulis bene obsitus; planta 

 parva. Africa septentr 74. P. crypsoides. 



III. Typica a P. Coronopus bene diversa, formis nonnullis (subspec. occidentalis) in 

 formas extremas illius speciei transiens. Semper ramosa, saepe laxa, radice valida, 

 lignosa; folia crassa, ± spathulata, plerumque minus incisa quam in P. Coronopus; 

 spica crassa, densa, brevis; bractea longe angustata; ovula 3 — 4. Regio occident. 

 mediterr 75. P. macrorhiza. 



IV. Perennis, rhizomate valido, squamato, radice crassa; folia crassa, linearia, integra 

 vel simpliciter irregulariter dentata; bractea et sepala ± glabrescentia ; floris 

 structura Uli P. Coronopus subspec. commutati simillima. Regio medit. praecipue 

 Orient. ; Africa australis 76. P. crassifolia. 



