186 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaceae. 



Spica brevis, in Barneoud. 1. c. 23. — Perennis, radice crassa; caudex brevis indivisus vel 

 vix partitus vel rhizoma ramis brevibus dense vaginis obtectis, densius fasciculatis partitum 

 vel et ramis usque numerosis caespitoso-congestis, ramis circ. 2 — 4 cm longis, raro et 

 longioribus, laxius dispositis, versus basin vaginis destitutis, ad 6 — 8 cm longis. Folia 

 usque numerosa rosulatim congesta, crassiuscula, rigidius coriacea vel et sicca parum 

 fragilia, sicca parum rugulosa, anguste linearia vel linearia, apicem versus parum angus- 

 tata, obtusiuscula vel et anguste lanceolata, superne et inferne longe angustata, erecta 

 vel ± adscendentia, recta vel ± arcuata, basi in vaginam latius vel angustius trian- 

 gulärem, 7 — 20 mm longam, glabram, ± nitidulam dilatata, (3 — )5 — 15( — 19) cm longa, 

 (1 — )2 — 4( — 5) mm lata, glabra vel et raro (in specim. ex Islandia et e Groenlandia, 

 ubi et specim. glaberrima) ± pilis brevissimis rigidulis inspersa usque rarissime pilis 

 parum longioribus et minus rigidis parce breviter villoso-pilosa, margine plerumque 

 eciliolata, raro brevissime sparse rigidule ciliolata, margine integra vel rarius denticulis 

 2 suboppositis vel paucis dispersis obtusis, raro iterum bipartitis instructa, nervis 

 inconspicuis, lana basali parca vel satis evoluta, inter vaginas latente vel et magis 

 exserta. Inflorescentiae paucae usque satis numerosae; pedunculus teres, rectus, erectus 

 vel basi tantum arcuatus vel et arcuato-adscendens, parce vel satis copiose pilis albidis, 

 rigidulis inspersus, foliis brevior vel usque folia longe superans, 8 — 16( — 22) cmlongus; 

 spica crassiuscula, densa vel versus basin parum laxiuscula, (2 — )3 ad 6( — 8) cm longa. 

 Bractea % calycis aequans vel calycem aequans (ad flores inferiores nonnunquam 

 magis elongata et calycem parum superans), concava, rotundato-ovata, circ. aequi- 

 longa ac lata, obtusa vel et magis angustata, (2,25 — )2,5 — 3 mm longa, dorso glabra, 

 margine superne minute ciliolata vel et magis copiose et parum longius ciliolata, carina 

 parum prominente, haud ita crassa, laminis lateralibus membranaceis angustiore vel 

 et magis crassa et fere laminis lateralibus aequilata, raro Ulis latiore. Sepala2,5 — 2,75mm 

 longa, antica angustiora angustius usque late elliptica, parum concava, margine superiore 

 minute ciliolata, carina haud ita crassa, usque laminis lateralibus fere aequilata; sepala 

 postica latiora late usque rotundato-ovata, plicato-concava, margine superiore ciliolata, 

 ad carinam pilis brevissimis rigidulis ± inspersa, carina angusta, prominente. Corollae 

 tubus calycem circ. aequans, pilis brevibus inspersus, lobi anguste ovati usque ovati, 

 1,25 — 1,75 mm longi, nervus tenuis. Antherae 1,5—^-2 mm longae, apiculus triangularis 

 Vs ad fere % antherae longus. Capsula late ellipsoidea usque rotundato-ellipsoidea vel 

 fere globoidea, 2,5 — 3,25 mm longa, longius infra medium vel fere medio circumscissa ; 

 semina 2 — 3, atro-brunnea, crassiuscula, 1,75 — 2,3 mm longa, ambitu elliptica, facie hili 

 plana. 



Feuerland: E Magellania (Commerson; Gotypus in Herb. Deless. et Berol.); 

 (A. Lesson — 1845, Herb. Deless.); Port Famine (J. D. Hooker — Antarct. Exp. 

 1839 — 43); Punta Arenas, Sandboden nahe dem Strande (Naumann — Februar 1876); 

 (Philippi); secus Rio Slogget (Spegazzini n. 4018 — fruchtend im April 1902). 

 Patagonien: feuchte, etwas salzige Standorte am Rio Sta. Cruz, Chickoraiken (Spe- 

 gazzini n. 5404 — fruchtend im Dezember 1899; n. 9421 — blühend im Januar 1902); 

 Ghubut, zwischen Cabo Raso und Camarones (Hosseus n. 3091 — Oktober 1926); Santa 

 Cruz, am Rio Gallegos (E. Cäceres, Herb. Hosseus n. 12883 — 1902). Nordwesten 

 von Nordamerika: Sitcha (Stewart, ex herb. Petrop); Alaska, Kodiak (Bischof f); 

 Alaska, Lake Iliamna- Gegend (Gorman n. 14 — 1902, Herb. Stockholm); Vancouver- 

 Island, Renfrew (Rosendahl und Brand n. 21 — blühend bis fruchtend im Juni — Juli 

 1901); Vancouver Island (Lyall, Oregon Boundary Commission — 1858 — 59); Washing- 

 ton, Clallam-County, Küste (A. D. E. Eimer n. 2817 — blühend im Juli 1900, Herb. 

 Deless.); Washington, Pt. Ludlow (F. Binns — blühend bis fruchtend im Juli 1889, 

 Herb. Stockholm). Nordosten von Nordamerika: Kanada, La Have River (Herb. 

 Geol. Surv. Canada, J. Macoun n. 81 163 — blühend im August 1910); Quebec, Gaspe 

 County (Kelsey and Jordan n. 84 u. 85 — Juli 1927, Herb. Stockholm); Maine, 

 Lincoln Co., Ocean Point, Felsen an der See (Fasse tt n. 3820 — blühend und fruchtend 



