Plantago sect. Coronopus. 191 



basali albido-cinerea occulta vel parum exserta. Spicae pedunculus fere rectus vel parum 

 arcuatus, satis tenuis, 6 — 7( — 10) cm longus, satis copiose hirto-pilosus ; spica angusta, 

 densa, 2 — 2,5 cm longa. Flores parvi; bractea circ. % calycis aequans, concava, 1,75 ad 



2 mm longa, rotundato-ovata, apice membranacea, minute sparse ciliolata, carina nigri- 

 cante lanceolata, valde prominente, laminis lateralibus membranaceis quam carina parum 

 latioribus. Sepala 1,5 — 1,75 mm longa, antica late elliptica, vix inaequilatera, breviter 

 ciliolata, ciliis apice parum longioribus, carina valida, satis infra apicem desinente, laminis 

 lateralibus membranaceis, quam carina parum latioribus ; sepala postica compresso-concava, 

 rotundato-ovata, parum inaequilatera, carina angusta, valida, acute prominente, breviter 

 rigide fere setuloso-ciliolata. Corollae lobi satis late triquetro-ovati, obtusiusculi, 1 mm 

 longi, mediano parum conspicuo. Capsula (junior) apice rotundata, Ovula 3. 



Marokko : Mittlerer Atlas, Enjil, salzige Weiden, 1650 m ü. M. (Maire — ältere 

 Blüte im August 1924); Haute Moulouya, Itzer, arides Gelände, 1650 mü. M. (Jahandiez, 

 PI. Maroc. n. 211 — Knospe im Mai 1925, Herb. Deless.). 



var. supina Pilger nova var. — P. rhizoxylon Emberger 1. c. sensu stricto. — Parva, 

 dense caespitosa, ramis lignosis crassis. Folia 1 — 3 cm longa, 1 mm lata. Spicae 

 pedunculus 1 — 3 cm longus; spica pauciflora usque 1,5 cm longa. 



Marokko : Großer Atlas, feuchte Weiden um die Quellen am Nordfuß des Mgoun, 

 3200 m ü. M. (Emberger). 



84. P. oliganthos Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. III. (1818) 122; Fernald in Rhodora 

 XXVII. (1925) 102 (var. typica Fernald). — P. pauciflora Pursh, Fl. Amer. sept. I. (1814) 

 99, non Gilib. (1782). — P. gibbosa Raf. Am. Mo. Mag. II. (1818) 344, nomen, sec. Fernald 

 1. c. 94. — P. decipiens sec. Gray, Syn. Fl. North Amer. II. 1. (1878) 390, non P. decipiens 

 Barneoud. — P. maritima aut. — Perennis, radice crassa, vel et primo anno florens, radice 

 satis tenui; caudex in specim. junioribus florentibus perbrevis, indivisus, vaginis obtectus, 

 vel demum crassus, ad circ. 1,5 cm longus, indivisus vel breviter bipartitus. Folia pauciora 

 rosulata, erecta, recta vel parum arcuata, sicca satis tenuia, papyraceo-coriacea, parum 

 flexilia vel coriacea, angusta, linearia vel lanceolato-linearia, sensim superne et inferne 

 angustata, 12 — 30 cm longa, 1,5 — 6 mm lata (sec. Fernald ad 12 mm lata), glabra, basi 

 in vaginam triquetram dilatata, nervis inconspicuis vel nervis 3 aequidistantibus parum 

 conspicuis. Inflorescentiae 2 — 4; pedunculus erectus, 12 — 21 cm longus, parce breviter 

 pilosus; spica angusta, 5 — 7 cm longa (sec. Fernald 3 — 20 cm longa), imprimis inferne 

 laxa, demum et ubique laxa. Bractea % calycis aequans vel calycem circ. aequans, rotun- 

 dato-ovata usque parum latior quam longa et latissime triquetra, parum concava, 2,5 ad 



3 mm longa, glaberrima vel et nonnunquam ciliis minutissimis sparse margine instructa, 

 carina angustiore et parum prominente, stria brunnea adjacente latiore, vel et carina crassius 

 prominente, laminis lateralibus aequilata, nervis in carina inconspicuis, laminis lateralibus 

 membranaceis. Sepala 2 — 2,5 mm longa, glabra, antica angustiora late usque rotundato- 

 elliptica, parum concava, carina lata, ± incrassata, unilateraliter evoluta, lamina laterali 

 latere uno angusta, latere altero usque carinae aequilata; sepala postica rotundata vel 

 parum latiora quam longa, concava, carina anguste prominente. Corollae lobi ovati vel 

 anguste ovati, angustati, acutiusculi, 1 mm vel parum ultra longi. Antherae circ. 2 mm 

 longae, apiculus triquetrus circ. 1 / B antherae longus. Capsula ovoidea, apice rotundata vel 

 parum tantum conoideo-angustata, parum supra medium circumscissa, pars superior 

 1,5 — 2 mm longa; ovula 3; semina 2,5 — 3 mm longa, ambitu anguste elliptica, facie hili 

 plana vel parum concava. 



Die Blätter sind oft am Rand etwas unregelmäßig, indem sie im Längsverlauf abwechselnd etwas 

 breiter und schmaler sind. 



Ost-Küste von Nordamerika [Nach Fernald auf salzigen Marschen und an 

 brackigen Küsten vom südlichen Ufer des St. -Lorenz-Stroms bis New Jersey, Quebec, 

 Prince Edward Island, Neu- Schottland, Neu-Braunschweig, Maine, New Hampshire, 

 Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Manitoba]. Neu- 

 Braunschweig, Gloucester, Bathurst (Blake n. 5374 — blühend im August 1913); Con- 



