268 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaoeae. 



Neuseeland: [Nach H o o k e r : Northern and Middle Island ; nach C h e e s e - 

 man : North and South Islands, Stewart-Island: Common throughout, on moist banks 

 etc. Sea level to 3500 ft.]. (C o 1 e n s o) ; North-Island, North Cape Peninsula (Cheeseman 

 n. 1677 — blühend und fruchtend im Januar 1897); Styx, near Christchurch (comm. 

 Cockayne). [Der Typus nach Decaisne: In Nov. Zelandia subinsula Banks (cl. 

 Raoul); non v.]. 



149. P. hispida R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. (1810) 425; Barneoud, Monogr. Plantag. 

 (1845) 15, n. 22, p. p. — Parva, annua, radice elongata verticali, tenui. Folia numerosa 

 rosulata, sicca papyracea, fragilia, adscendentia vel erecta, spathulato-lanceolata, superne 

 satis breviter cuneatim angustata, obtusiuscula, inferne sensim anguste petiolatim 

 angustata, 3,5 — 4,5 cm longa, 5 — 8 mm lata, basi breviter parum dilatata, integra, parum 

 undulata vel dentibus nonnullis, brevibus obtusiusculis instructa, copiose pilis longioribus, 

 albidis, rigidulis hirsuto-villosa. Inflorescentiae numerosae (8 — 15 in specim.); pedunculus 

 decumbens vel arcuato-adscendens vel fere erectus, folia aequans vel parum superans, 

 teres, vix vel haud striatus, villis longioribus rigidulis inspersus; spica brevis, satis angusta, 

 densa, ovalis vel breviter cylindracea, 1 — 2 cm longa. Bractea 1 / 2 calycis aequans, ovata, 

 acutiuscula, sparse hirsuta, margine breviter ciliata, 2 mm longa, carina crassa haud 

 omnino percurrente. Sepala 2,5 mm longa, antica angustiora anguste obovata, parum 

 inaequilatera, margine ad latus parum angustius imprimis breviter rigidule sparse 

 ciliolata, carina sursum angustata crassa; sepala postica latiora obovato-elliptica, acute 

 bene carinata, ad carinam breviuscule hirsuta, carina satis angusta. Lobi corollae 

 rotundato-ovati, breviter acutati, 2 mm longi, nervo tenui conspicuo. Capsula calyce 

 duplo longior, superne conico-attenuata, apice indurato in stili basin transiens. Ovula 5; 

 semina 3 — 4 evoluta, rubro-brunnea, crassa, irregulariter elliptica, subtilissime punctata, 

 facie hili parum convexa. 



Australien: [Nach R. Brown Südaustralien und Tasmanien]. W.Australien 

 (Drummond, Herb. Kew; Drummond n. 393, Herb. Deless.). 



150. P. bellidioides Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 1. (1852) 701, n. 33; J. D. Hooker, 

 Fl. Tasman. I. (1860) 302. — Parva, ut videtur perennis, rhizomate brevissimo, radice 

 satis valida. Folia satis numerosa rosulata, sicca membranacea, decumbentia, late spathu- 

 lato-lanceolata, superne satis breviter rotundato-cuneatim angustata, inferne sensim 

 anguste petiolatim angustata, 3 — 5 cm longa, 7 — 10 mm lata, integra vel remote obtuse 

 denticulata, ± hirsuto-villoso-inspersa, basin versus copiose hirsuto-villosa, lana basali 

 nulla vel et ± evoluta. Inflorescentiae 4 — 7; pedunculus foliis parum brevior vel et folia 

 superans, 2 — 8 cm longus, decumbenti-ascendens vel et magis erectus et arcuatus, tenuis, 

 satis copiose adpresse hirsuto-pilosus vel et magis hirsuto-villosus ; spica breviter cylindrica, 

 densa, ad 2 mm longa vel et pauciflora. Bractea 2 / 3 calycis aequans, ovata vel elliptico- 

 ovata, 2 mm longa, dorso copiose pilis brevioribus rigidulis hirsuto-villoso-inspersa, mar- 

 gine rigide longius ciliata, carina lata, crassa vel et tenuiore, quam laminae laterales 

 tenuiter membranaceae angustiore. Sepala 2,5 mm longa, antica angustiora obovato- 

 ovalia, parum inaequilatera, margine ciliolata, carina crassa laminae laterali angustiori 

 aequilata; sepala postica latiora elliptico-ovata vel elliptica vel rotundato-ovato-elliptica, 

 parum inaequilatera, concava, dorso ad carinam pilis brevibus rigidulis inspersa, 

 margine sparse breviter vel brevissime ciliolata, carina satis angusta, crassa, promi- 

 nente. Lobi corollae late rotundato-ovati, distincte breviter acutati, fere 2 mm longi, 

 nervo conspicuo. Ovula 5. 



Tasmanien: (Gunn; im Herb. Kew mit der Angabe: Gunn n. 867, common 

 on sand hüls at Circular Head.). [Decaisne I.e. gibt an: In Tasmannia (Cl. Gunn).] 



f. runcinata (Decne.) Pilger nova comb. — P. runcinata Decne. 1. c. 702 n. 43. — 

 Folia dentibus vel lobulis nonnullis magnis ± obtusis runcinato-dentata, numerosa rosu- 

 lata, 4 — 5,5 cm longa, ad 1 cm lata. Inflorescentiae ad 10; pedunculus decumbens vel 

 arcuato-adscendens, ad 7 cm longus ; spica ad 2 cm longa. 



Tasmanien : Hampshire Hills (Gunn n. 866 — 1837, Herb. Kew). 



