270 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaceae. 



suta, in laminis lateralibus pilis minutis inspersa; sepala antica anguste obovata, carina 

 interne cuneatim dilatata, lata, crassa; sepala postica rotundato-ovata. Lobi corollae 

 ovati vel late ovati, breviter vel parum longius angustati, margine sparse brevissime 

 ciliolulati. 



West-Australien: N. Swan, etwa 20 km östlich Wannamal, im Wandoo-Wald 

 an kahlen, lehmigen Stellen, etwa 200 m ü.M. (Diels n. 3951 — blühend im August 

 1901); Swan River (Drummond n. 714, Herb. Deless.). 



152. P. Gaudichaudii Barn. Monogr. Plantag. (1845) 15; Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 

 1. (1852) 702 n. 40. — Ut videtur perennis, rhizomate brevi, reliquiis foliorum obtecto. 

 Folia subcoriacea, erecta, linearia vel lanceolato-linearia, sensim superne angustata, apice 

 obtusa, 14 — 30 cm longa, ad 4 — 5 mm lata, glabra. Inflorescentiae paucae; spicae pe- 

 dunculus folia circ. aequans, laxe villis rigidulis, albidis inspersus; spica 8 — 10 cm longa, 

 laxa usque perlaxa, rhachi villis albidis inspersa. Bractea parva, y 3 — y 2 calycis tantum 

 aequans, latissime ovato-triquetra, usque latior quam longa, 1,5 — 2 mm longa, parum 

 superne ciliolata, carina angusta parum incrassata. Sepala 2,5 — 3 mm longa, glabra, 

 rigide membranacea, antica elliptica, parum concava, carina prominente laminis lateralibus 

 angustiore; sepala postica compresso-concava, rotundato-ovata, carina angusta, promi- 

 nente. Corollae tubus brevis, latiusculus, superne dilatatus, lobi rotundato-ovati, breviter 

 acuti, 2 mm longi, mediano angusto bene conspicuo. Anthera 2% mm longa, apiculo parvo 

 late triquetro; stilus parum e tubo productus. Ovula 5; semina? 



Ost-Australien: Port Jackson (Gaudichaud, Herb. Paris); Ballandean, 

 Southern Queensland, weed in Railway Station Yard (White n. 9404 — blühend im 

 Oktober 1933, Herb. Kew). 



153. P. debilis R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810) 425; Decne. in DC. Prodr. 

 XIII. 1. (1852) 701 n. 35; Bentham, Fl. Austral. V. (1870) 139. — P. varia R. Br. sec. 

 Barneoud, Monogr. Plantag. (1845) 15 n. 23; Turner, The Forage PI. of Austral. (1891) 

 45 cum icone (non P. varia R. Br. Prodr.). — Parva, annua, acaulis, indivisa, radice tenui. 

 Folia pauca usque satis numerosa rosulata, sicca tenuiter papyracea, valde fragilia, ad- 

 scendentia vel ± erecta, lanceolata, superne longius angustata, apice ipso obtusiuscula, 

 inferne sensim in petiolum longiorem angustum angustata, 5 — 12 cm longa, 6 — 9 mm 

 lata, basi longius anguste vaginatim dilatata, margine parum undulata et vix vel breviter 

 remote denticulata vel dentibus nonnullis angustius vel latius triangularibus, obtusius- 

 culis, majoribus, ad 3 mm longis instructa, parce vel magis copiose pilis brevioribus rigi- 

 dulis inspersa, lana basali parca, nervis 3 supra inconspicuis vel leviter impressis, subtus 

 anguste prominulis. Inflorescentiae usque 10; pedunculus arcuatim adscendens vel superne 

 rectus, brevior foliis vel plerumque longior, teres, 5 — 16 cm longus, parce pilis brevioribus 

 inspersus; spica valde angusta, ubique laxa, imprimis inferne perlaxa, floribus singulis 

 vel 2 — 3-nis longius separatis, vel superne magis densa, 2 — 9 cm longa. Bractea % vel 

 raro 2 / 3 calycis aequans, concava, basi parum gibbosa, ovata, acutiuscula, 1 — 1,75 mm 

 longa, glabrescens vel dorso ad carinam parce pilis brevibus rigidulis inspersa, carina 

 haud percurrente. Sepala 1,75 — 2 mm longa, glabra vel aeque ac bractea parce pilis in- 

 spersa, antica anguste elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, parum inaequilatera, carina usque 

 laminam lateralem angustiorem latitudine aequante vel illa angustiore; sepala postica 

 concava, ovato-elliptica, parum angustata, carina angusta, crassa, percurrente. Lobi 

 corollae ovati usque rotundato-ovati, angustati, obtusiusculi, parvi, 1 — 1,5 mm longi, 

 nervo angusto conspicuo. Ovula 5, plerumque omnia in semina evoluta. Capsula conico- 

 attenuata, pars superior 1,5 mm longa, inferior dimidio brevior; semina parum 1 mm 

 superantia, forma ut in P. hispida. 



Australien: Port Jackson (Gaudichaud n. 314, Herb. Deless.); Port Jackson 

 District (Aus Herb. Bot. Gard. Sydney — 1892, leg.?); am Brisbane River (Amalia 

 Dietrich — 1863—1865). 



