276 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaceae. 



158. P. antaretica Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 1. (1852) 703 n. 45. — »Foliis lanceo- 

 latis obtusis repando-denticulatis 3-nerviis utrinque hispidis in petiolum brevissimum 

 attenuatis subsessilibus, pedunculis folia duplo superantibus gracilibus pubescentibus 

 erectis, spicis ovatis densifloris, bracteis subdeltoideis glaberrimis calyce parum breviori- 

 bus, foliolis calycinis rotundatis subaequalibus, glaberrimis, corollae lobis rotundato- 

 cordatis acutiusculis lineola basique fuscis, ovario 2-loculari, loculis 2-ovulatis, Capsula 

 abortu 2-sperma, placentario obtuso. 2J. In Tasmannia (Verreaux). Valde affinis P.variae, 

 sed flores glaberrimi (v. s. s. in herb. Mus. Par.).« 



159. P. Cunninghamii Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 1. (1852) 702 n. 42. — »Foliis ob- 

 longo-ellipticis obtusis dentato-lobulatis vel repando-dentatis 3-nerviis utrinque tomentosis 

 in petiolum planum lanatum attenuatis, pedunculis folia vix superantibus ascendentibus 

 pubescenti-hirtis, spicis elongatis pedunculi longitudinem subaequantibus, bracteis cymbi- 

 formibus ciliatis calyce brevioribus, foliolis calycinis subaequalibus ovatis obtusis concavis 

 glabriusculis, corollae lobis rotundato-cordatis cum acumine brevi, Capsula 4-sperma, 

 seminibus punctatis utrinque convexis. 2J. In Novae Holl. graminosis regionis occident. 

 internae. N.S.Wales (A. Cunninghamj. (v. s. in h. Mus. Par.).« 



160. P. pentasperma Hemsley in Rep. Scient. Res. Voy. Ghallenger Bot. I. See. 

 Part. (1884) 265, T. 42, Fig. B, C. — Annua?, parva, acaulis, radice verticali. Folia crassius- 

 cula, lineari-elliptica vel subspathulata, obtusa, ad 4 cm longa, villosula. Spicae pe- 

 dunculus erectus, gracilis, 5 — 9 cm longus; spica cylindrica, laxiuscula 4 — 5 cm longa 

 vel et pauciflora. Bractea triangulari-ovata, hirsuta, crasse carinata. Lobi corollae anguste 

 ovati, angustati. Capsula pseudo-trilocularis, saepissime 5-sperma; semina dimorpha, 

 2 collateralia oblonga in utroque latere septi, et 1 subhemisphaericum in apice septi.« 



Nach Hemsley ist die Art dimorph, doch genügte das Material nicht, um festzustellen, ob 

 die Formen funktionell eingeschlechtig sind, oder ob die eine Form eingeschlechtig, die andere 

 hermaphrodit ist. Bei der einen Form ist die Korollenröhre länger als die Zipfel und die Antheren 

 ragen heraus, bei der anderen Form ist die Röhre kurz Und die Antheren bleiben wahrscheinlich ein- 

 geschlossen (»We say apparently included, because the two or three flowers we have been able 

 to examine were young, and it is possible that in an older state the fllaments would be much longer 

 and the anthers exserted«). 



Amsterdam-Insel [»Not found in the lower parts of the island ; commencing at 

 an altitude of about 500 feet, and ascending nearly to the summit.« (De FI sie)]. 



Die Art ist mir nur aus der Beschreibung und Abbildung 1. c. bekannt. Diese weisen auf die 

 Verwandtschaft mit P. varia R. Br. hin. 



161. P. arachnoidea Schrenk in Fischer et Meyer, Enum. Plant. Nov. a cl. Schrenk 

 lect. (1841) 16; Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 1. (1852) 720 n. 134. — Parva, perennans, 

 rhizomate brevi, indiviso, demum et satis incrassato in radicem longiorem saepe pluries 

 partitam desinente vel radice demum emortua. Rosula dense foliata, folia parva, sicca 

 membranacea, fragilia, lanceolata usque late lanceolata vel anguste elliptica, superne 

 sensim euneatim vel et arcuato-euneatim angustata, inferne ± late euneatim angustata, 

 lamina a petiolo latiusculo brevi vix rite discreta, folia 2 — 4 cm longa, 5 — 10 mm lata 

 (sec. speeim. mihi visa; cl. Schrenk indicat: 2 — 4 poll. longa, 3 — 6 lin. lata), subintegra, 

 parum undulata vel et dentibus perparvis obtusiusculis instrueta, pilis longis, crispatis, 

 tenuibus, canescenti-albidis arachnoideo-lanuginosa, demum indumento diminuto. In- 

 florescentiae ad 6 — 7, spicae pedunculus folia superans, erectus vel et ± arcuato-ascendens, 

 compressus, sulcatus, ± lanuginoso-villosus (inferne parcius), spica brevis, anguste cy- 

 lindracea. Bractea ovata usque rotundato-ovata, 2 mm longa, basi parum gibbosa, late 

 insidens, obtusa, dorso, margine et imprimis basi arachnoideo-villosula, carina crassius- 

 cula, bene distineta, haud percurrente, quam laminae laterales tenuiter membranaceae 

 angustiore, vel et carina in medianum et strias duas separata. Sepala 2 — 2,5 mm longa, 

 antica obovato-elliptica, margine superiore arachnoideo-villosula, carina nigricante circ. 

 laminis lateralibus aequilata; sepala postica coneava, subrotundata, carina apice margine 

 anguste membranaceo superata, firma, obscura, satis angusta, laminis lateralibus latis 



