350 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaceae. 



[f. virescens]. Lahore (Stewart n. 2535 und 2820 — 1864, Herb. Dehra Dun). 

 [Nach Fl. Brit. Ind. 1. c. : Panjab, Plains and low Hills ; from the Sutley westwards. Scinde 

 (Stocks).] 



181. P. Stocksii Boiss. ex Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 1. (1852) 720 n. 133; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient. IV. (1879) 882; Pilger in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem IX. n. 90. (1927) 

 1101, in Fedde, Repert. XXIV. (1928) 320. — P. remotiflora Stocks in Hook. Journ. Bot. 

 Kew Gard. Mise. IV. (1852) 179. — Parva vel medioeris, primo anno rosula simplici jam 

 florens, dein perennans, radice elongata, crassiuscula, lignescente, ad 13 cm longa et caule 

 breviter caespitose diviso, foliorum reliquiis obtecto, ramulis ad 2 cm longis. Folia ± nume- 

 rosa rosulatim congesta, lanceolata, 2 — 6( — 10) cm longa, 3 — 9 mm lata, apicem versus 

 sensim angustata, apice ipso parum indurata, obtusiuscula, inferne sensim angustata, basi 

 vaginatim dilatata, integra, pilis longis albido-cinereis sericeo-lanata, indumento quoad 

 densitatem Variante. Inflorescentiae in speeim. adultis saepe numerosae; spicae pedunculus 

 circ. foliis aequilongus, ± erectus vel adscendens, satis validus, teres, junior longe villoso- 

 lanatus, demum magis glabrescens; spica pauciflora usque multiflora, florendi tempore 

 cylindrica ± densiflora vel et parte inferiore jam valde laxa (floribus singulis vel binis ad 

 1 cm vel ad 2 cm distantibus), (1 — )3 — 9 cm longa, fruetifera ubique laxa, floribus longe 

 distantibus, ad 17 cm longa. Bractea 2 / 3 calycis aequans, late ovata, 2,5 — 3 mm longa, 

 dorso parce cinereo-sericeo-villosa, carina percurrente, obscura, laminis lateralibus hyalinis, 

 tenuiter membranaeeis. Sepala 3 mm vel parum ultra longa, indumento eodem ; sepala 

 antica elliptica, parum inaequilatera, carina crassa lata, quam lamina lateralis angustior 

 vel et quam lamina lateralis latior latiore; sepala postica elliptica vel ovata, carina lata 

 crassiuscula, laminis lateralibus tenuiter membranaeeis circ. aequilata. Corollae lobi 

 ovato-lanceolati, obtusi, reflexi, 2 mm longi. Anthera 1,5 mm longa. Capsula ellipsoidea, 

 parum supra medium circumscissa, ad 5 mm longa; semina ellipsoidea, laete brunnea, 

 nitentia, laevia, 4 mm longa, dorso valde convexa, facie hili eymbiformi-coneava, margi- 

 nibus angustis. 



Belutschistan: Tropische Region (Stocks, Herb. Berol., Herb. Dehra Dun, 

 Herb. Boissier). Persien: Bei Schahrud, zwischen Kerman und Ispahan (Bunge, Herb. 

 Boissier); Prov. Jesd, bei Taft (Buhse n. 1310 — 4850, Herb. Boissier); Prov. Jesd, auf 

 steinigem Gelände bei Jesd (Bornmüller, It. Pers.-turc. n. 4596 — blühend im April 

 1892); zwischen Jesd und Kerman, 1700m ü.M. (ders. n. 4595). 



182. P. Lessingii Fisch, et Mey. in Ind. II. Sem. Hort. Petrop. (1835) 47; Barneoud, 

 Monogr. Plantag. (1845) 41 n. 85; Ledebour, Fl. Rossica III. (1846—51) 485; Decne. in 

 DC. Prodr. XIII. 1. (1852) 707 n. 65; Pilger in Fedde, Repert. XVIII. (1922) 458, I.e. 

 XXIV. (1928) 319. — P. minima Lessing in litt, ex Fisch, et Mey. 1. c. — P. latibracteata 

 Trautv. Plant. Imag. et Descr. Fl. Russic. illustr. (1844) 20 T. 14. — P. mongolica Decne. 

 1. c. 707 n. 64. — Parva, radice tenui. Folia pauca usque multa rosulata, sicca fragilia, 

 anguste linearia vel linearia vel anguste spathulato-linearia, ad 4 — 6 cm longa, 1 — 3,5 mm 

 lata, obtusiuscula, basi latiuscule triquetro-dilatata, parce villosa. Inflorescentiae paucae 

 usque numerosae (ad circ. 20); spicae pedunculus erectus vel adscendens, 1 — 6 cm 

 longus, parce villosus; spica pauciflora ambitu ovata vel elliptica, vel pluriflora, bre- 

 viter cylindracea, densa et ad fere 1,5 cm longa. Bractea rotundato-ovata, apice 

 parum e carina angustata, 2,25 mm longa, satis copiose pilis tenuibus, cinereis villosa 

 vel margine et in carina tantum parce villosula, carina satis angusta. Sepala aeque 

 satis copiose vel parce villosa; sepala antica anguste elliptica, 3 mm longa, carina 

 valida, laminis lateralibus aequilata; sepala postica elliptica, parum inaequilatera, 

 carina valida. Lobi corollae parvi, 1 — 1,25 mm longi, nonnunquam et ad 1,75 — 2 mm 

 longi, anguste ovati, margine irregulariter denticulati, superne et margine pilis nonnullis 

 minimis hie illic ciliolati, nervo vix vel parum conspieuo. Capsulae pars superior conica, 

 2,5 — 3 mm longa, pars inferior 1 mm longa; semina ad 3 mm vel parum ultra longa, 

 brunneo-nitentia. 



