Plantago sect. Leucopsyllium. 373 



P. verticillata ist gegründet auf ein untypisches, schwaches Exemplar mit dünneren, bis 11 cm 

 langen Blättern; der dünne Ährenstiel ist bis 15 — 16 cm lang, die schmale, nach unten zu lockere 

 Ähre 5 cm lang. 



var. oblonga (Morris) Poe 1. c. 411 p. p.; Münz, Man. South. Calif. Bot. (1935) 488. — 

 P. oblonga Morris in Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. XXVIII. (1901) 119. — Folia pauca usque multa 

 rosulata, tenuiter coriacea, anguste oblanceolata usque linearia vel anguste linearia, 4 ad 

 9 cm longa, ad 2,5 mm lata, parce pubescentia usque pubescentia vel usque glabrescentia. 

 Spicae pedunculus 4 — 9( — 10) cm longus; spica densa, brevis, ovato-cylindracea usque 

 breviter cylindracea, 1,5 — 2,5 cm longa. Bracteae inferiores ad 8( — 10) mm longae, su- 

 periores calycem parum tantum superantes vel aequantes. 



California: San Diego Co., Colorado Desert (Orcutt — April 1870, Typus 

 von P. oblonga, Un. St. Nat. Herb.); Südost-California, Sonora-Zone, 1300 m ü. M. 

 (Münz, Johnston, Harwood n. 4246 — fruchtend im Juni 1920, Un. St. Nat. Herb.). 

 Arizona: Tucson Mts. (Thornber n. 398 und 489 — fruchtend im November 1903, 

 Un. St. Nat. Herb.). 



204. P. fastigiata Morris in Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. XXVII. (1900) 116 1 ). — P. minima 

 A. M. Cunningham in Proc. Ind. Acad. Sc. 1896. (1897) 202, non P. minima DC. nee alior. — 

 P. scariosa Morris 1. c. 117 nom. nov. pro P. minima. — P. insularis Eastwood in Proc. 

 Calif. Acad. Sc. Bot. III. 1. (1898) 112; Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Californ. (1925) 956; Münz, 

 Man. South. Calif. Bot. (1935) 489 cum ic. ; non P. insularis Nyman. — P. insularis var. 

 typica Poe et var. fastigiata (Morris) Poe in Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. LV. (1928) 418 et 419. — 

 P. Goodingii Nelson et Kennedy in Mühlenbergia III. (1908) 412. — P. patagonica Jacq. 

 var. rosulata Jepson 1. c. (1901), excl. syn. P. californica Greene = P. heterophylla. — 

 Annua, minor vel parva, rosula unica vel rarius rosulae nonnullae, dense aggregatae. 

 Folia papyracea, sicca fragilia vel usque membranacea, anguste vel latius lanceolata, 

 superne longius angustata, apice ipso obtusiuscula et parum indurata, inferne longe 

 angustata, basi in vaginam anguste triquetram dilatata, 6 — 10 cm longa, 2 — 7 mm lata, 

 hie illic dentibus obtusis parvis instrueta, copiose vel parcius (tum nervis 3 conspieuis) 

 pilis cinereo-albidis tenuibus villoso-sericea vel usque dense tomentoso-sericea. Inflores- 

 centiae usque numerosae; spicae pedunculus folia superans, tenuis, erectus vel parum 

 adscendens, rectus vel parum arcuatus, junior tenuissime albido-villosus, demum 

 plerumque ± glabrescens, ad 15 ( — 20) cm longus; spica ovato-cylindracea vel plerumque 

 breviter cylindracea, densa, 1 — 2 cm longa, rhachi albido-villosa. Bractea et sepala 

 glabrescentia vel in carina pilis longis tenuibus parce inspersa. Bractea % calycis 

 aequans vel et calycem aequans, rotundato-ovata vel rotundato-elliptica, 2,5 — 3 mm 

 longa, carina valida at angusta, laminis lateralibus latis tenuiter hyalino-membranaeeis. 

 Sepala 2,5 mm longa, antica angustiora elliptica vel et obovato-elliptica, carina crassa 

 laminis lateralibus hyalino-membranaeeis angustiore; sepala postica late ovata, coneava, 

 carina angusta. Corollae lobi elliptici usque late ovati, breviter acutati, 2 mm longi, in- 

 colores vel ad faucem tubi tantum brunnei, nervo tenuissimo parum conspieuo. Capsula 

 late ellipsoidea, ad fere 3 mm longa, infra medium circumscissa ; semina laetius vel ob- 

 scurius rubescentia, nitida, 2 — 3 mm longa, facie hili profunde sulcato-concava, valde 

 crasse marginata. 



S.-California: San Bernardino (W. G. Wright — 1880); Death Valley Exped. 

 (Coville und Funston n. 678 — April 1891); San Diego, Mesas (Orcutt n. 129 — 

 fruchtend im Mai 1882); San Bernardino (Parish n. 335 — blühend im März 1883); 

 Riverside Co., Colorado Desert (Münz n. 9978 — Januar 1926); Maricopa Hills, 

 Kern County (Eastwood n. 3270 — Mai 1913, Herb. New York); Mohave desert, 

 Barstow, trockene Hügel (Parish n. 9269 — Mai 1914, Herb. New York). Mexiko: 

 Baja California, Arroyos Calmalli, 400m ü.M. (Purpus n. 120 — 1898). Arizona 



x ) Typus: Toumey n. 355a von Tucson, Arizona; non v. Die Art nach Morris in Arizona 

 und S.-California. 



