102 TETKANDKIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. IV. 



1. E.filiforme. Least Gentian. Marsh Centaury. Leaves ses- 

 sile ; stem thread-like, forked ; flowers on long stalks Stem 



about three or four inches high, erect, round, branched : leaves 

 chiefly radical, lance-shaped : flowers small, erect, yellow. An- 

 nual : flowers in July : grows on sandy bogs, in the south of 

 England, and in some parts of Ireland : rare. Eng t Bot. vol. iv.pl. 

 235. Eng. Fl vol. i. p. 212. 247. 



8. PLANTA'GO. PLANTAIN. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, four-cleft, permanent. Corolla 

 of one petal, tubular, membranous, permanent ; tube swelled ; 

 limb four-cleft, reflected. Filaments thread-like, arising from 

 the tube, exceedingly long ; anthers oblong, compressed, two- 

 celled. Germen inferior, egg-shaped. Style thread-shaped, 

 half as long as the stamens ; stigma hairy, acute. Capsule 

 egg-shaped, two-celled. Seeds oblong, sessile. Name of doubt- 

 ful origin. 71. 



1. P. major. Greater Plantain. Leaves egg-shaped, smooth, 

 on longish stalks ; flower-stalks round ; spike long and tapering ; 



seeds numerous. Root of long fibres : leaves broad, with seven 



ribs : stalk from nine to eighteen inches high, somewhat rough 

 with short hairs. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in 

 pastures and by way --sides : not uncommon. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. 

 pi. 1558. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 213. 248. 



2. P. media. Hoary Plantain. Leaves egg-shaped, downy, on 

 very short stalks ; flower-stalks round ; spike cylindrical ; seeds 



one in each cell. Root somewhat woody : leaves hoary, with 



seven ribs : stalk about six inches high, downy. Perennial : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in pastures and by way-sides : 

 common in some parts of England and Ireland, rare in Scotland. 

 The leaves of this and the preceding species are by the common 

 people frequently applied to wounds. Cattle generally reject them. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1559. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 214. 249. 



3. P. lanceoldta. Ribwort Plantain. Leaves lance-shaped ; 

 flower- stalks deeply furrowed; spike egg-shaped. Leaves ta- 

 pering at the base into a broad stalk ; hairy at its insertion : stalk 

 about a foot high : spike dark brown. Perennial : flowers from 

 May to August : grows in pastures, meadows, on banks, by way- 

 sides, &<j. : common. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 175. Eng. Fl. vol. i. 

 p. 214. 250. 



4. P. maritima. Sea Plantain. Leaves linear, channelled, 

 nearly entire ; flower-stalks round, longer than the leaves ; spike 



cylindrical. Roots large, long, somewhat woody : leaves woolly 



at the base : stalk from three to ten inches high. Perennial : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in the clefts of rocks, in dry pas- 

 tures, among sand and stones, on the sea-shore, and upon the 

 higher mountains of Wales and Scotland : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. iii. p. 175. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 215. 251. 



5. P. Coronopus. Buck's-horn Plantain. Leaves pinnatifid ; 



flower-stalks round. Root tapering : leaves cut laterally into 



numerous linear segments, hairy, lying flat on the ground : stalk 

 from two to six inches high : capsule four-celled. Annual: flowers 

 in June and July : grows in sandy and gravelly ground, chiefly 

 near the sea : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 892. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 i. p. 216. 252. 



