

G3. PLANTAGIN'ACEJE. 347 



Order LXIII. PLANTAGINACE^E. 



Cal. 4-parted, persistent, imbricate, inferior. Cor. 4-parted, 

 regular, scarious. Stam. 4, hypogynous, or at the base of the 

 tube, alternate with the segments of the cor. ; filaments at first 

 doubled inwards. Ovary free, of 1 carpel, 1-celled ; or 2 4- 

 celled. Seeds peltate or erect. Style 1. Caps, opening trans- 

 versely (or indehiscent in Littorella). Radicle inferior. 



1. PLA^TAGO. Fl. perfect. Cal. 4-cleft. Cor. with an ovate 

 tube and 4-parted reflexed limb. Stam. on the corolla. 

 Caps, bursting transversely, 2 4-celled, 2 4-seeded. 



2. LITTOBELLA. Monoecious. Male fl. stalked ; sep. 4 ; tube 

 of the cor. cylindrical, limb 4-parted ; starn. hypogynous ; 

 filaments very long. Fern. fl. sessile; sep. 3; cor. oblong, 

 narrowed at both ends ; style long ; caps. 1-seeded. 



1. PLANTA'GO Linn. Plantain. 



* Placenta 3 twinged ^ thus forming 3 4 cells. Seeds 1 in 

 each cell. 



1. P. Coron'opus (L.) ; 1. linear pinnatifid or dentate, scape 

 terete, spike slender, bracts subulate from an ovate base erect, 

 midrib of lateral sep. with a dilate membranous wing. E. B. 

 892. Tube of the cor. glabrous. Extremely variable in size 

 and amount of pubescence, woolly or nearly glabrous. L. vary- 

 ing in width, nearly entire, or even doubly pinnatifid. Spikes 

 slender, 1^ in. long, many-flowered ; or spherical with 2 6 

 flowers. [Extreme forms : Var. ceratophyllon (Rap.), luxuriant with 

 broad 3 5-veined 1. ; var. maritima (G. & G.) with nearly erect fleshy 

 1. ; and var. pygmaa (Lange), dwarf with short few-flowered spikes and 

 almost entire l.J Gravelly barren spots near the sea and inland. 

 A. ?VI. VII. Suck's horn Plantain. E. S. I. 



** Placenta ^-winged. Seeds 1 in each cell. Cor. -tube 

 pubescent. 



2. P. marit'ima (L.) ; 1. linear channelled fleshy convex on 

 the back, scape terete, spike cylindrical, bracts ovate mucronate, 

 sep. not winged. E. B. 175. L. usually woolly at their base, 

 nearly flat and broad or linear, toothed or quite entire, glabrous 

 or hairy ; 3-veined, veins equidistant. Scape glabrous or hairy. 

 Caps, oblong-conical. Very variable in size. In a Cornish 

 variety the 1. are only 1 2 lines in length and semicylindrical, 



