Statice.] LIX. PLUMBAGINE^l. 365 



Britain only in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge. PI. 

 summer. 



II. AEMERIA. THEIFT. 



Flowers in a terminal, globular head, intermixed with scarious scales, 

 of which the outer ones form a kind of involucre, and the 2 outer- 

 most of all are lengthened below their insertion into appendages form- 

 ing a sheath round the upper part of the peduncle. Calyx usually 

 drier and more scarious than in Statice, the petals scarcely united at 

 their very base, and the styles hairy in the lower part. 



A genus of very few species, separated from Statice chiefly on account 

 of their inflorescence, which gives them a peculiar habit. 



Leaves narrow-linear, 1-nerved. Teeth of the calyx short . . 1. A. vulgaris. 

 Leaves lanceolate-linear, 3- or 4-nerved. Teeth of the calyx long 



and fine 2. A. plantaginea. 



1. A. vulgaris, Willd. (fig. 826). Common T., Sea pvnLThe stock 

 forms perennial tufts, with numerous radical leaves, all narrow-linear, 

 entire, with a single prominent midrib. Flowering stems simple and 

 leafless, glabrous or shortly downy, 3 or 4 inches to twice that 

 height, each bearing a globular head of pink or sometimes white 

 flowers ; the petal-like border of the calyx crowned by 5 very short, 

 slender teeth. 



On muddy or sandy sea-shores, and on maritime rocks, in the northern 

 hemisphere, from the Arctic regions to near the tropics, reappearing 

 in the southern hemisphere beyond the tropics, and also at consider- 

 able elevations in the high mountain- chains of Europe and Asia. 

 Abundant on our British coasts and on the tops of some of the Scotch 

 mountains. Fl. summer. [The mountain form has rather broader 

 leaves, and is var. planifolii, Svme.] 



2. A. plantaginea, Willd' (fig. 827). Plantain T. Very near the 

 last, and perhaps one of its numerous forms, but the leaves are much 

 broader, usually marked with 3 or 5 parallel nerves, the flower-stalk is 

 often a foot high or more, and the slender teeth of the calyx are much 

 longer than in A. vulgaris. 



On sandy heaths and wastes, in western Europe, extending northward 

 to the English Channel and eastward to the Rhine. In our flora only 

 in Jersey. Fl. summer. 



LX. PLANTAGINEA. THE PLANTAIN FAMILY. 



Herbs, with radical, tufted or spreading leaves, and leafless 

 flower-stalks, bearing a simple spike or a single terminal flower 

 (the stem in some exotic species becoming elongated, branched, 

 and leafy). Sepals 4. Corolla small, scarious, with an ovato 

 or cylindrical tube, and 4 spreading lobes. Stamens 4, alter- 

 nating ^ith the lobes of the corolla, and usually very long. 

 Ovary 1-, 2-, or 4-celled, with 1 or more ovules in each cell, and 



