MACLOSKIE : PLANTAGINACE/E. 735 



siliceous spines, and covered with white, appressed bristles, and by its i- 

 flowered, 2-bracted spikes, its long-beaked pyxis and its hollow caudex. 



6. PLANT AGO CORIACEA Cham. & Schl. (C. brasiliensis Sims.) 



Subcaulescent perennial, with glabrate, obscurely 3-nerved linear, or 

 narrower leaves, attenuate both ways, their points callous. Scapes twice 

 as long as the leaves, terete, sericeous, interspersed below with spread- 

 ing hairs. Spikes oblong-cylindrical ; lower bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 laxly pubescent; upper obtuse. Calyx-leaves rounded concave, slightly 

 glabrous. Corolla-lobes rounded, with scarcely a mid-line. Ovary 2- 

 celled, cells i-ovuled. 



(Brazil); Patagon., Chubut, valleys by Cabo Raso. 



7. P. CORONOPUS Linn. 



Rootstock short. Leaves spreading, linear or linear-lanceolate to pin- 

 natifid, with linear segments, hairy, the ribs not prominent. Spikes cylin- 

 drical. Flowers small. Sepals broad, ciliate. Ovary 4-celled; cells i- 

 seeded. 



(Mediterr. region; Central Eur. ; North Asia; Austral.); Patagon. (?). 



8. P. HIRTELLA Kunth. 



Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong or lanceolate, 5-nerved, dentate, the teeth 

 transverse or reflexed, or subsessile, with a basal tubercle, or attenuate to 

 a short, scarious-margined petiole, glabrate, with loose hairs. Peduncles 

 ascending, exceeding the leaves, sometimes puberulous above, violet- 

 colored. Spikes long-cylindrical ; lower flowers lax. Bracts lanceolate, 

 membranaceous-margined. Anterior calyx-leaves equilateral-oval, gla- 

 brous; posterior broader. Corolla-lobes ovate-cordate, acute, glabrous. 

 Capsule with 4 yellow seeds. 



(Chili) ; N. Patagon. 



9. P. LANCEOLATA Linn. 



Leaves lanceolate, about 7 cm. long, attenuate-petiolate, slightly hairy, 

 basal, erect or spreading, 3~5-ribbed. Scape exceeding the leaves, erect 

 and angular. Spike ovoid, about 2 cm. long, or less. Sepals scarious, 

 green-ribbed. Stamens twice as long as the corolla. CaJ>sule 2-celled ; 

 seed i in each cell ; filaments white, slender. 



