Plantapinea.'] flora of Tasmania. 
Hab. Common on sand-hills at Circular Head, also on the Hampshire I!: . 
tains, Archer.— (11 Sept.-Nov.) 
This differs from P. varia hi its smaller size, broader, -j>v> ;, !i:i_ '■ 
shorter spikes ; the base of the petiole and peduncle are also Leu bearded. Decais 
corolla as having a dark spot at their base, a character which I find also in some ipecim 
dies van in length from being as long as, to twice as long as, the leaves. Some of Archer's specini 
intermediate between this, P. varia and P. Antarctica, and agree with P. 
b. Bracts and sepals glabrous. 
3. Plantago Antarctica (Dene, in DC. Prodr. xiii. 703); foliis lanceoi.; 
pando-denticulatisve 3-5-nerviis utrinque hispidis tomentosisvc in petiokm bn 
silibus, pedunculis folia duplo v. longe superantibus gracilibus pubescentibus . 
ovatisve densifloris, bracteis subdeltoideis glaberrimis calyce parum brenoribus, 
subsequalibus glaberrimis, corollas lobis rotundato-cordatis acmiu-cu'.is lunula i 
abortu 2 -sperm a, placentario obtuso. — Affinis P. varia?, ted 
Hab. Tasmania, Verreaux ; Machos of S(. Patrick's Kiver, :. 
hunt, Archer.— (F\. Dec.) 
leaves, 3-5 inches long, densely pubescent, villous or naked at the 
Spikes \-2 inches long, quite like those of P. varia, but with usualb glai 
ally a few hairs on the calyx. 
4. Plantago Archeri (Hook, fil.) ; foliis stcllatim patentibus obovato-s;, ..-. 
mis molliter tomentosis basi barbatis, pedunculis villosis, spica ovato-cyhndrart i 
formibus glaberrimis carnosis i n ginibus august* nu mbi ma« t s c-ili tis « dyc< n 
acuminatis glaberrimis margine late membranaceis, corollas lobis pan is angusl 
fusca lata. 
Hab. Western Mountains, near Cumming's Head, Archer. 
A remarkable, distinct, and singular little species. Perennial.— -law 
long, shortly petioled, spathulate-ohlong, quite entire, densely covered 
surfaces, quite entire, blunt, coriaceous, nerveless, the petioles with silky, villous hairs at the ke 
shorter than the haves., but probably variable in length, villous with long hairs. Spite \ inch lor 
ovate. Flow, crowded, very small. Bracts glabrous, coriac* 
back, with a narrow, membranous, dilate margin, tolgx <| 
lobes.— I have seen only two specimens of this specie-, and some allowance for vanai 
the description. 
5. Plantago Tasmanica (Nob. in Loud. Journ. Hot. n. 2 l*h 
spatbulatisvc integerrimis v. sinuato-dentatis 1-ncrviis, ; 
centibus, spicis ovatis cylimlraccisve, bracteis ovato-dcltoidcis calyc, b> 
sepalis subacutis glaberrimis, corollas lobis acuminal s, I tpst I I - ofo MP**™* 
Var. a; foliis utrinque hispid - aUti ' 
P. Tasmanica, Xob.l.c; Dene, hi DC. Prodr. xiii. 703. (G«n», 866.) 
Yar. /3. ^irafe; foliis lanceolatis dentatis glabratis basi nudis, peduneu. 
spicis ovatis, corollas lobis orbiculari-ovatis.— P. glabrata, A .. . ■ • ■ '> ■ 
Yar. 7 . Daltoni; fobis glabrioribus elliptico- v. lineari-laneeolati, long - 
