568 PLANTAGINACEAE 



2. P. Rugelii Dec. In fields, woods and waste places: Me. and 



Ont. to S. Dak., Fla., Neb. and Tex. 



Common throughout the range as a weed in waste places; perhaps 

 more frequent than the preceding. 



3. P. lanceolata L. In fields and waste places: N. B. to the N. 



W. Terr., B. Col., Fla. and Kan. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Throughout the range as a field weed. 



4. P. cordata Lam. In swamps and along streams: Ont. to Ala., 



Mo. and La. 



Known only from an old collection made at Mattewan, N. Y., 

 many years ago. Otherwise unrecorded from the area. 



5. P. maritima L. (P. decipiens Barn.). In salt marshes and on 



sea-shores: Lab. to N. J. Also on the Pacific Coast. 



Common or frequent in our maritime swamps and up the tidal 

 rivers. 



6. P. aristata Michx. On dry plains and prairies in the West; 



also as a weed: Me. to Ga. 



Common in waste places, particularly along the coast. 



7. P. virginica L. In dry soil: R. I. to Fla., 111., Mo., Ariz, and 



Mex. 



Conn. Not uncommon near the coast, decreasing and perhaps 



wanting northward. 

 N. Y. Common on L. I. and S. I. and up the Hudson Valley to 



Westchester Co., unknown northward. 

 N. J. Common on the coastal plain, occasional north of it; 



perhaps only adventive in the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Pike, Northampton, Delaware and Chester counties. 



Tertiary, unknown on Beacon Hill as a wild plant, common 

 elsewhere: Cretaceous, common: Older Formations, scattered. 

 138-220 days. Sea level-1,050 ft. 



8. P. pusilla Nutt. In dry sandy soil: R. I. to N. Y., Va., La., 

 III., S. Dak. and Tex. 

 ('(inn. Rare at Old Lyme, Blackhall and Guilford, otherwise 



unknown. 

 N. Y. Known definitely only from L. I., there rare. 

 N.J. Rare and local in Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Camden 



and Cape May counties; not in the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Apparently known only as a weed near Philadelphia. 



