PLANTAGINACÉES. 279 
GENERA 
1. Plantago T. — Flores regulares hermaphroditi, v. polygamo- 
2-morphi; receptaculo convexo. Sepala 4, subæqualia v. inæqualia ; 
anticis 2 nunc majoribus crassioribus v. in unum connatis ; præflo- 
ratione imbricata. Corollæ gamopetalæ tubus eylindraceus v. subur- 
ceolatus, ad faucem contractus; limbi lobis 4, cum sepalis alternan- 
übus, varie imbricatis v. tortis, patentibus. Stamina 4, 2-morpha, 
cum corollæ lobis alternantia; filamentis tubo affixis, in alabastro 
induplicatis ; antheris dorsifixis, 2-locularibus, introrsis, versatilibus, 
Sæpe apiculatis; loculis parallelis, longitudinaliter rimosis. Germen 
Superum, 2-loculare v. spurie septatum indeque imperfecte 3, 4-locel- 
latum, nune demum, septo evanescente, 4-loculare. Stylus simplex, 
ad apicem nunc sensim dilatatus, ibi longitrorsum 2-4-fariam stigma- 
tosus. Ovula in loculis 4, v. 2-15, adscendentia v. peltatim ad medium 
affixa ; micropyle extrorsum infera. Fructus membranaceus, 2-locula- 
r'IS V. abortu 1-locularis, ad medium v. prope basin circumcissus. Se- 
mina 1- æ, subglobosa, angulosa v. compressa peltata, ventre plana 
V. Concava ibique ad centrum peltatim affixa; albumine carnoso ; 
embryonis recti v. arcuati radicula infera ; cotyledonibus parum latiori- 
bus. — Herbæ annuæ , perennes v. raro basi frutescentes; foliis basila- 
ribus rosulatis v. alternis rarove oppositis, integris, dentalis v. pinnati- 
fidis, 1- œ-nerviis; petiolo sæpe basi dilatato, nune vaginante, sæpe 
membranaceo lanato ; floribus plerumque spicatis v. capitatis, 1-brac- 
leatis, rarius solitariis axillaribus. (Orbis totius reg. frigid., temp. et 
cali.) — Vid. p. 274. 
2? Littorella L.! — Flores Plantaginis” polygamo-monæci, 4- 
1. Manliss., n. 1398. — Juss., Gen., 90. —  t. 196. __. Gen., n. 2168.—NEEs, Gen. F1. 
SCukUER, Handb.. { 1.27. = Des in DC.Prodr.,  germ  Gen., , 1225, n 
XII, p. I »135; Tr. ” n. Bot. .— BARNÉOUD, 2; Fr pr fuirte sectio, floribus 1-sexua- 
Honogr. Plan, utag., 5. — Fin, Organog., 606,  libus et germine 1-ovulato. 
