292 48. Piantago. IS. PLANTAGINE^. PL ex. cor. 



1 . Pla7iiago major. Great plantain. 

 Spike 30 or 40-flowered ; hractece membranaceous ; leaves 



ovate, 7 or 9-ribbed, toothed, or not cut. 



Planlago latifolia vulgaris, Rail Syn. 314, 1 ; Park. 493. 

 Plantago latifoliura, Ger. em. 419, 1. 

 Plantago major, Lin. S. P. 163. 

 Broad-leaved plantain. Waybrede. 



Pastures and waysides; perennial; all the year. 



Stem 7 to 18 in. high, rather rough, approaching to 

 2-edged ; leaves with long petioles. — Leaves applied as a 

 dressing to fresh wounds. 



(3. paniculaia. Spike abortive, panicled ; Iractea leaflike. 



y. denlala. Leaves with large teeth at the base. 



2. Plantago hrncteata. Bracteated plantain, 

 Bractea spreading, very long, leaflike; leaves ovate, bald, 



ending in a long petiole. 



Plantago rosea spicata, Ger. em. 419,4. 

 Plantago bracteata, Mcench. Meth.iSd. 

 Plantago major, var. Lin. S, P. 163. 

 Spiked rose-plantain. 



Waysides; perennial; June. 



Leaves 7 or 9-ribbed ; spike flat or pyramidical, and re- 

 mains the same when cultivated. 



3. Plantago minima. Small plantain. 

 Spike 3 to 6-flowered; hractece. membranaceous; leaves 



ovate, 3-ribbed, toothed or not cut. 



Plantago latifolia glabra minor, Raii Syn. 314, 3. 

 Plantago major 6, Lin. S. P. 163. 

 Plantago minima, De Cand. Fl. Gall. 22,97. 



Dry barren pastures ; perennial ; June to August. 

 Stem 18 in. high; leaves rough. 



II. 49. ARNOGLOSSUM. Dioscorides. Lamls-tongue. 

 Corolla 4-cut ; anthers oblong ; ovary 2-celled ; dissepi- 

 ments flat ; seeds 1 in each ceW.-^— Stem scarcely any ; leaves 

 and scapes radical. 



1. Arnoglossum incanum. Hoary lamls-tongue. 



Leaves ovate, lanceolate, pubescent; spike cylindrical; 

 scape round. 



Plantago major incana, Raii Syn. 314, 3 ; Park. 493. 

 Plantago incana, Ger. em. 419,2. 

 Plantago media, Lin. S. P. 163. 

 Hoary plantain. 



