PLANTAGINACE^. 437 



2. asiatica, L. (P. erosa, Wall. Roxb. ft. ind. ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 423.) %. 



Khassya Mountains. Nepal. Fl. small, whitish, and fr. C. S. 

 Z. media, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, /j. 434 ;— £. B. 22, t. 1559.) %. Fl. 



minute, whitish, with a tinge of red, C. S. 



4. virginica, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 434; — Moris, hist. 3, s. 8, t. 15, /. 

 8; — Roxb. H. B. p. 10.) © Virginia. Fl. small, greenish-white, 

 R. S. 



5. lanceolata, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 434 ; — E. B. 8. t. 507 ; — Roxb. H. 

 B. p. 10. % Europe. Himalayas.) Fl. small, pale reddish-greenish, 

 R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



6. Lagopus, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 435 ; — Moris, hist. 3. *. 8, t. 15, /. 

 13. — Roxb. H. B. p. 10.) S. France. Spain. Fl. greenish-white, 

 Feb. ; fr. H. S. 



y.maritima, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 436;— E. B. 3, t. 175.) 2(. Sea 

 coasts of Europe. Fl. small, greenish-red, C. S. 



8. Coronopus, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 4Z9;—E. B. 13, t. 892.) © Eu- 

 rope. Barbary. Fl. minute, whitish-green, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



9. amplexicaulis, Cav. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 439; — Cav. ic. t, 25.) © 

 Spain, Fl. small, greenish-white, March; fr. April. 



10. vaginata. Vent. {Spreng. syst. l,/>.439 ; — Vent.jard. de Cels. t. 29.) 

 % N. Africa. Fl. small, greenish- white, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



11. Cynops, L. {Sprang, syst. 1, p. 440; — Moris, hist. 3, s. 8, t. 17, /. 

 1.; — Roxb. H. B. p. 10.) ■§ S. Europe. Siberia. Fl. small, greenish- 

 white, C. S. ; fr. January. 



12. Psyllium, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 440.) © S. Europe. Fl. small, 

 greenish-white, Feb. ; fr. April. 



IS.stricta, Schousb. {Moroc. \,p. 69, ic. 145 ; — Spreng. syst. l,jo. 440; 

 — Roxb. H. 5. p. 11.) © Mogadore. Fl. small, greenish-white, C. 

 S. ; fr. Feb. and March. 



14. Ispaghula, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 404 ; ed. Carey 1, p. 421 ; — Spreng. 

 syst. 1, p. 440.) "^JT^^f^gf Issufgool. © Persia. Cultivated in India. 

 Fl. small, whitish, and fr. C. S. Seeds of a very cooling nature, and, 

 like those of Plantago Psyllium, L., forming with boiling water, a rich 

 mucilage, which is much used in India in catarrh, blennorrhoea, and 

 affections of the kidnies. They are also deservedly recommended in 

 chronic diarrhoea, two tea-spoonsful of them being given twice a day 

 with a little powdered sugar-candy. {Ainslie. Twining). 



15. pumila, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 440. — P. exigua, Murr. comm. giitt. 

 177S, p. 94, t. 5.) © S. Europe. Fl. small, whitish, C. S. ; fr. 

 March. 



* Plantago mexicana, Lk. '2f. Mexico. — P. brasiliensis, Sims. ; B. M. 53, 

 t. 2616. % Brazil— P. Serraria, L. '4. Barbary.— P. Qouani, Gmel. 

 % S. Europe. 



