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Order :i6. PLANTAGINALES. 

 Family 101. PLANTAGINACEAE Lindl. Plantain family. 



371. PLANTAGO L. Plantain. 



86i. P. major L. Common plantain. 

 Yards and streets; infrequent. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



862. P. Rugelii Dec. Rugel's plantain. 



Very common in yards and fields and along roads. 

 Maine and Ontario to North Dakota; Florida to Texas. 



863. P. cordata Lam. Water plantain. 

 Local along Grindstone creek. 



New York to Michigan and Missouri; Alabama to Louis- 

 iana. 



864. P. lanceolata L. English plantain. Ribgrass. 

 Common in fields and yards. 



Europe and Asia, now cosmopolitan. 



865. P. Virginica L. Dwarf plantain. 



Very common in wild pastures and dry open thickets. 

 Connecticut to Michigan and Missouri; Florida to Ari- 

 zona. 



866. P. OCCidentalis Decne. \^P. Virginica longifoliaGra.y]. 

 Western plantain. 



Frequent in wild pastures. 

 Missouri to Texas. 



867. P. spinulosaDecne. \_P. Patago7iicaspi7iJilosa{T)tcne..) 

 Gray]. Spinulose plantain. 



Roadsides; scarce and local. 



South Dakota to Assiniboia and Montana; Missouri to 

 Texas. 



868. P. aristata Michx. [P. Patagonica aristata (Michx.) 

 Gray]. Bracted plantain. 



Very common along dry roadsides and paths. 

 Maine to British Columbia and Alaska; Florida to New 

 Mexico. 



