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IIciul, and Dr. Walker Amott records it from near the House of Skuil; 

 Imtli these stntiuns arc on the Mainland of Orkney. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial Summer, Autumn. 



Almost as variable a plant as P. lanccolata. Leaves varyiii^j from 

 1 inch to 1 foot or more lon<f, and the scapes from 2 to 18 inches; 

 the width of the leaves is also very variable, sonietiiiies the breadth 

 is the same tiiroughout, sometimes j^reater near the apex, and then 

 again diminishing to the apex; the upper side is usually channeled, 

 rarely flat ; the underside is more or less keeled. iJracts green on 

 the back, with white scarious margins. Stamens much exserted; 

 anthers pale yellmv. Capside ovate-conical, longer than the calyx. 

 Seeds brown, miiuite, oblong, ovoid, flat on the face, with a short 

 depression, not a fuiTow, and with a narrow white membranous wing 

 at each end. 



I cannot see how the mountain plant can be distinguished froju that 

 growing on the sliore even as a variety. The leaves are certainly as 

 much clianneled in those I have seen, and the rootstock not more 

 wotid}- than in the coast plant. Neither can I perceive any difference 

 in the bracts or cajisule. AH these points arc liable to variation in 

 the coast plant : the munber of veins in the leaves, and their being 

 equidistant or not, is also a very variable character. 



The var. y is singular from being densely hairy. 



Sea Plantain. 



French, Planlain marllime. German, Meerstrands-Wegerlcli. 



This species of plantain is so rclisliod by sheep as food, and is considered so good 



for them, that in North Wales, where it is cultivated, it is called "Sheep's herb," and 



the Welsh have two names for it, signifying " the sheep's favourite morsel," and " the 



suet producing." 



SPECIES V.-P LAN T AGO CORONOPUS. L!nn. 



Plate MCLX. 



lirifh. Ic. Fl. Germ, ct Helv. Vol. XVII. Tab. MCXXX. Figs. 5 to 8. 

 lllll.'l, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No 840. 



Leaves all radical, without distinct petioles, strapshaped or linear, 

 1 -ribbed, fleshy, generally furnished towards the apex with strap- 

 shaped acuminate ascending lobes, so as to become pinnatifid, rarely 

 destitute of lobes, or with merely a few projecting teeth ; lobes entire, 

 or again pinnatifid. Scape not furrowed, usually exceeding the leaves, 

 the flowerless part generally about as long as the leaves. Bracts 

 roundish ovate, abruptly acuminated into long lanceolate subulate 

 points, longer than the calyx, not hooded at the apex. Sepals slightly 

 hairy on the back, the 2 next the rachis keeled, the keel raised into a 



