4U TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Plantago. 



PLANTA'GO.' Plaintain. 



P. major. Greater" P. Leaves broadly egg-shaped, 

 sinoothish, somewhat toothed, on longish foot-stalks. 

 Flower-stalks round. Spike tapering. Seeds nu- 

 merous. E. B. 1558. C. 2. 11. P. latifolia. G. 

 E. 419. 



Pastures, way-sides. 



Per. June. 



Stalks nine to eighteen inches. Ls. root-ones upright or spread- 

 ing, ribs seven or nine. Spike long, slender, acute. Fl, very 

 numerous, closely tiled. Cor. Sindfilam. white. Antli. reddish. 

 Plant varies greatly in size. 

 Seeds eaten by small birds. Plant astringent, mucilaginous. 



Green Is. applied to cuts. 



P. media. Hoary P. Leaves egg-shaped, downy, with 

 very short foot-stalks. Flower-stalks round. Spike 

 cylindrical. Seeds solitary. E. B. 1559. C 4. 14. 

 P. incana. G. E. 419. 



Dry pastures. 



Per. June. 



Stems five to ten inches. Ls. pressed close to the ground, about 

 five-ribbed, entire. Foot-stalks broad. FI. stalks tall, hoary. 

 Filam. long, pale-purple. Anth. whitish. Caps, cell one- 

 seeded. 

 This plant a nuisance on lawns, destroyed by applying a drop 



of sulphuric acid on the crown of each root. Medical properties, 



like those of the former. 



P. lanceoldta. Ribwort P. Leaves spear-shaped, entire, 

 tapering at each end ; nearly woolly at the base. 

 Flower-stalks angular. Spike egg-shaped. E. B. 

 507. C. 2. 10. P. quinquenervia." G. E. 422. 



Meadows, pastures. 



Per. June. 



Stalks about one foot, and shoot to a considerable length after 



flowering. Ls. root-ones for the most part upright, ribbed. 



Spike tiled with black scales. Anth. prominent, cream-coloured. 



Eaten by cattle, mixed with other herbage. 



P. Coronopiis.^ BucWs-horn P. Star of Earth. Leaves 

 in many wing-cleft linear segments. Flower-stalks 

 round. E. B. 892. Cornu cervinum. G. E. 427- 



' i. e. called the plant, by way of excellence. 

 * Korone, a crow, and jious, a foot. Gr. 



