Plantago.] PLANTAGINE^. 297 



OEDEE LII.— PLANTAGINEJE. 

 PLANTAGO Linn. 



1. P. major Linn. — Way- 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. YI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XIL 



Lat. 5H°-56i°- Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Pastures, -waysides, and waste places ; common. Fl. June-Aug. 



Sea-level in N. Antrim and S. Cork. To 1150 ft. in Deny 

 {Hart) ; to 1600 ft. in Dublin {ISf. C). 



Far. nfTEEMEDiA ( Gilih) — I. Lake shore at Killamey : H. W. 8. 

 i888. — ^V. On the shore at Malahide, Dublin ; More. — ^XII. On the 

 shore of Lough Neagh at Crumlin waterfoot {Stewart) : S.Sf P. iSg^. 



2. *P. media Linn. — LamVs Tongue. 



Districts [I.] ,[!!.] V. VI. — VIII. IX. X. XL — 



Lowland. Pastures, banks, and waysides ; rare. Fl. June-Aug. 

 [I. Occasionally near Cork, as at Douglas, &c. : AllMs Cork. — 

 II. One plant on a lawn atPota, Cork; Phillies.'] — V. Abundant in 

 a field and on a furzy bank north of Straflan, Kildare (/. Douglas) : 

 Bee. Add. Tennis ground at Kingstown ; R. W. S. — VI. Some 

 hundreds of plants in an old pasture near Ballycahill, Clare, 1888 ; 

 P. B. 0' Kelly. —\111. JSTear Cong mill-pond; and— IX. Tennis 

 ground at Lisloughrey Mayo ; Miss M. F. Jackson. Pasture near 

 Hollymount house, Mayo {More) : Cyl. Eoadside bank near ClifEony, 

 Sligo, 1896; N.C. — X. Lawn at Allan Eock, Dungannon, Tyrone; 

 Bev. S. A. Brenan. — XL Near the house at Glenalla : Sort i8'/g. 

 Probably introduced with grass seed in all cases. Appears to 

 be naturalized in some of its stations and to be spreading in Ireland. 



3. P. lanceolata Linn. — Bib-wort Plantain. 



Sihernici Slau luy {Slawn loos), Sealing Plant. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XL XIL 



Lat. 51^°-65i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Pastures, waysides, waste places, &c. ; common. Fl. May-July. 



Sea-level in F. Antrim and S. Cork. To 1450 ft. in Derry, and 

 to 2250 ft. ia Mayo {Bart). 



