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1. 0. fascicul&ta, Nutt. 



Stem 2-4 in. high, scaly; flowers solitary on long naked peduncles, pur- 

 plish-yellow, large, nearly 1 in. long. Parasitic on roots of Artemisia and 

 similar plants on sandy hills and plains {Aphyllon fascictdatum, Gray). 

 Sask. and Alta. 



2. O. ludovicidna, Nutt. 



Stems stout, 4-12 in. high, scaly, somewhat viscid; flowers purplish, in 

 dense terminal braoted spikes. {Aplfyllon ludoviciana. Gray.) Dry clay 

 banks, particularly along rivers, W. Sask. and Alta. 



LXXX. PLANTAGINACEiE (Plantain Family). 



Stemless herbs with basal leaves, and regular flowers in spikes on 

 a long scape. Calyx 4-parted, persistent; corolla 4-parted,hypog- 

 enous, gamopetalous, dry and membrane-like; stamens 4, inserted 

 on the corolla alternate with its lobes. 



1. PLANTAGO. Plantain. 



Calyx segments mostly equal; corolla salver-shaped; stamens 4, 

 usually with long weak filaments; style long; stigma hairy; cap- 

 sule 2-celled, opening with a lid; flowers small, whitish, on a naked 

 scape; leaves prominently ribbed. 



1. P. m^jor, L. Common Plantain. 



Leaves broadly elliptical, undulate, or somewhat toothed; petiole broad; 

 scape 4-15 in. high, often curved; spike dense. A common weed around 

 dwellings. 



2. P. Rugelii, Done. 



Closely resembling the preceding, but smaller, with thinner leaves on 

 slender petioles red at the base. Common about dwellings. 



3. P. lanceolSta, L. Bib Grass. 



Generally hairy; leaves lanceolate; scape slender; spike dense with 

 brownish scarious bracts and sepals. Very commonly introduced with grass 

 seed. 



4. P. eri6poda, Torr. 



Yellowish woolly at the base; leaves oblanceolate or oblong, thickish, 

 on short petioles. Alkaline soil, very common, Man.-Alta. 



5. P. elongfita, Pursh. 



Finely pubescent; leaves linear to almost thread-like; capsule 4-seeded. 

 Light soil, S. Man. and westward. 



