63. PLANTAeHNACE^. 295 



2. Arme'ria Willd. Thrift. 



1. A. marit'ima (Willd.) ; l. linear 1-veined, scape downy, inv.- 

 bracts very blunt 1 — 3 outer ones mucronate, oal.-aegments 

 acute, cal.-tube bairy or pilose-striate. — L. all radical, many, 

 narrow. Fl. rose-coloured or white. — a. L. flattish above very 

 slender 1-veined. A. maritima (Boias.), A. pubescens Link. — ^. 

 planifolia (Syme) ; 1. nearly flat above broadly linear blunt, 

 early 1. 3-veined. Sy. E. B. 1153. — y. A. duriuscula (Bab.) ; 

 ]. subtriquetrous channelled above very slender 1-veined. A, 

 puhigera and A. duriuscula Bab. — Muddy' and rocky sea-shores, 

 also on mountains, fi. Scottish Highlands, Ben Lawers ! 

 y. Southern sea-shore. P. IV.— IX. E. S. I. 



[.4. plantagin'ea (WiUd.) ; I. 3 — 5-veined linear-lanceolate 

 with a narrow membranous margin, scape.s glabrous rough, 

 outer inv .-bracts triangular or lanceolate cuspidate, others ovate 

 or obovate with a broad membranous margin blunt, cal.-segm. 

 with long points. — S. B. 8. 2928. — Distinguished by its leaves. 

 —Jersey. P. VI. VH.] 



Order LXIII. PLANTAGIKACE.^. 



Cal. 4-parted, persistent, imbricate, inferior. Oor. 4-parted, 

 regular, scarious. Stam. 4, hypogynous, or at the base of the 

 tube, alternate with the segments of the cor. ; filaments at first 

 doubled inwards. Ovary free, of 1 carpel, 1-celled ; or 2 — 4- 

 celled. Seeds peltate or erect. Style 1. Oaps.^ opening trans- 

 versely (or indehiscent in Littorelld). Eadicle inferior. 



1. Planta&o. Fl. perfect. Cal. 4-clefb. Cor. with an ovate 

 tube and 4-parted reflexed limb. Stam. on the corolla. 

 Caps, bursting transversely, 2 — 4-celled, 2 — 4-seeded. 



2. LiTTOEBLLA. Monoecious. Male fl. stalked ; sep. 4 ; tube 

 of the cor. cylindrical, limb 4-parted ; stam. hypogynous ; 

 fllaments very long. Fern. fl. sessile ; sep. 3 ; cor. oblong, . 

 narrowed at both ends ; style long ; caps. 1-seeded. 



1. PiANTA'ao Linn. Plantain. 



* Placervta 3 — Arvmiged, thus forming 3 — 4 oells. Seeds 1 in 

 each cell. 



1. P. Coron'opus (L.) ; 1. linear pinnatifid or dentate, scape 

 terete, spike slender, bracts subulate from an ovate base erect, 

 midrib of lateral sep. with a ciliate membranous wing. — K B. 

 892. Tube of the cor. glabrous. Extremely variable in size 



