296 63. PlANTAGINACilLai. 



and amount of pubescence, woolly or nearly glabrous. L. Tary- 

 ing in -widtb, nearly entire, or even doubly pitmatifid. Spikes 

 slender, Ia in. long, many-flowered; or spnerical with 2 — 6 

 flowers. — Gravelly barren spots near the sea and inland. A.. ? 

 VI. VII. Buck's horn Plantain. E. S. I 



** Placenta 2-wmged. Seeds 1 in each cell. Cor. -tube 

 pubescent. 



2. P. marit'ima (L.) ; 1. linear channelled fleshy convex on 

 the back, scape terete, spike cylindrical, bracts ovate mucronate, 

 Sep. not winged. — E. B. 175. — L. usually woolly at their base, 

 nearly flat and broad or linear, toothed or quite entire, glabrous 

 or hairy ; 3-veined, yeins equidistant. Scape glabrous or hairy. 

 Caps, oblong-conical. Very variable in size. In a Cornish 

 variety the 1. are only 1 — 2 lines in length and semicylindrical, 

 scapes very short, spikes sometimes only 3- or 4-flowered. — The 

 mountain plant may be (1) P. serpentina (Vill.) or (2) P. alpina 

 (L.) ; they are both said to have lateral veins of 1. nearer the 

 margin than midrib, (1) to have coriaceous, (2) herbaceous 

 leaves. Symes's var. hirsuta is a small very hairy form from 

 Shetland. Sy. E. B. 1167. — Sea-coast and on mountains. 

 P. VI.— IX. , E. S. I. 



*** Placenta 'i-minged. Seeds 1 in each cell. Cor.-tube 

 glabrous. 



3. P. lanceoldta (L.) ; I. lanceolate attenuate at both ends 6- 

 veined, scape furrowed, spike ovate or oblong-cylindrical, bracts 

 ovate acute or cuspidate, 2 lateral sep. keeled. — E. B. 507. — L. 

 nearly glabrous, length 3 — 12 times the breadth. Anth. and 

 filaments yellow. Bracts and sep. black at the tip. A very 

 variable plant. Spikes globose, scape and 1. silky, neck woolly, 

 in sandy places ; spikes very long, 1. very long and broad, in 

 rich damp soil. — Meadows, pastures and sandy places. P. V. 

 —VII. Ribwort. E.S.I. 



\_P. Timbali (Jord.); rootstock many-headed, bracts with 

 scarious margins ; is sometimes found in cultivated fields.] 



4. P. midia (L.) ; I. elliptic-ovate sessile or toith short broad 

 stalks pubescent, scape terete, spike cylindrical, bracts ovate- 

 acuminate, sep. not keeled. — E. B. 1559. — L. usually lying flat 

 on the ground, sometimes shortly lanceolate and ascendiiig. 

 Anth. yellow, filaments purple. — ^iVTeadows and pastures. P. 

 VI. — IX. Lamb's-tongue. B. 



**** Placenta 2^winged. Seeds 2 — 4 in each cell. Cor.-tube 

 glabrous. 



5. P. major (L.); 1. broadly ovate on longish channelled 



