148 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



single in the axils, nearly sessile. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft, 

 purplish and white. Corolla wanting. Stamens 5, on the 

 base of the calyx. Capsule 5-valved, few-seeded. — Sea-shore, 

 Atl. Prov. 



7. AJIAGAIi'LIS, Tourn. Pimpernel. 



A. arven'sis, L. (Common Pimpbbnel.) Petals obovate, 

 fringed with minute teeth , mostly bluish or purplish. Flowers 

 closing at the approach of rain. Leaves ovate, sessile. — 

 Sandy fields and garden soil. 



8. SAM'OLUS, L. Tourn. 'Wateh-Pimpeknel. Bkook-weed. 

 S. Valeran'di, L., var. Ameriea'nUS, Gray, stem slen- 

 der, diffusely branched. The slender pedicels each with a 

 bractlet at the middle. — Wet places, not common. 



Ordek LVII. PLANTAGINA'CE.S;. (Plantain Pamilt.) 



Herbs, with the leaves all radical, and the flowers in a 

 close spike at the summit of a naked scape. Calyx of 4 

 sepals, persistent. Corolla 4-lobed, thin and membranace- 

 ous, spreading. Stamens 4, usually with long filaments, 

 inserted on the corolla. Pod 2-celled, the top coming off 

 like a lid. Leaves ribbed. The principal genus is 



FLANTA'GO, L. Plantain. Eib-Geass. 



1. P. major, L. (Common P.) Spike long and slender. 

 Leaves 5-7-ribbed, ovate or slightly heart-shaped, with chan- 

 nelled petioles. Pod 7-16-seeded. — Moist ground about dwel- 

 lings. 



2. P. Kamtsehat'ica, Hook. (P. BugelU, Decaisne, in 

 Macoun's Catalogue.) Resembling small forms of No. 1, 

 but pod 4-seeded. 



3. P. laneeola'ta, L. (Bib-G-rass. English, Plantain.) 

 Spike thick and dense, short. Leaves 3-5-ribbed, lanceolate 

 or lanceolate-oblong. Scape grooved, long and slender.— 

 Dry fields and banks. 



4. P. COrda'ta, Lam. Tall and glabrous. Bracts round- 

 ovate, fleshy. Pod '2-4-seeded. — South-western Ontario. 



