ALISUACEA. 109 



ajiigoidea, Benth. Softly white-hairy: leaves oblong obtuse; iU-scented. 

 albens, Gr. White-woolly, leafy, often tall: leaves rather acute, 

 pycnantha, Benth. Tawny-hairy, leafy: leaves obtuse, spike short, dense, 

 palustris, L. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, mostly sessile. Or. 

 bllllata, Benth.- Mostly hispid, light rose flowers in interrupted spikes. 

 Chamiaaonis, Benth. Much larger: leaves 2-S in. long. Wet ground, 

 riliftta, DongL Similar; leaves thinner, less hairy. Or. Coast. 



PLANTAGINACE^. 



1. PLANTAGO, Toumefort 



Stamens 4, Ijeaves not fleshy, I-8-ribbed or nerved 1, B, 6 



Leaves somewhat fleshy, oblanceolate to lanceolate or broader.... 2, 3, 7 



Leaves fleshy, linear to filiform; spike dense, cylindrical 4 



Stamens 2: leaves liaear to filiform, 1 -4 in. long: annuals u 8, 9 



1. P. major, L. var. Asiatica, Decne. Leaves ovate or oval: scape i-2 high. 



2. P. eriopoda, Torr. Yellowish wool at base: scape J-1 ft. high. N. Cal. to Alaska. 



3. P. macrocarpa, C. & S. Petioles long: capsule J-J in. long. Coast, Wash. 



4. P. maritima, L. Corolla-tube pubescent: seeds 2 to 4. Common on the Coast. 

 6. P. lanceolata, L. Petioles slender : scape deeply furrowed; spike short. Nat. 



6. P. Patagronica, Jacq. Usually silky-woolly: slender leaves acute: spikes short 



7. P. hirtella, HBK. Scape with long dense spike, 1-2 ft. high. Cal. Coast. 



8. P. Bigelovii, Gr. Spike dense, i-1 in. long: capsule 4-8eeded. Saline marshes. 



9. P. lieterophylla, Nutt. Spike 2-5 in. long, very slender: seeds 10-28. CoL 



CLASS n.— ENDOGENS OH MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



alismacej:. 



Flowers perfect: stamens nsnally 6: carpels in a whorl. 



Carpels numerons, distinct, obovate-oblong, flattened: scape panicnlate I 



Carpels 6-12, nnited at base, tapering to a beak: scape simple 8 



Tlowera monoecious or dioecions: carpels many, capitate, winged, short-beaked 8 



