410 PLUMB AGIN ACE^. — PLANTAGINAOE^. [PlaUtagO. 



1. A. maritima,'Willd. Conunon Thrift. Sea Pink. Sea Gil- 

 lifloiver. " Leaves liiiear l-nerved, awns of the calyx short." — 

 Br. Fl. p. 335. Statice Armeria, L. : E. B. t. 226. 



/3. Heads of flowers beautiful shining crimson in the bud. 



On rocks, cliffs and pastures by the sea, as well as on the shore itself; abun- 

 dantly. FL April— September. 4. 



On St. Helens spit, abundantly. By the Medina above Cowes. By the Yar 

 at Yarmouth. 



/3. St. Helens spit. 



Capsules less deeply and more broadly 5-lobed than in Statice Limonium, the 

 lobes smooth. Seeds smaller and shorter, oblongo-elliplical, obscurely ribbed, 

 brownish, darker at each end. 



Order LXII. PLANTAGINACE^, Juss. 



" Sometimes moncEcious. Calyx (of the perfect and staminate 

 flowers) 4-partite. Corolla scariose, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, or 

 rarely 1, alternate with the segments of the corolla. Filaments ex- 

 serted. Ovary 1-celIed with 1 ovule, or 2-ceIled with 4 or many 

 ovules. Style and stigma simple, the latter rarely divided. Cap- 

 sule opening transversely, 2- or 4-celled, with 2 — 4 or many seeds; 

 or hard and indehiscent, 1 -celled, 1-seeded. Seeds peltate, 

 inserted on the dissepimens or at the base of the cell, rarely erect. 

 Embryo in a fleshy or horny albumen. Slightly bitter and astrin- 

 gent. Seeds mucilaginous." — Br. Fl. 



I. Plantago, Linn. Plantain. 



" Flotoers perfect. Corolla with an ovate tube ; limb 4-partite, 

 reflexed. Stamens 4, inserted upon the tube of the corolla. 

 Capsule opening transversely, of 2 — 4 cells, 2—4 or many-seeded." 

 —Br. Fl. 



The species of this genus are found in all parts of the world, but are most 

 numerous in the S. of Europe and N. of Africa. Britain possesses only the five 

 following, which are common to it and the rest of Europe. 



* Leaves entire or simply toothed. Root perennial. 



1. P. major, L. Greater Plantain. Way-bread. " Leaves 

 broadly ovate mostly on longish grooved footstalks, scape rounded, 

 spikes long cjdindrical, sepals vdth a prominent dorsal nerve, cap- 

 sule 2-celled with the dissepiment plane, each cell many-seeded." 

 —Br. Fl. p. 338. E. B. 1. 1558. 



In meadows, pastures, waste places and by waysides ; frequent. Fl. June — 

 August. 2^. 



2. P. media, L. Hoary Plantain. " Leaves elliptical pubes- 

 cent sessile or tapering into short and broad footstalks, scape 

 rounded, spike cylindrical, sepals not keeled, capsule 2-ceIled 

 with the dissepiment plane, cells 1-seeded." — Br. Fl. p. 338. E. 

 B. t. 1559. 



