94 ERICALES 
Bracts 2-10 times as long as the flowers. 
Bracts 7-17 mm. long, 2-5 times as long as the flowers, 
6. P. spinulosa. 
Bracts 10-30 mm. long, many times as long as the flowers. 
7. P. aristata, 
1. Plantago major L. Common Plantain. 
A common weed in waste places throughout the state. Anselmo; Bel- 
mont; Crete; Lincoln; Peru; Talmage; Tecumseh, 
2. Plantago rugelii Dec. 
In waste places, less common than the last. Crete; Ewing; Grand 
Island; Lincoln; Republican Valley. 
3. Plantago lanceolata L. Rib Grass. 
Common in the southeastern part of the state. Crete; Grand Island; 
Holdrege; Lincoln; Minden; O’Neill. 
4. Plantago eriopoda Torr. Saline Plantain. 
In saline or alkaline soil. Alliance; Grand Island; Kearney; Sheridan 
County; Sidney; Wood River. 
5. Plantago purshii R. & S. 
A common weed in dry soil throughout the state. Anselmo; Callaway; 
Deuel County; Fairbury; Lincoln; Perkins County; St. James; Sioux 
County; Wahoo. 
6. Plantago spinulosa Dec. 
In dry soil, mostly in waste places. Kearney; Minden. 
-7. Plantago aristata Michx. 
In dry soil throughout the state. Brunswick; Lincoln; Hastings; Min- 
den; Nemaha; Oreopolis; Valentine. 
8. Plantago virginica L. 
In dry soil in the southeastern part of the state. Weeping Water. 
9. Plantago elongata Pursh. 
Plantago myosuroides Rydb. 
In dry soil, not common. Anselmo; Lincoln; Mansfield; Weeping 
Water. « 
ERICALES., 
Shrub, fruit a berry in our species. 1. Ericaceae. 
Herbs, fruit a capsule. 2. Pirolaceae. 
1. ERICACEAE. 
Arctostaphylos. 706. 
1. Arctostaphylos uva-ursa (L.). Spreng. 
In dry soil in Custer County. 
2. PIROLACEAE. 
Leaves normal, evergreen. 1, Pirola. 
Leaves reduced to scales, not green. 
Flowers many, corolla gamopetalous. 2, Pterospora. 
Flowers solitary, corolla polypetalous. 3. Monotropa. 
1. Pirola. 693, 
Raceme regular, capsule about 6 mm, in diameter. 
