GENUus 1. PLANTAIN FAMILY. 
5. Plantago eriépoda Torr. Saline Plantain. 
Fig. 3902. 
Plantago glabra Nutt. Gen. 1: 100. 1818? 
Plantago eriopoda Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y.2: 237. 1827. 
Perennial, succulent ; rootstock long, usually densely 
covered with long brown hairs among the bases of 
the leaves. Leaves oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or ob- 
lanceolate, entire, or repand-dentate, acute at the 
apex, narrowed into petioles, 5-9-ribbed, 3’-12’ long, 
3’-1¥ wide, glabrous or very nearly so; scapes stout, 
more or less pubescent, longer than the leaves, 6-18’ 
high; spikes 1’-5’ long, dense above, the lower flowers 
scattered ; flowers perfect; sepals distinct, oblong- 
obovate with a narrow green midrib and broad scari- 
ous margins; corolla glabrous, its lobes spreading or 
reflexed; pyxis ovoid-oblong, very obtuse, one-third 
longer than the calyx, 2-4-seeded, circumscissile be- 
low the middle, seeds nearly flat. 
In maritime or saline soil, Nova Scotia and Quebec 
to Minnesota, Athabasca, Cclorado and California. 
June-Sept. 
Plantago sparsiflira Michx., of the Southeastern 
States, admitted into our first edition as found in southern 
Illinois, is not known to range north of North Carolina. 
6. Plantago cordata Lam. Heart-leaved 
Plantain. Water Plantain. Fig. 3903. 
Plantago cordata Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 338. 1791. 
Perennial, glabrous, purple-green; rootstock short, 
very stout. Leaves broadly ovate or nearly orbicu- 
lar, pinnately veined, obtuse or acute at the apex, 
entire or dentate, rounded, abruptly narrowed, or 
cordate at the base, often 10’ long; petioles stout, 
margined above; scapes stout, longer than the 
leaves; spikes loosely flowered, sometimes I° long, 
with interrupted clusters; flowers perfect; sepals 
ovate to obovate, obtuse, green; corolla-lobes spread- 
ing; pyxis ovoid-globose, obtuse, circumscissile at 
or slightly below the middle, 1-4-seeded; seeds not 
excavated on the face. 
In swamps and along streams, Ontario to New York, 
Alabama, Minnesota, Missouri and Louisiana. March— 
July. 
7. Plantago maritima L. Sea or Seaside Plantain. Fig. 3904. 
Plantago maritima L. Sp. Pl. 114. 1753. 
Plantago decipiens Barneoud, Mon. Plantag. 16. 1845. 
P. borealis Lange, Fl. Dan. pl. 2707. 
Annual, biennial, or perennial, fleshy; rootstock 
stout or slender, sometimes with tufts of whitish 
hairs among the bases of the leaves. Leaves linear, 
glabrous, very obscurely nerved, sessile, or narrowed 
into short margined petioles, 2-10’ long, entire, or 
with a few small teeth, 1-23” wide; scapes slender, 
more or less pubescent, longer than or equalling the 
leaves; spikes dense, linear-cylindric, blunt, 1/5’ 
long; flowers perfect; sepals ovate-lanceolate to 
nearly orbicular, green, somewhat keeled; corolla 
pubescent without, its lobes spreading; pyxis ovoid- 
oblong, obtuse, 2-4-seeded, circumscissile at about 
the middle, nearly twice as long as the calyx; seeds 
nearly flat on the face. 
In salt marshes and on sea-shores, Greenland and 
Labrador to New Jersey, and on the Pacific Coast from 
Alaska to California. Also on the coasts of Europe and 
Asia. Consists of several slightly differing races. 
Buckshorn. Gibbals. Sea-kemps. June—Sept. 
