Flantago.] cxiii. PLANTAaiNEiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 707 



Panjab Plains; from the Sutlej -wesivraxia, Falconer, &c. Malwa, ^Edge- 



worth. SciHDE ; on the Boogta Hills, Vicary Distbib. Westwards to Greece and 



Egypt. 



Stem 0, or branched from the base, and 2-4 in. high, bearing leaves and axillary 

 scapes. Leaves 3-6 in., rarely 2 in. diam. ; margin entire or very sparingly toothed. 

 Scapes very numerous, stout, glabrous. Spikes J-IJ in. j flowers large ;' bracts 

 cupular, glabrous, membranous except the green midrib. Sepals rounded, outer with 

 a green keel, inner all membranous. Seeds J in., boat-shaped, brown j septum J-i in. 

 long, oblong, thickened, black. 



7. P. ovata, Forsk. Fl. ^g. Arab. 31 ; annual, stemless or suboaules- 

 cent, sparsely or thickly villous, leaves narrow-linear or filiform finely 

 acuminate, scapes longer or shorter than, the leaves, spikes ovoid or cylindric, 

 corolla-lobes rounded concave obtuse. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 886 ; Dene, in 

 BC. Prodr. xiii. 1, 706. P. decumbens, Forsk. I. c. ; Bene. I. c. P. Ispaghul, 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 404, and Fd. Garey 8( Wall. i. 421 ; Fleming in As. 

 Besearoh. xi. 174 ; Boyle III. 312 ; Bene. I. c. (Ispaghula) ; Bentl. 8( Trim. 

 Med. Bot. t. 211. P. argentea, Besf. Fl. Atlant. ii. 136. P. lanata, Wall. 

 Cat. 6414. 



Panjab Plains and low Hills ; from the Sutlej westwards. Sginde, Stocks. — 

 DiSTEiB. Westwards to Spain and the Canaries. 



Stem rarely branched, as in P. amplexioaulis. Leaves 3-9 in., rarely | in. diam., 

 usually 3-nerved, entire or distantly toothed. Scapes glabrous or pubescent. Spikes 

 i-ljin. ; bracts with broad scarious margins, ovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Sepals 

 subsimilar, glabrous or pubescent. Seeds cymbiform. 



*** Corolla-lobes hirsute. Capsule 2-celled, cells 1-seeded. 



8. P. ciliata, Besf. Fl. Atlant. i. 137, t. 39 ; annual or perennialj 

 stemless or subcaulescent, densely silky or woolly, leaves long- or short- 

 petioled oblanceolate acuminate, scapes stout longer or shorter than the 

 leaves, spikes oblong or cylindric, bracts sepals and acuminate corolla-lobes 

 villous. Bene, in BC. Prodr. xiii. 1, 708; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 887. P. 

 eriantha, Bene. I. c. 707. 



The Panjab Hills, west of the Jhelum ; Salt range, Fleming ; Peshawur, 

 Yicarg, &c.— Disteib. Westwards to Arabia and Egypt. 



Usually a dwarf species, with broadly oblanceolate apiculate leaves 1-4 in. long, 

 but sometimes caulescent with narrow leaves 6 in. long. Scapes numerous. Spikes 

 stout, 1-2 in. ; bracts ovate, obtuse, broadly membranous, back green. Sepals mem- 

 branous. Seeds boat-shaped. 



Sect. 2. Psyllium. Stem leafy. Leaves opposite. 



9. P. Psyllium, Linn. ; annual, erect, strict, glandular-pubescent, 

 leaves linear or linear-lanceolate flat obtuse, peduncles in the upper axils, 

 spikes ovoid, bracts acute, lower elongate. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 891 ; Bene, 

 in BO. Prodr. xiii. 1, 734 ; Sibth. Fl. Orcec. 1. 149 ; Beiehb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 

 t: 84. p. arenaria, Bene. I. c. 735 (the Indian plant). 



Noeth-Westeen Panjab; Peshawur and South of Brumoo, Stewart; Tarki, 

 N. of Indus, alt. 2800 ft., AitcUson. — Disteie. Westwards to Greece and Egypt. _ 



Stem 4-8 in. Leaves l-lj in., with fascicles in their axils, hence appearing 

 whorled, margin entire with a very few glandular tubercles, bases ciliate. Scapes 

 , usually shorter than the leaves. Spikes ^J in. ; lower bracts sometimes spreading, 

 hispid. Sepals oblong, subacute. Corolla very small. 



10. P. pumila, Willd. Enum. S.ort. Berol. i. 162; stem ascending 



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