The Flora of the Cayuga Lake Basin 379 



116. PHRYMACEAE (Lopseed Family) 



1. Phryma L. 

 1. P. Leptostachya L. Lopseed. 



Rich banks in woods and thickets ; frequent. July. 



In the alluvial soils in the ravines of the basin, and in the clays and richer soils 

 back from Cayuga Lake ; rare or absent on the more acid soils of the hills s. of 

 Ithaca, and apparently absent in the McLean district : Coy Glen ; Fall Creek ; 

 woods n. e. of Hanshaw Corners ; Paine Creek ; and elsewhere. 



N. B. and Que. to Man., southw. to Fla. and Kans. ; infrequent on the Coastal 

 Plain. Found also in e. Asia. 



117. PLANTAGINACEAE (Plantain Family) 

 1. Plantago (Tourn.) L. 



a. Leaves basal ; plant scapose. 



b. Leaves broad, abruptly contracted into long petioles ; spikes long and slender ; 

 seeds plump, not hollowed on the inner face. 

 c. Blade pinnately veined. 1. P. cordata 



c. Blade palmately veined. 

 d. Capsule ovate, circumscissile near the middle; sepals and bracts broad and 

 rounded obtuse; base of petiole greenish white, rarely purplish. 



2. P. major 



d. Capsule elliptic-oblong, circumscissile much below the middle; sepals and 

 bracts narrow, strongly carinate, subacute; base of petiole purple. 



3. P. Rugelii 



b. Leaves from ovate to oblong or linear, tapering to a short petiole or a sessile 

 base; spikes short. 

 c. Leaf blade ovate, oblong, or elliptical; seeds flat or nearly so on the inner 



face. 4. P. media 



c. Leaf blade lanceolate or linear ; seeds plainly concave on the inner face. 

 d. Blade lanceolate ; bracts shorter than the flowers. 5. P. lanceolala 



d. Blade linear; bracts longer than the flowers. 6. P. aristata 



a. Leaves cauline, either opposite or whorled. [P. arenaria] 



1. P. cordata Lam. 



Alluvial soil along streams in wooded swamps ; rare. 



"In herb, of Professor Thomas, collected in Ledyard, 1827" (D.) ; not seen since. 

 N. Y. and Ont. to Minn., southw. to Ala., La., and Mo. ; rare or absent e. of the 

 Allegheny Mts. 



2. P. major L. Plantain. 



Roadsides, fields, lawns, and waste places, also in brackish marshes and on 

 gravelly shores ; very common. June-Sept. 



Cosmopolitan or nearly so. 



Variable as to size and pubescence. On the brackish marshes and on shores the 

 plants are smaller and more pubescent. 



3. P. Rugelii Dene. Plantain. 



Rich roadsides, fields, and waste places ; very common. June-Sept. 

 N. B. to N. Dak., southw. to Fla. and Tex., including the Coastal Plain. 

 Usually brighter green and thinner- leaved than the preceding species, and almost 

 always glabrous. 



