PLANTAGO HYBRIDA. 



SPURIOUS MARITIME PLANTAIN. 



Tetrandria Monogynia, Linn. Plantagincr, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 4-cleft. Corolla 4-cleft, border reflected. Stamina mostly exserted, very long. 

 Capsule 2-celled, opening transversely. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves subulate-linear, entire, rigidly acute, shorter than the scape, not woolly at the 

 base ; scape terete, slender, slightly pubescent; spike long and slender, cy- 

 lindrical, rather loose ; spikelets below remote; bracteas acute. B. Com. Fl. 

 Ph. addenda, p. 214, vol. 2. 



SYNONYM. 



Plaktago maritima, Bart. Prod. Fl. Ph. 



-Root annual. Plant from two to three inches high. Leaves very 

 numerous, about one inch long in mature specimens, often not ex- 



