Plant ago lancbolata. Narrow-leaved Plantain 



OR 



IBWORT, 



PLANTAGO 



PLANTAGO 

 PLANTAGO 

 PLANTAGO 



PLANTAGO 



PLANTAGO 

 PLANTAGO 



Linnm Gen. PL Tetrandria Monogynxa, 



Cal. 4-fidus. Cor. 4-fida: limbo reflexo. Stamina longiffima. Caps. 

 2-locularis, circumfchTa. 



Rail Syn. Gen. 22. Herbje vasculifer^, flore tetrapetalo anomalje. 

 lanceolata foliis lanceolatis, fpica fubovata nuda, fcapo angulato. Linn. Syjf. Vegetab. p. 131. 

 foliis lanceolatis quinquenerviis, fcapo nudo, fpica ovata. Haller hijl. n. 656. 

 lanceolata. Scopoli FI. Carniol. p. 108. n. 163. 



anguftifolia major. Baiihin Pin. 189. . 



qumquenervia. (jerard emac. 422. 



quinquenervia major. Parkin/on 495. Raii Syn. p. 314, Ribwort or Ribwort-Plantain» 



Hud/on Fl. Angl. p. $2. Oeder Fl. Dan. icon. 437. 



RADIX perennis, fufca, fibris multis inflrucla, per | 



astatem prasmorfa. | 



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FOLIA longe petiolata, bafi purpurea, lanuginofa, Ian- | 



ceolata, quoad latitudinem infigniter variantia, % 



quinquenervia, rariter dentata, hirfutula, e- | 



recta, nonnunquam vero patentia. | 



SCAPUS foliis longior, fimplex, fulcato-angulofus,. 

 fubtortuofus, ere&us. 



SPICiE ovato-oblongae, nigricantes. 



BRACTiEA fmguloflofculoimpofita, ovato-acuminata, 

 concava, fig. 1 . 



CALYX: PERiANTHiUMtriphyllum, foliolis inasquali- 

 bus, duo lateralia cymbiformia, acuta, fig. 3, 

 dorfale ovatum, obtufum, emarginatum, lineis 

 duabus viridibus notatum, fig. 2. 



COROLLA monopetala, tubulofa, membranacea, cy- 

 lindraceo-globofa, limbus quadripartitus, la- 

 ciniis ovato-acutis, patentibus, dempto calyce 

 reflexis, fig. 4. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor longiffima: An- 

 thers albidae aut flavefcentes, fig. 5. 



PISTILLUM : Germen ovatum : Stylus filiformis, 

 ftaminibus dimidio brevior : Stigma fimplex, 



PERICARPIUM : Capsula ovata, biloculans, cir- 

 cumfcifia r diffepimento libero, fig. 7, 8. 



SEMINA duo, oblonga, nitida, fuccinei coloris, hinc 

 convexa inde concava, fig. 9, 10, 11. 



ROOT perennial, of a brown colour, furnifhed with 

 numerous fibres, when grown old appearing 

 as if bitten off. 



LEAVES ftanding on long foot-ftalks, purple and 

 woolly at bottom, lanceolate, varying remarka- 

 bly in their breadth, having five ribs, and a 

 few teeth at the edges, fomewhat hairy, up- 

 right, but fometimes fpreading. 



FLOWERING-STALK longer than the leaves, fim- 

 ple, angular and grooved, {lightly twifted and 

 upright. 



SPIKES of an oval oblong fhape and blackifh colour. 



BRACTE^E or floral leaf, placed under each flofcule, 

 oval-pointed, and concave, fig. 1 . 



CALYX : a Perianthium of three unequal leaves, 

 the two fide ones boat-fhaped, and pointed, 

 fig. 3; the back leaf oval, obtufe, emarginate, 

 fig. 2, and marked with two green lines. 



COROLLA monopetalous, tubular, membranous, of 



a form betwixt globular and cylindrical ; the 



limb quadripartite ; the fegments of an oval 



, pointed fhape, and fpreading, on the removal 



of the calyx turning back, fig. 4. 



STAMINA : four very long Filaments : Anthers 

 white or yellowim, fig. 5. 



PISTILLUM : Germen oval : Style filiform, half 

 the length of the ftamina: Stigma fimple, 



fig- 6- 

 SEED - VESSEL : an oval Capsule of two cavities, 



dividing horizontally in the middle, the difie- 



pimentum or partition loofe, fig. 7, 8. 

 SEEDS two, oblong, fhining, of an amber colour, 



convex on one fide and concave on the other, 



fig. 9, 10, 11. 



THE Farmers in general confider this fpecies of Plantain as a favourite food of fheep, and other cattle, hence 

 it is frequently recommended in the laying down of meadow and pafture land ; and the feed is for that purpofe 

 kept in the lhops. How far the predilection of cattle for this herb is founded in truth we cannot at prefent 

 determine ; nor do we pretend to fay how far it is ceconomical (fuppofing the fa£l to be fo) to iubftitute this 

 plant in the room of others which produce a much greater crop, and which they fhew no averfion to. We mould 

 be rather inclined to think, that Plantain (or Rib-Grafis as it is called) mould be but fparingly made ufe of, 

 particularly if the Farmers chief aim be a crop» 



When the Plantain grows among paiturage, its leaves are drawn up to a confiderable height : but when 

 it occurs in a dry and barren foil, they are fhorter, broader, and more fpread on the ground; and fometimes 

 they ailiime a filvery hue. 



It grows fpontaneoufly by the fides of roads, and in dry paftures ; flowering early in the fummer, 



