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lanceolate, narrowed to a rather short petiole below, acute at x, 2-4 cm. long or rarely longer 
and 3-5 mm. wide; s ne “eye longer to shorter than the ya ths 1-2 cm. long, 
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sist acute ; capsule about ee the calyx, 2-seeded; seeds elliptical, plane on the inner face, 
brownish. 
- native of Chile; sparingly introduced in Marin and Sonoma Counties, also in Butte and Calaveras Coun- 
ties, California. Type locality : Chile. April-June. 
10. lanease eee oe Decne. Red-seeded Plantain. Fig. 4978. 
Plantago rhodosperma Decne. in A. DC. Prod. 131: 722. 1852. 
Plantago virginica var. aac ine Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 532. 189 
Plantago rubra A. M. Cunningham, Proc. Indiana ‘Asad 1896: 204. ree 
Annual or winter annual with a slender elongated r Leaves spe emehig several to many, 
narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, narrowed to a winged seticke acute or obtuse at apex, commonly 
hairs; scapes 1 to several, longer or usually shorter nes the spikes, hirsute-pubesce 
et cm. long; bracts apn este shar il cute, scarious-margine ea ‘promine rape keeled ciliate 
e margins and kee obes 3 mm. long, ellipti ic-oblong, with broad scarious margins, 
cae soared petvedcot on rhe: "slightly bcaated midrib, apiculate oad hie areainae. at the apex; 
4978 
4975. eS ase eriopoda 
4977. Plantago truncat 
4976. Plantago virginica 4978. Plantago rhodosperma 
