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Plantago decipiens Barneoud (deceiving). 



Plantago maritima Gray's Manual ed. 6, not L. 

 Seaside Plantain. 



Occasional to common in salt marshes and on tidal shores. 

 July — Oct. 



Plantago lanceolata L. (lance-shaped). 



English Plantain. Rib Grass. Ripple Grass. 



Common. Fields, roadsides and waste ground. May — 

 Sept. Naturalized from Europe. 



A troublesome weed. The plant is medicinal. 



Plantago aristata Michx. (bearing bristles). 

 Plantago patagonica Jacq., var. aristata Gray. 



Occasional. Dry fields and roadsides. June — Aug. In- 

 troduced from the West and becoming more frequent. 



Plantago virginica L. 



Dry rocky or sandy soil. Rare or local in most districts : 

 Rocky Hill (M. Hitchcock), New Haven and Oxford (Har- 

 ger), Norwalk (Miss A. E. Carpenter, Eames), New Milford 

 (E. H. Austin). Occasional in New London County 

 ( Graves ) . May — June. 



Plantago elongata Pursh (lengthened). 

 Plantago pusilla Nutt. 



Rare. Old Lyme, sandy roadside (Bissell), Guilford, thin 

 soil on the edges of granite outcrops (G. H. Bartlett). May. 



RUBIACEAE. MADDER FAMILY. 

 ASPERULA L. 

 Asperula glauca (L.) Bess, (glaucous). ^ 



Aspcnila galioides Bieb. 

 Woodruff. 



Rare. Southington, in fields (Bissell). June. Adventive 

 from Europe. 



GALIUM L. Bedstraw. Cleavers. 

 Galium Aparine L. (classical name for some species of Bed- 

 straw). 

 Cleavers. Goose Grass. 



