158 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. LVoi.xxi.ifo.260. 



Xom. Jap. Ko-kinrcikwa (T, Makino). 



Ihih. Japan. 



Plantago major Linn. j9. asiatica Decne. in DC. Prodr. 

 XIII. 1. p. 694. 



forma rosea Makino. 



Spike depressed or abbreviated, sometimes compound ; 

 bracts foliaceous, petiolate, imbricately sparse or rosulate. 

 Flowers axillary. 



Norn, Jap. Yagura-obako. 



Icon. Iinuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu, II. n. 28. 



Ihih. Japan, rare. 



forma con tract a Makino. 



Leaves smaller, roundish, thicker, coarsely bullate. Spike 

 short and thick, shortly peduncled. 



Norn. Jap. Chaho-obako. 



Icon. Iinuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu, II. n. 29. 



Hah. Japan, cultivated. 



forma contorta Makino. 



Leaves spirally contorted. 



Xom. Jap. Sazaye-obako. 



Icon. Iinuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu, II. n. 30. 



Ha b. Japan, rare. 



Plantago japonica Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 

 384, et II. p. 4G9. 



forma polystachya Makino. 



Spike ramiparous. 



Xom. Jap. Yaisumata-obako. 



Icon. Iinuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu, II. n. 32. 



I In J). Japan, rare. 



{To be continued.) 







