a 
Plantago.] LX. PLANTAGINE. 867 
‘and south of- Scotland, but not in Ireland, except where introduced. 
Fl. early summer, and often again im autumn. 
3. P. lanceolata, Linn. (fig. 830). &ibwort P.—Rootstock short, 
but thick and woody, and often much branched, bearing tufts of woolly 
hairs among the leaves. Leaves erect or spreading, lanceolate, varying 
much in size, but usually 2 to 4 inches long, slightly hairy, with 3 or 5 
ribs, and more or less tapering into a stalk at the base. Peduncles 
longer than the leaves, erect and angular. Spike ovoid or oblong, 
usually 6 lines to near an inch long, but sometimes very small and 
elobular, or, in very luxuriant specimens, becoming cylindrical, and 
exceeding an inch. Sepals scarious, marked with a prominent green 
rib; the two lower ones often combined into one. Stamens more than 
twice as long as the corolla, with slender white filaments and yellow 
anthers. Capsule with 2 hemispherical seeds attached to the partition 
by their inner face. 
In meadows, pastures, and waste places, with the same widely ex- 
tended geographical range as P. major, and equally abundant in Britain. 
Fl. the whole season. [A variety, P. Timbali, Jord., with broad silvery 
margins of the bracts and sepals, occurs in fields, &c., but is not in- 
- digenous. ] 
4, P. maritima, Linn. (fig. 831). Sea P.—Stock often more 
branched than in the preceding species, with some long hairs in tufts 
among the leaves. Leaves narrow-linear, thick and fleshy, pointed, 
entire or slightly toothed, with scarcely prominent ribs. Peduncles 
cylindrical, longer than the leaves. Spike cylindrical, 1 to 2 inches 
long, not so dense or so thick as in the two preceding species. 
_ Flowers rather smaller than in P. lanceolata. Sepals all usually dis- 
tinct. Capsules with 2 seeds only. 
- On muddy sea-shores, and in salt-marshes, in Europe, central Asia, 
at the northern and western extremities of America, and in South 
Africa. It occurs also occasionally inland, especially in the principal 
mountain-ranges of EKurope. Frequent on the British coasts and on 
some of the Scotch and Yorkshire mountains. FV, late in summer and 
autumn. 
5. P. Coronopus, Linn. (fig. 832). Bucks-horn P.—Rootstock short 
and thick, scarcely branched. Leaves spreading, in a dense tuft, linear 
or linear-lanceolate, or pinnatifid with linear segments, more or less 
hairy, with scarcely prominent ribs. Spikes cylindrical, 1 to 2 inches 
long. The flowers rather smaller than in P. marituma ; the sepals broad 
and ciliate. Ovary with 4 cells, each with a single ovule, but it often 
happens that only 1 or 2 in each capsule attain their maturity. 
In dry, stony, or sandy situations, espécially near the sea, in Europe, 
north Africa, and western Asia. Common in Britain. FV. summer and 
autumn. - 
IJ. LITTORELLA. LITTOREL. 
A single species, distinguished generally from Plantago by the in- 
florescence, the moncecious flowers, and a 1-seeded, indehiscent fruit. 
1, L. lacustris, Linn. (fig. 833). Lvttorel.—The small perennial root- 
stock bears a tuft of bright green, narrow-linear, entire radical leaves, 
