Plantago. 



PLANTAGINACEiE. 



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obtuse. Segments of the corolla ovate, acute, erect. Stamens only two in all the specimens 

 that I examined. Style short, pubescent. Capsule ovoid, 2-seeded. Seeds oval, not margined. 



Sterile rocky hills on the Island of New- York, particularly in the neighborhood of Bloom- 

 ingdale. April - May. Probably the smallest species of the genus, the scape often flowering 

 when scarcely more than half an inch high. Jt is widely diffused to the west, extending to 

 the upper Missouri. 



Order LXIII. PLUMBAGINACE.E. Juss. The Leadwort Tribe. 



Calyx tubular, plaited, 5-toothed, scarious, persistent. Corolla salver-form, with 

 the limb 5-parted, or of five nearly distinct unguiculate petals. Stamens 5, 

 inserted on the receptacle when the petals are combined, but inserted into the 

 claws of the petals when these are distinct. Ovary one-celled, with a single 

 ovule suspended from a cord arising from the bottom of the cell : styles 5, 

 united nearly to the top when the corolla is monopetalous, distinct when the 

 petals are separate. Fruit an utricle, or capsular and opening at the summit 

 by five valves. Seed oblong. Embryo in the midst of scanty albumen : 

 cotyledons oblong. — Perennial herbs or undershrubs. Leaves alternate, entire 

 or rarely toothed, mostly crowded about the root, and clasping or sheathing. 

 Flowers usually on scapes, which are simple or branching, each with 2-3 

 bracts at the base. 



1. STATICE. Linn.; Endl. gen. 2172. MARSH ROSEMARY. 



[ From the Greek, statizo, to arrest ; because, from its astringent qualities, it stops diarrhoea.] 



Calyx funnel-form, 5-toothed. Corolla 5-petalled or deeply 5-parted. Stamens inserted on 

 the claws of the petals. Styles distinct. Fruit a membranaceous utricle. — Leaves all 

 radical, from the summit of the rhizoma. Scapes branching ; the flowers in secund spikes. 



1. Statice Limonium, Linn. Common Marsh Rosemary. 



Scape terete, paniculately branched ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, petiolate, mucronate, 

 smooth ; calyx with lanceolate acute segments and intermediate teeth. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 274 ; 

 Engl. hot. t. 102 ; Ell sk. I. p. 374 ; Torr.fl. 1. p. 329 ; Beck, hot. p. 292. S. Caroliniana, 

 Walt. Jl. Car. p. 118 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 212 ; Bigel. med. hot. 2. p. 51. t. 25, and ft. Bost. 

 p. 124 ; Hook. fl. Bur. -Am. 2. p. 123. 



Rhizoma thick, fusiform or branched, fleshy or somewhat woody, very astringent. Leaves 

 growing in a radical tuft, 4-8 inches long and three-fourths of an inch to an inch and a half 

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