By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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Rare in the County. Very variable in size and also in the 

 lobing of the leaves, which are from 1 to 12 inches long. Scape 

 hairy. Spike mostly cylindrical and slender. 



2. P. lanceolata, (Linn.) lance-leaved or Ribwort Plantain. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 507. 



Locality. Meadows and pastures often too abundant. P. Fl. 

 June, Inly. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Recorded in all the Districts. A very variable plant. Leaves 

 erect, or spreading lanceolate, varying much in size. Peduncles 

 longer than the leaves, erect, and angular. Sqrike ovoid or oblong, 

 sometimes very small and globular, or in very luxuriant specimens 

 becoming cylindrical and exceeding an inch. 



3. P. media, (Linn.) intermediate or hoary Plantain ; Lamb's- 

 tongue. Engl. Bot. t. 1559. St. 87, 8. 



Locality. Pastures and dry meadows. P. Fl. June, September. 

 Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Frequent in all the Districts. Stamens long, with dark purple 

 filaments. Spike shorter than in the next species P. major, and 

 more silvery from the shining scarious corollas ; but an essential 

 difference exists in the cells of the capsule, which are only 1-seeded. 



4. P. major, (Linn.) greater Plantain ; Way-bread. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1558. St. 87, 6. Reich. Icones xvii., 1127. 



Locality. Pastures and roadsides. P. Fl. June, August. Area, 

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Recorded in all the Districts. Leaves erect or spreading, entire 

 or toothed, glabrous or downy. Peduncles usually longer than the 

 leaves, bearing a long slender spike of sessile flowers. Capsule 

 2-celled, with from 4 to 8 seeds in each cell. It varies much in 

 size ; the spike of the flowers is seldom less than 2 inches, some- 

 times as much as 6 inches long. 



[ORDER. AMARANTACEiE. (JUSS.)] 

 Amaranths, (Linn.) Amaranth. 

 Linn. CI. xxi. Ord. v. 



[Name. From amarantos, Gr. everlasting) the flowers being 

 little subject to decay. 



