294 49. Arnoglos. 18. PLANTAGINEiE. PL ex, cor. 
5. Arnoglossum Alpinum . Alpine lambstongue . 
Leaves linear, lanceolate, flat, bald, not cut, soft ; spike 
cylindrical ; bractece shorter than the flower ; scape round, 
double the length of the leaves. 
Plantago, an Alpina angustifolia J. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 315, 9. 
Plantago Alpina, Lin. S. P. 165. 
Plantago maritium y, Huds. FI. Angl. 64. 
Alpine pastures • perennial; June. 
Leaves 2 inches high ; spike an inch long ; flowers loose. 
6. Arnoglossum subulatum . Awlshape lambstongue . 
Leaves linear, awlshape, hard; spike cylindrical; bractece 
shorter than the flower; scape round, pubescent, rather 
flexuose. 
Plantago subulata, Lin. S. P . 166. 
Plantago Coronopus 3, With. 257. 
Meadows on the sea-coast ; perennial ; June to August. 
Leaves hard, pointed, dark green, hairy ; spike cylin- 
drical ; flowers slightly distant. 
III. 50. ASTEROGEUM. Star-of- the- earth, 
Perigonium 4-lobed; anthers ending in a small lanceolate 
membrane ; ovary 3 or 4-celled ; dissepiments 3 or 4-seeded ; 
cells 1 -seeded.— Stem scarcely any; spike and leaves radical. 
Asterogeum laciniatum. Jagged star-of-the-earth , 
Leaves rather hairy, pinnatifid ; scape round, downy; 
bractece hairy. 
Plantago foliis laciniatis, Coronopus dicta, Raii Syn. 315,8. 
Cornu cervinum, Ger. em. 427. 
Plantago Coronopus, Lin. S. P. 166. 
Harts-horn. Herb-ivy. 
Sandy places ; annual ; May to August. 
Leaves hairy, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid ; scape an inch 
long. 
/3. capitatum . Spike very short, few-flowered, almost ca- 
pitate ; leaves nearly entire. 
Plantago gratnineo folio hirsuto, minor, capitulo rotundo brevi, Dillen 
in Raii Syn. 316, 10. 
Fam. II. 19. LITTORELLIDEiE. Plantaginum genus. 
Jussieu. 
Flowers unisexual. — -Male. Calyx 4-parted, persisting; 
corolla 1-petaled, tubular, scariose, persisting; limb 4-parted; 
stamens 4, inserted on the receptacle ; filaments exser ted, 
