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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. CeiltUIlCuluS. 
v. s. in Herb. Nuttall. A very small inconspicuous 
plant with axillary reddish flowers. The specimens 
of Mr. Nuttall’s were collected on the Missouri, they 
are about four inches high : and according to his ob- 
servations, very obligingly communicated to me, this 
species is generally pentandrous. 
data . 
122. PLANTAGO. Gen.pl. 186. 
1. P. foliis ovatis cordatis latissimis subdentatis glabris, spica 
longissima, floribus subimbricatis, inferioribus sparsis, 
bracteis ovatis obtusis.— -Lam. encycl. 5. p.30g. 
P. kentuckensis. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. Q 4. 
P. canadensis. Hort. par. 
On river sides : Canada, Kentucky, Tennassee, and 
other western parts. If. . June — Aug. v. v. 
major . 
2. P. foliis ovatis subdentatis glabriusculis, scapo tereti, 
spica oblonga imbricata. Lam. encycl. 5. p. 368. 
Willd. sp. pl. 1 . p. 64 1 . 
Icon. Engl. bot. 1558. FI. dan. 46l. 
In fields and on road sides, common. If . May — Sept. 
v.v. 
cucullata. 
3. P. foliis ovatis concavo-cucullatis novemnerviis subtus 
pubescentibus, spica cylindrica imbricata, scapo tereti 
alto. Lam. encycl. 5. p. 370. 
P. maxima. Jaccj. ic. 1. t. 26. Willd. sp. pl. 1 . p. 642. 
Icon. Jaccj. 1. c. 
In wet rocky situations : Canada and Province of Main. 
If . July, Aug. v.v. 
lanceolata. 
4. P. foliis lanceolatis villosis, spica brevi cylindrica, brac- 
teis ovatis acuminatis, scapo angulato adpresso piloso. 
P. lanceolata. Willd. sp.pl-. 1. p. 643 ? 
In fields and pastures, common. If. June — Aug. v. v. 
May be a new species. P. lanceolata of Europe, ac- 
cording to the specimens examined in the Herbarium 
of A. B. Lambert, Esq. is bracteis oblongis acutis. 
virginica . 
5. P. undique canescenti-pubescens j foliis lanceolato-ovatis 
subdenticulatis, floribus remotis, scapo angulato. 
Willd . sp.pl. 1. p. 643. 
Icon, Moris, hist. 3. s. S. t. 15. f 8. 
In dry barren fields, common : New England to Florida. 
©. May — ’Aug. v.v. There are a number of 
varieties in respect to size and pubescence. 
mroliniana. 
6. P. undique glabra foliis lanceolatis integerrimis longis, 
floribus remotis, caule tereti .—Walt.jl. car. 85. 
