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\Plantdgo. 
indigenous in Scotland, but occasionally observed where it had been 
introduced with grass seeds, y.. 6 — 10. — Stamens long, with dark 
purple filaments. Spike shorter than in P. major, and more silvery 
from the shining scarious corollas ; but a more essential difference 
exists in the cells of the capsule, which are only 1-seeded. 
3. P. lanceoldta L. (Ribwort P .) ; leaves lanceolate tapering 
at both ends, scape angular, spike ovate or cylindrical, bracteas 
ovate acute or cuspidate, sepals nearly glabrous, two of them 
keeled the other two united, capsule 2-celled with the dissepi- 
ment plane, cells 1-seeded. E. B. t. 507. 
Meadows and pastures, often too abundant. Tf. . 6, 7. — The 
leaves and scapes yield strong fibres. The spike has its bracteas occa- 
sionally, by luxuriance, converted into leaves ; and sometimes a new 
scape and spike grow out horizontally from among the bracteas. 
The spike varies much in form : it is usually short, ovate, or oblong- 
cylindrical ; but in sandy places, at a considerable elevation on the 
mountains, becomes quite globose : on the other hand, there is a 
luxuriant variety (P. altissima L.), found at Lamb-islet, Bay of 
Dublin, with the scape often 2 feet high, and the spike very long, 
and truly cylindrical. P. Lagopus L., a closely allied species, but 
differing by being annual, and the sepals villous at the apex, has been 
found at Wandsworth, Surrey, but must have been introduced; on 
the continent it seems confined to the region of the Mediterranean. 
4. P. maritima L. (Seaside P.) ; leaves linear or linear- 
lanceolate fleshy, scape terete, spike cylindrical, bracteas ovate- 
acuminate, sepals not winged, tube of the corolla pubescent, 
capsule 2-celled with the dissepiment plane, cells 1-seeded. — a. 
leaves linear grooved convex below glabrous except at the 
base. E. B. t. 175. — 0. major; leaves almost plane inclining 
to lanceolate toothed glabrous, scape densely hairy. — y. minor; 
leaves linear-lanceolate densely hairy as well as the scape. 
Grassy pastures and rocks by the sea-side ; frequent near the margin 
of fresh-water lakes, and at the base of the mountains sloping down 
to them, as in Glen Dochart, Glen Lochy, and by Loch-Lomond ; 
also on the tops of the highest mountains B on the island of Cum- 
brae, among rocks. — y. on rocks by the House of Skail, Pomona, 
Orkney. If. 6 — 9. — Varying much in size and in the breadth 
and hairiness of its leaves and scapes : sometimes the leaves are almost 
filiform, often lanceolate ; in the curious var. y. found in Orkney, 
they are clothed with short dense hairs ; they are always very suc- 
culent, and either entire or toothed. 
5. P. Coronopus L. (Buck's-horn P.) ; leaves linear pinnatifid 
or toothed, scape terete, bracteas ovate-subulate, lateral sepals 
with a ciliate membranous wing at the back, dissepiment of 
the capsule with 4 angles (thus forming 4 cells), cells 1-seeded. 
E. B. t. 892. 
Gravelly sterile soils, inland and upon the coast. ©. 6, 7. — 
