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Individuals of this species are usually scattered, not more than one 
one or two being found in a locality. 
826. P. major, L. Common Plantain. Ribwort. Wayside Plantain. 
Roadsides, around dwellings, waste places, etc.; common or abund- 
ant. May 20th — September. 
Spikes are occasionally 20 inches long. 
f" 827. P. rugellii, Decaisne. Plantain. 
P. kamtschatica, in Manual, 5th Ed. 
A few specimens were found in 1887 on banks of C. & N. W R. R., 
near Palatine. July. (B. P.) , 
This species closely resembles P. majm,' L., and probably has been 
overlooked.* 
828. P. lanceolata, L. Ribgrass. English Plantain. Ripplegrass. 
Ribwort. 
In dry fields throughout our district; rare. June — July. (B.) 
Possibly indigenous. Leaves from a foot to two feet in length, 
rarely three. 
829. P. virginica, L. Ribgrass. 
Evanston. Desplaines. Palatine. Pullman. Glencoe, Herman 
Jaeger . Englewood, Brennan. Grand Crossing, April, 1887, 
Bastin. (B.) 
NYCTAGINACEJE. 
OXYBAPHUS, Yahl. 
w-830. 0. nyetagineus, Sweet. Oxybaphus. 
A few specimens were found in July, 1885, at a quarry near Chelten- 
ham Beach. Though looked for, they have not been found since, 
and were probably exterminated by the removal of the soil from 
the rocks, previous to blasting. 
During the season of 1887, a few specimens were obtained from 
Stony Island. In both cases, the plants grew near an out crop of 
limestone. (B.) 
*Since the note concerning P. rugellii was written, and during the season of 
1890, the writers made a more carelui study of P. major in this section, and are 
inclined to believe that the former species may be quite common. Lack of time 
prevented a sufficiently exhaustive study to settle the point. 
For the help of students and collectors, we quote the following from the 
Cayuga Flora, p. 74: P. major, L., is distinguished from P. rugellii, Decaisne, by 
its thicker, shorter spike, its short ovoid-obtuse capsules, and ovate, obtuse, 
scarious margined sepals, and its leaves often dull green and hairy. In the latter 
species the spikes are longer, less dense, capsules oblong cylindrical, and sepals 
oblong and acute. The leaves are large, usually shining, bright green, the 
petioles often tinged with purple. 
