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Tetrandria. 
It is easily known by its bright yellow flowers, which 
emit the smell of honey. 
Gal. Aparine , Goose-grass, or Cleavers; with eight 
leaves, lanceolate, keeled, rough, reversely prickled ; 
stem flaccid, seeds rough. An annual plant ; flowers 
in May and August, and is very common in hedges, on 
which its weak trailing stems are supported. 
Plantago. Gen. char. — Calyx four cleft $ cor. 
four cleft, inferior, limb reflected, stamens very long, 
capsule two celled, opening horizontally. 
Plan. Major , Greater Plantain ; with ovate smooth- 
ish leaves, shorter than the footstalk, scape or flower- 
stem round, spike imbricated with flowers, seeds very 
numerous ; perennial ; flowers through the summer, 
and is one of the most common plants in meadows, 
pastures, and by way-sides. 
Plan. Media , Hoary Plantain ; with ovate downy 
leaves, longer than the footstalk ; is perennial ; flowers 
through the summer, but is less common than the 
other species, from which it is readily distinguished by 
its dense spike and purple stamens, furnished with 
white anthers. Roman camp, near Dalkeith in Scot- 
land, and on the walls of Carlisle castle. 
Plan. Lanceolata , Ribwort Plantain ; with lanceolate 
leaves and angular flower-stem. Is perennial ; flowers 
in June and July, and is very common in meadows and 
pastures. Two other species, Plan. Maritima , Sea 
Plantain, with linear leaves, on the sea- shores ; and 
Plan. Coronopus , Buckshorn Plantain, with pinnatifid 
leaves, in dry sandy places near the shore, are also na- 
tives of Britain, 
