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Planta^inace®. 
84. Plantaginaceae. 
482. Plantago. Plantain. IV, 20. 
1. Peduncles springing from the axils of the rad. Is which 
are in a rosette. Stem apparently 0 (much reduced) % 
— Peduncles springing from the axils of the, opp., caul. 
Is; stem developed, simple or branchy . . O 
2. Ls oval or elliptic. (Peduncles cylindric) . . 3 
— Ls lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, or linear - . 4 
3. Ls with a fairly long petiole (at least half as long as 
the ls), erect-spreading. Peduncles erect or ascending, 
and, without the spike, as long or hardly longer than 
the Is. Filaments of the stas whitish—b. intermedia Gil. 
(minima Dec , dwarf form). Ls thinner, softer, irreg. 
toothed, more or less hairy, as also the arched ascend¬ 
ing peduncles; spikes shorter; seeds larger. (Geneva, 
Rolle, Porrentruy.)— Roads, grassy places; everywhere. 6 
major L. 1854. 
— Ls contracted to a short, broad petiole (barely 1 /s — 1; 4 
as long as the ls), gen. pressed against the soil. Ped¬ 
uncles arched at the base, 4—5 times as long as the 
ls. Filaments of the stas light lilac.—As the last. 6 
media L. 1855. 
4. Cor.-tube pubescent. Ls linear. (Peduncles cylindric) 5 
— Cor.-tube glabr. Ls lanceolate or linear-lanceolate 6 
5. Peduncles 5—15 cm. Spikes oblong-cylindric (in the high 
Alp. almost globular). Ls blackish when dried, some¬ 
times (v. incana) shortly gray-pubescent.—Alp. and sub¬ 
alp., Dole in the Jura. 7 alpina L. 1856. 
— Peduncles 15—30 cm. Spikes elongated (5—10 cm), linear- 
cylindric. Ls thicker than in the last, glaucous, not 
turning black when dried, sometimes ciliate (v. aspera 
Gaud.) or with lobe-like, prominent teeth (v. bidentata 
Murith?). Rt-stock very long (inde nomen!). P. mari- 
tima Koch p. (serpentina Koch = carinata Schrad.), 
P. integralis Gaud.—Uncultivated places, rare; G. T. 
W. V. O. (Upper Engadine; Bellinzona; Simplon, Nicolai- 
thal, St. Bernard; Geneva; Leuk). 7 serpentina Viil. 1857. 
6. Peduncles more or less deeply furrowed. Seeds smooth 7 
— Peduncles cylindric. Seeds wrinkled ... 8 
7. Rt-stock oblique, truncate. Peduncles deeply furrowed, 
b. capitata Ten. Spikes almost globular. Ls narrower, 
villous-woolly at the base.—Road-sides, dry pasturages; 
everywhere; b. T. W. O. 4 . . lanceolata L. 1858. 
— Rt-stock descending, branchy. Peduncles less deeply 
furrowed than in the last. Spikes oblong-cylindric, nar¬ 
rowed towards the top, villous-silken (but also varied 
