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7. Plantago lanceolata L. English or Ripple Plantain. Mostly 
hairy. Scape grooved-angled, at length much longer than the lan¬ 
ceolate or lanceolate-oblong leaves, slender, 8'-28' high. Spike dense, 
at first capitate, in age cylindrical. Bracts and sepals scarious, 
brownish. 
In fields and waste places. April-November. Frequent. 
8. Plantago Rugellii Decene. Rugel’s Plantain. Leaves long- 
petioled, thin in texture, crimson at base, mostly ovate, entire or 
coarsely dentate, l'-10' long, 3-11-ribbed. Spikes long and thin, at¬ 
tenuate at the apex. Capsules oblong-cylindric, circumscissile much 
below the middle, 4-9-seeded. 
In fields, woods and waste places. May-September. Payne Coun¬ 
ty. 
9. Plantago major L. Common Plantain. Perennial, glabrous, 
or somewhat pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, firm in texture, mostly 
ovate, entire, or coarsely dentate, l'-10' long, 3-11-ribbed. Scapes 
S'-3' high. Spikes linear-cylindric, usually very dense, 2'-10' long. 
Flowers perfect, proterogynous. Capsule circumscissile at about the 
middle. 
In waste places. May-September. Payne County. 
FAMILY 83. RUBIACEiE. Madder Family. 
Erect or diffuse, usually tufted herbs, with opposite, 
entire, often ciliate, leaves, and small, blue, purple, or 
white, mostly dimorphous flowers. Calyx-tube globose or 
ovoid, 4-lobed, the lobes distinct. Corolla funnel-form or 
salver-form, 4-lobed, the lobes valvate, the throat globose- 
didymous, or emarginate at the apex. Seeds few or sev¬ 
eral in each cavity, peltate, more or less concave, not 
angled. Seed-coats reticulate or roughened. 
Leaves opposite, stipulate. I. Houstonia. 
Leaves appearing verticillate; herbs; ovule 1 in each 
cavity of the ovary. II. Galium. 
I. HOUSTONIA L. 
Erect or diffuse, usually tufted herbs. Leaves op¬ 
posite, entire, often ciliate. Flowers small, blue, 
purple or white, mostly dimorphous. Calyx-tube globose 
