FLORA VITIENSIS. 193 
IV. Teucrium, Linn. et Auct.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 574, Calyx tubulosus v. 
campanulatus, rarius inflatus, 5-dentatus; dentibus equalibus v. supremo seepius latiore. Corolla 
tubo brevi intus exannulato ; limbi Jaciniis 4 superioribus subsequalibus v. supremis latioribus longio- 
ribusye, nunc oblongis declinatis, nunc brevissimis subrectis, infima maxima rotundata v, oblonga 
spins concava. Stamina 4, inter lacinias supremas exserta, didynama, inferioribus longioribus. 
Antherarum loculi confluentes. Stylus apice subequaliter 2-fidus. Nucule im speciebus plerisque 
more tribus grosse reticulato-rugoss, in paucis tamen Scorodoniis rete vix elevatum, in omnibus 
latere interiore baseos oblique affixee—Herbe fruticesve, habitu et inflorescentia varia, 
1. T. inflatum, Swartz, Prodr. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 83; Benth 1. c.; herbaceum, erectum, pubescens 
y. villosum ; foliis oyatis v. oyato-lanceolatis basi rotundato-truncatis v. subcordatis, subtus subcanes- 
centibus; spica subsimplici, bracteis lanceolatis; calycibus declinatis inflatis pubescentibus villosisve, 
ore contracto, dente supremo latiore,—T. villosum, Forst. Prodr. n. 232 et Icon. (ined,) t. 171. T. 
palustre, Kth. in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. vol. i. p. 806. 7, vesicarium, Mill, ; Steud. Nom, Bot. 
p. 830.—Common in most Vitian Islands (Seemann! n. 360). Also collected in the Tongan Islands 
(Forster ! Barclay !), New Caledonia (Sir E. Home !), Ancitum (M‘Gilliyray !), and Isle. of Pines 
(M‘Gillivray !). 
Orvo LXXII. PLANTAGINEZ:. 
I. Plantago, Linn. Gen. 142; Dene. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii. sect. i, p. 694. Flores. her- 
maphroditi, spicati v, capitati, singuli bracteati. Calyx 4-phyllus, foliolis subequalibus. Corolla 
tubulosa, 4-loba, scariosa, persistens, interdum fructu adnata. Stamina 4, exserta v. inclusa; fila- 
menta flaccida; antherze cordatw, Ovarium 2-4-loculare, loculis 1-8-ovulatis. Stylus simplex. 
Capsula membranacea, ad basin circumscisse dehiscens, pyxidata, dissepimento demum libero, facie- 
bus seminifero. Semina hilo yentrali in capsulis co-spermis parva, angulosa, in 2-spermis cymbi- 
formia, test mucilaginoso-pallidé, olivace’ v. fuscd.—Herbe acaules v. caulescentes rarissime suffru- 
tescentes, glabra vy. pubescentes aut lanatee; foltis in acaulibus confertis rosulatis, in caulescentibus 
alternis y. oppositis, integris v. dentatis aut pinnatifido-incisis, nune planis et nervosis, nunc semi- 
teretibus; pedunculis axillaribus; floribus dense spicatis, spicis cylindricis v. globosis.—P/aniago, 
Coronopus, et Psyllium, Tournef. Inst. 127 et 128. 
In Viti there is only the cosmopolitan P. major, Linn.; but m the Hawaiian Islands there are two 
remarkable endemic species, viz. 1, P. princeps, Cham, et Schlecht. (P. Queleniana, Gaud.), with var. 2. lavi- 
folia, A. Gray, and y. hirtella, A. Gray; and 2, P. pachyphylia, A, Gray, with three varieties; a, Mavien- 
sis, A. Gray; 6. Hawaiensis, A. Gray; and y. Kavaiensis, A. Gray. 
1, P. major, Linn. Spee. 163; Dene. 1.c.; foliis ovato-cordatis v. late ovatis y, ovato-oblongis 
integris v. sepius irregulariter grosse et repando-dentatis 3-5-7 -nerviis in petiolum canaliculatum in- 
ferne membranaceum attenuatis glabratis interdum crassiusculis sublucidis v. violaceo-tinctis ; pé- 
dunculis teretibus glabris vy. puberulis seepius erectis v. ascendentibus; spicis eylindricis v. rarius 
ovatis; bracteis calyci subsequalibus subdeltoideis anguste marginatis ; foliolis calycis subsequalibus 
subobovatis v. ovato-rotundis, anticis carinatis glabris; corollse lobis ovatis obtusis fuscescentibus ; cap- 
sula conoidea seepius violaceo-tincta 2-locular: 2—-10-sperma ; seminibus angulatis parvis olivaceis 
Engl. Bot, t. 1558.—Common on roadsides, in waste places, etc., probably introduced (Seemann! n, 
362). Found in nearly every part of the tropical and temperate regions. 
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