74 GLASS-BOOK OF BOTANY. 
Lastly, in Rosemary (Rosmarinus) the same form of struc- 
ture occurs, but the lower anther-cell is not developed at all. : 
Fig. 141. Sta- 
men of Rose- ca 
mary (mag.). Fig, 142, Fruit of 
( a, abortive Sage (mag.). 
Fig. 140. Stamens of (a) Salvia anther. 
atens and (Bs) Salvia fulgens. . : 
2 ert ieee C, Ses The fruit of the Sage resembles 
> ’ 
tive; ab.a, abortive anther; in general character that of For- 
f, filament. get-me-not (see p. 68). 
20. Puanrats, on Riserass (Plantago major and 
P. lanceolata). 
Both species are now very common in New Zealand, having 
been introduced here from Britain. P. major has ovate-oblong 
leaves 3-6in. long, a short scape, and a very long flower- 
spike, from which the plant has received the common name of 
rat’s-tail; the seeds are used for feeding cage-birds. P. lanceo- 
lata has lanceolate leaves 6—12in. long, and a long scape 
bearing a short spike of flowers. Whichever species is ex- 
amined, notice that the leaves are all radical and have from 
3 to 7 nearly parallel ribs, while the flowers are arranged in 
terminal spikes (a spike differing from a raceme only in the 
flowers being sessile on the rachis instead 
of being pedicelled). The individual flowers 
are greenish in colour and are composed 
of 4 persistent imbri- 
cate sepals, a 4-lobed 
salver-shaped scarious 
corolla, 4 stamens hav- 
ing long very slender 
filaments and _ large 
versatile anthers, and 
a 2-celled edie ae 
Fig. 144. Capsule of latter is crowned with 
REG. onees: Plantago, rdahithee 2 single filiform” 
lata, 1st stage. ing transversely. (thread - like) style, 
which, however, has 
two rows of stigmatic papillae, one on each side. In both 
species the fruit is a capsule dehiscing transversely, containing 
4 (in P. lanceolata) or several seeds (in P. major). 
* Lat. filwm, a thread. eal —_ 
