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852 PLANTAGINACEAE. [ Plantago, 
3. P, spathulata Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 208.—Rootstock short, 
stout. Leaves numerous, all radical, spreading, rosulate, very variable in 
size and shape, 1-5in. long, obovate-spathulate to oblong-spathulate or 
lanceolate-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed into rather long broad 
petioles, rather thick and fleshy, entire or more usually irregularly sinuate- 
toothed, sometimes almost pinnatifid, sparingly pilose or almost glabrate ; 
petioles villous at the base. Scapes usually numerous, longer than the 
leaves, slender, villous or pilose; spike oblong, obtuse, densely many- 
flowered, 4-lin. long. Bracts and calyx-segments broadly ovate, acute, 
with a thick fleshy centre, pilose and ciliate. Corolla-lobes ovate, acute. 
Capsule not much longer than the calyx, broadly oblong, apiculate, 
Seeds 3 or 4.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 571; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl, 
(1906) 571. 
Norts Isutanp: East Cape district, Bishop Wilhams, Adams and Petrie! Hawke’s: 
Bay. and coast between Castlepoint and Cape Palliser, Colenso! Soutu IsLanp: 
Not uncommon throughout, especially on the eastern side of the Southern Alps. 
Sea-level to 3500 ft. 
Easily distinguished from P. Raoulii by the shorter and broader more rosulate 
leaves, shorter scapes, pilose and ciliate bracts and calyx-segments, and shorter and 
broader capsule. 
b trianhKt Sheng. 
4. PB. Brownii Rapin in Mem. Soc. Linn. Par. vi (1827 ) 485.—Small, 
tufted, rather fleshy. Rhizome short, stout, woolly amongst the leaves 
or quite glabrous. Leaves very numerous, all radical, spreading, rosulate, 
12in. long, oblong-lanceolate or spathulate, acute or obtuse, narrowed 
into a broad petiole, more or less sinuate-toothed or entire, rather thick 
and fleshy, glabrous or pilose with scattered jointed hairs. Scapes many, 
variable in length, equalling the leaves or much longer than them, pilose 
or glabrous. Flowers small, usualiy from 2 to 5, but in depauperated 
specimens the spike is often reduced to a single flower, and in large 
specimens the flowers may be as many as 6-8. Bracts and calyx-segments 
broadly ovate, concave, obtuse or subacute, glabrous or sparingly pilose, 
keel thick, fleshy, margins scarious. Corolla-tube equalling the calyx, 
lobes ovate, acute, spreading or deflexed. Capsule small, ovoid, exceeding 
the calyx, 2-celled. Seeds usually 4 in each cell—Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. (1864) 227; Benth. Fl. Austral. v (1870) 141; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 572. P. carnosa R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 425 (not of Lam.) ; Hook. 
f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 65, t. 43; Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 207. P. picta 
Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxu (1890) 481. 
Norra Istanp: Mount Hikurangi, Adams and Petrie! Mount Egmont, Bu- 
chanan ! T. F. C.; Buahine Mountains, Colenso, B. C. Aston! Tararua Mountains, 
W. Townson! B. C. Aston! Mount Hector, Petrie / Souta IstaAnp, STEWART 
Istanp: Not uncommon in mountain districts. AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS: 
Abundant on rocks near the sea. Sea-level to 5500 ft. - 
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Also in Victoria and Tasmania. The Auckland Islands plant is almost glabrous, 
and has much more fleshy and more deeply toothed leaves, and the spikes are usually 
larger. In my memoir on “‘ The Systematic Botany of the Islands to the South of 
New Zealand” (p. 426) I expressed the opinion that it should constitute a distinct 
species, but since then I have seen specimens quite intermediate in character, — 
5. P. lanigera Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 227.—A small depressed 
7 species. Rootstock short, stout. Leaves numerous, all radical, spreading, 
forming flat rosettes 1-2in. across, 1-1 in. long, oblong-spathulate, obtuse 
