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76 Rudbeckia fulgida, var. (3.
was taken two years ago from specimens given me by Mr. Nuttall.
The variety, therefore, if indeed it be no more, is a legitimate one.
The table represents the plant of the size of nature.
PLANTAGO HYBRIDA.
SPURIOUS MARITIME PLANTAIN.
Tetrandria Monogyniay Linn. Plantaginese, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 4-cleft. Corolla 4-cleft, border reflected. Stamina mostly exserted, very long.
Capsule 2-celled, opening transversely.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves subulate-linear, entire, rigidly acute, shorter than the scape, not woolly at the
base ; scape terete, slender, slightly pubescent; spike long and slender, cy-
m lindrical, rather loose; spikelets below remote; bracteas acute. B. Com. FI.
Ph. addenda, p. 214, vol. 2.
SYNONYM.
P lantago maritima, Bart. Prod. FI. Ph.
“ Root annual. Plant from two to three inches high. Leaves very
numerous, about one inch long in mature specimens, often not ex
