PLANTAGO
PLANTAGO
PLANTAGO
PLANTAGO
PLANTAGO
PLANTAGO
LinnceiGen.Pl. T e t r a n d r i a M o n o g y n i a .
Raii Syn. Gen. 22. H e r b ^e v a s c u l i f e r j e f l o r e t e t r a p e t a l o a n o m a l e .
major foliis ovatis glabris, fcapo tereti, fpica flofculis imbricatis. Lin. Syß. Vegetab.
p. 131. Spec. Plant, p. 163. Fl. Suecic. n. 129.
foliis petiolatis, ovatis, glabris; fpica cylindriea. Haller hiß. Helv. n. 660.
major. Scop'oli Fl. Carmol. n. 161.
latifolia finuata. Bauhin Pin. 189.
latifolia. Ger. emac. 419.
PLANTAGO latifolia vulgaris. Parkinfon493. Raii Syn. 314. Great Plantain,; or Waybread.
' ' Hudfon Fl. Angl. p. 51. Oeder. Fl. Dan. je. 461. Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 117.
BaDIX vetufta pollicaris, prasmorfa, plurimis fibris | ROOT when old the thicknefs o f one’s thumb, ftump-
albidis alte demilTis, terram firmiter appre- | edi laying ftrong hold of the earth by its
hendens. t fibres, which ftrike deeply into it, and are
I of a whitifh colour.
feOLIA petiolata, ovata, feptemnervia, glabra, juni- $ LEAVES {landing on footftalks, oval, having feven
A ora vero hirfutula, palmaria, margine miriu- | ribs, fmooth, but fomewhat hairy when
tim remoteque dentata. $ young, about four fingers in length, the
% edge minutely and remotely indented.
IPETIOLI longi, fubtus convexi, fupra concavi, bafi | FOOT-STALKS of the leaves long, convex on the
lubvaginati. $ '; under fide, concave above, each forming a
kind of (heath at its bafe.
B a r i teretes, erefti,-.pubefeentes, foliis longiores. ■ J FLOWER-STALKS round, upright, pubefeent, and
* f longer thamthe leaves.
cylindrical, longas, floribus undique imbri- $ SPIKES cylindrical, long, furrounded on every fide
catse* with flowers lying one over another.
llRACTEA lanceolata, concava, fub fingulo flof-
cü\q,ßg.i.
BR ACTEA lanceolate, and hollow, under each
flower, fig. 1.
■ IpL^X. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ova- | C A L Y X : a Perianthium of four leaves, which are
tis, concavis, obtufis, laevibus, fiibaequalL $ oval, concave, obtufe, fmooth, nearly equal
bus, perfiftentibiis, fig . 2. . | and continuing, fig . 2..
ICOROLLA monopetal a, perfiftens, marcefcens ; i COROLLA monopetalous, continuing of a withered
i UBus cylindrico-globofus, brevis, laciniis J ' appearance ; T ube of a cylindrical globular
ovato-acutis, reflexis, fig.x 3. $ form, and fhort; the Segments, oval,
| pointed, and turned back, fig. 3.
^■ AMINA. Filamenta quatuor, capillaria, pa-$ STAMINA : Filaments four, very fmall, fpreading,
en ra, corolla multo longiora; Anthers much longer than the corolla; A nthers
purpureas, biloculares, fingulo loculo bafi $ purple, bilocular, each cell terminating at
mucrone terminate, fig . 4. | bottom in a point, fig . 4.
Germen oval ; Style filiform,
■ STILLUM ; G ermen ovatum; Stylus filiformis, | PISTILLUM :
fhorter than the ftamina, villous; Stigma
fimple, fig. 5, 6.
SEED-VESSEL: an oval Capsule, dividing horizontally
in the middle, and containing about
20 unequal brown Seeds, fig. 7, 8, 9, 10.
Jtamimbus brevior, villofus; Stigma fim-
P 6. .
^^^ICARPIIJMl Capsula ovata, circumfcifla,
iulga,.c6mmens Semina cir
fufea, fig>j,fiS} 9, 10.
"plentifully in meadows, gardens, and bv the Tides of paths, and Teems to
K m places moderately trodden on, whence perhaps its name of W aybread.
B y f in L h ? ^ ’ the ]a aVCS oft.en l i i to an enormous fize; and, in gardens, we often find .cultivated, a
■ G a rd e n e rs ? mo".‘lrou« variety of this plant, the P la n ta g o R o fe a of fome botanifts, or Rofe Plantain of a|)fe. • ’ n wftlch the flowers appear to be-converted into leaves, which fpread open fortiewh'at like
f la t t ie -
W 1'yoVthegfmaIialbi'r^ f:ar VeIy reai% t0 e'at the leaves, and the feeds are well known to afford food to
ln. confiderable efteem as a medicine o f the vulnerary kind ; in the prefent praftice, the
Plbple, ;the leavAo metlrP.es mad<; ufe of, and chiefly in ulcerations of the-mouth and throat. By the c
■ ves are often aapppplliieedd ttoo ffrreeffhh wwoouunnddss aanndd bbuurrnnss..,
B I H H i i l S I “ ,thf number of its feeds from the Plantago Lanceolata, in which we conftantly find
R * lnary, Ra y '»7 ? thls 1 have mod commonly found about twenty finall ones.: yet, what is very extra-
ana o c o p o l i mention its having only two.