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not to be distinguished from the British A. maritima, 

 grows near Cannes and on the islands. This plant 

 has a pleasant smell. The minute rosette of Evax 

 is common at Antibes, on the stony ground between 

 the station and the town. Filago spathulata, the 

 common Cudweed, called by Bentham, Gnaphalium 

 germanicum, and by Gerard, Herba impia, forms a 

 carpet on the unraked garden path. The great rank 

 Inula is ubiquitous. Round its yellow flower-heads 

 swarm the tailed blue butterflies Lycena Telicanus, and 

 sometimes L. Boetica. Santolina, another aromatic 

 plant, is cultivated here, and subspontaneous. Heli- 

 chrysum, the wild Everlasting, is plentiful everywhere. 



Professor Penzig would add Cineraria maritima, 

 and Diotis candidissima, a littoral plant rare on the 

 Riviera. 



Among the Leguminosse there are many of 

 these drought-proof (xerophilous) plants, which wear, 

 like John Baptist, a hairy mantle. I will mention a 

 few. AnthyUis Barba Jovis, a littoral shrub with 

 silvery down : Dorycnium hirsutum and D. rectum : 

 Cytisiis tri/lorus, a rather uncommon shrub : I have 

 not seen it growing, but a friend brought a piece of 

 it back one day from the Magnan Valley : Cytisus 

 argent ens (Argyrolobium), so named from its whitish 

 silky hairs, inhabits the most arid spots. 



There are also numerous hair-protected plants 

 in the Labiate Order. For instance : Species of 

 Salvia, Teucrium, Marrubium, Stachys, Sideritis, 

 Lavandula, Phlomis. All common here, with the 

 exception of Phlomis, which is cultivated in gardens. 

 I believe that I have found it subspontaneous on 

 waste ground between Carabacel and Cimiez. 



