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well garnished as any other tree, leafless though they 

 are. * The truculent Colletia, and divers species of 

 Spartium, are scantily supplied with foliage. 

 Lathy nut Aphaca and Z. Ochrtis, common " weeds," 

 depend upon their stipules, for the laminae (leaf- 

 blades) have run to tendrils. L. Nissolia, the Grass 

 Vetch, is no better off. We gathered it at Caussols, 

 above Grasse. You will find no leafage in the dark 

 tangle of the Epliedra, a climbing Conifer from 

 North Africa. We must add the charming blue 

 rush-lily, Aphyllanthes (Fig. 65) ; and Buplevrum, in 

 the Umbellates. B. fruticosum is a favourite shrub 

 in the Riviera gardens. 



This list of Leafless Plants does not pretend to 

 be complete : the Botanist will easily enlarge it. 

 But it may serve to show how many plants find it 

 to their advantage in this region to dispense with 

 leaves. 



