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species grows above St. Vallier (A. Tomentosa), and 

 another (A. Agemtum) on the coast west of Vence 

 Cagnes. 



But taking the white foliage into consideration, 

 Cineraria maritima may be accounted more orna- 

 mental. The honey of this species must be very 

 plentiful, for I have seen as many as fifty bees on one 

 plant at a time. This is the " Pardon Plant " of St. 

 Honorat. Notwithstanding the specific name, this 

 Cineraria may be found at some distance from the 

 sea. I have not been able to ascertain why it is 

 called " Pardon Plant."* 



If we must have a flaring yellow Composite, you 

 cannot well improve upon Bupthalmum. I moderately 

 admire the plant, ugly as it is ; but I cannot exactly 

 say what redeeming point it has. As in the case of a 

 person who is more or less attractive in spite of a tip- 

 tilted nose and bright red hair, we are cons brained to 

 exclaim, " Quelle jolie laide ! " 



Of the Ligulates, next after the delicate 

 Catananche already praised, I would place either 

 Chicory (C. Intybus] or a Tragopogon with a dark 

 violet flowerhead : I think it is Ardoino's T. australis. 

 This grows on the Levens common together with a 

 yellow species ; and in the same spot there is a curious 

 plant with yellow disc and purple ray, probably a 

 cross between the two. 



The showy Gentians are mountaineers ; mostly 

 the same as those found in Switzerland, so that I need 

 not describe them. The commonest, and perhaps the 

 prettiest, Convolvulus, is C. Althceoides. Its later 



The juice of Cineraria maritima has been used in London hospitals 

 as a remedy for ophthalmia. T. H. 



