FRANCE. 693 
Statistics. vinces of France being those which have been the most dore, and martagon lilies ; Erythronium d. 3 , isti 
: have r r Z ronium dens canis, d Statistics. 
“=~ carefully explored, as well as containing-the most inte- tooth violet ; Bulbocodium Schewn vernal bilbocediaders ae 
; resting plants, are chiefly referred to in the following Veratrum album, white hellebore ; Narcissus poeticus, 
lists. ; and jonquilla, narcissus and jonquil. The shore of 
Compound The species belonging to the large class of com- Hieres adorned by the Pimtcratilom maritimum, sea 
movers. flowers, including nearly the whole of the class daffodil, growing Inxuriantly on the very beach. 
’ esia of Linneeus, are very numerous. Of these, Allied to the bulbiferous, are the tuberous rooted Tuberous, 
several are introduced at present into our flower-gar- plants, with sword-shaped leaves, several species of 
; . dens; such are Echinops een, globe thistle; which are found in France. The most beautiful and 
Onopordon oe: i ia woolly thistle; Carlina corymbosa, poe By notice, are Gladiolus communis, corn flag, 
racemosa, anata, all three species of the Carline abundant in the cultivated lands of the middle and 
thistle, and natives of Provence ; Atractylis cancellata, southern provinces ; the Iris Germanica, large purple 
distaff thistle; several species of Centaurea, among fleur de lis, in Alsace and on the German frontier ; and 
others C. benedicta, blessed thistle; Santolina incana, Iris pumila, and maritima, dwarf and sea fleur de lis, 
lavender cotton ; Artemisia rupestris, mountain south- two elegant little plants, that are occasionally met with 
ernwood ; and A. abrotanum, common southernwood ; in Provence and Languedoc. 
both of them plentiful on the rocks of Deatiny and . Of the papilionaceous plants that are natives of this Papiliona 
Provence. Tussi and Cacalia alpina, alpine colts« country, several deserve notice for their use or orna- 
foot, and cacalia, nding on the mountainous fron- ment. Lathyrus tuberosus, a vegetable of the pea kind, 
tiers of Savoy and Piedmont ; Catananche cwrulea and grows wild in Alsace, and is cultivated in many parts 
lutea, blue and yellow lion’s foot ; Aster alpinus and of France, for its large, esculent, tuberous roots; Lu 
amellus, Michaelmas daisy. A few esculent v es pinus varius, the lupin, varying with blue, white, 
that grow wild in Languedoc and Provence, but are or flesh-coloured. blossoms ; and Cicer arietinum, chick 
cultivated in our kitchen-gardens, arrange themselves pea, are met with in the southern provinces, growing 
under this class; for instance, Cynara scolymus, arti- spontaneously, but are more frequently cultivated in 
choke; Tragopogon porrifolium, salsafy ; and Scorzo- large fields, as food both for cattle and man. In Eng 
Rera scorzonera. Twoor three are used in land, the former is considered merely as an ornamental 
medicine, such as T'anacetum balsamita, costmary ; Ar- plant, and is found in every flower garden.  Trigonella 
nica montana, 's bane ; Anthemis hrum, pel- fanumgrecum, fenugreek, esteemed for its medicinal vir« 
litory of Spain, in the ce tan ae of Mont~ tues; and Astrag tragacantha, acanth vetch, 
ier. ; so named from the gum it yields, are both natives of 
The cucumber, the melon, the gourd, and other kin- Provenee and the vicinity of Montpellier. Many of 
dred gener, though cultivated largely, and with great our most ornamental shrubs belong to this class, such 
ease, in the south of France, are yet natives of hotter as Cylisus laburnum, great laburnum; C. nigricans, 
climates: only one of this natural family, the Momor- black cytisus; Colutea arborescens, bladder senna ; 
dica elaterium, squirting cucumber, ly belongs to Anagyris feetida, stinking bean, trefoil ; and Spartium 
the French flora :. it occurs in a truly state, on low junceum, Spanish broom. ; 
loose rocks, in Provence and Languedoc. Several succulent plants of the same natural class 
Ringent Of the rimgent or galiated plants, numerous species with the Sedum, are found on the dry rocks on the 
lowing. are almost the whole that are in an uest and villosum, ever-green ine, and hairy sedum ; 
i use, all of which are uncives of Lan- Sempervi jlobiftren, and aracknoideum, hen and 
guedoc, Provence, or Dauphiny. Acanthus spinosus chicken sedum, and cobweb sedum. 
and mollis, prickly and smooth Acanthus; Antirrhinum — The class Pentandria of Linnzus contains several Pentandria, 
Montpellier snap-dragon; Pedicularis well known plants that occur native in France, some of 
and incarnata, lousewort ; ok 8 Creticum, which have been introduced into our gardens and shrub- 
sn. offcinall ; 
cretan origany ; Melissa ; Hyssopus beries ; such are Primula villosa, and auricula, hairy 
7” gerien h ; Lavandula stechas, spike primrose, and auricula; Androsace maxima, and car- 
$ inate officinalis, rosemary ; and Salvia nea, greater and flesh-coloured androsace, all found 
sage. had Ne bow! hae of Provence ; yr cet ceerulea, 
The nearer, in general, country is situated to i suckle ; cium ‘opaum, box 
the tropics, the greater is the abundance and beauty thorn; Nerium oleander, a oleander ; Campanu« 
of the bulbiferous or liliaceous plants that inhabit it. a grandiflora, and speculum, great-flowered campanu- 
rous, The south of France is particularly rich in these splen- 1a, and Venus’ looking glass; Rhamnus r santioy: and 
did and fragrant vegetables, several of which ey alaternus, Christ’s thorn, and alaternus ; Tamarix Gal- 
naturalized in our and constitute their princi- ca, and Germanica, German and French’ tamarisk. 
pal ornament. the genus Allium, garlic, no lessthan Others of this class deserve notice for their use in va- 
36 species are natives of France, several of which have rious arts, and in medicine, as Pistachia terebinthus, 
been admitted, for their beauty, into English flower the turpentine tree; P. lentiscus, mastic tree; Celtis 
gardens ; of these the A. Ricemrn east Montpellier australis, nettle tree; Rhamnus infectorius, the berries 
ie, is perhaps the chief. .T branched aspho- , of which are used in dyeing, by the name of French 
i pile ramosus, a flower of great beauty and berries, or graines d’ Avignon ; Anchusa tinctoria, al- 
poetic is by no. means uncommon in Provence. kanet, another dyeing drug ; Rhus cotinus, and coria- 
is, fulva, tawny day. lily; Hyacinthus bo- rea, common and Venetian sumach, the most powerful 
iryoides, clustered hyacinth.; i i. vegetable astringents, and largely applied to leather 
dale, spiked star of ocmmaiaeh ane dressing and dyeing ; Salsola soda, glasswort, a plant 
diterranean provinces of France, as are also Lilium bul. ganna shore of the Mediterranean, from which 
biferum, pomponium, and martagon, the orange, pompa- barilla of commerce is prepared. Some esculent 
