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stoloniferous, from i to 3 feet high, flexuous, furrowed. Leaves large, biternate ; 

 leaflets rather large, glaucous below. Flowers yellow, pendent, in branched leafy 

 panicles. Carpels oval, with longitudinal ribs. 



Mountain woods and rocky places in the hills, but more especially in the 

 sub-Alpine region. May-July. 



T. mediterraneum Jord. = T. flavum var. angustifolium G. G. Stem 

 about 3 feet high, hollow. Leaves tripinnate, slightly glandular ; upper ones 

 with linear, entire leaflets, lower leaflets oblong, pale green below. Auricles 

 narrower than the sheath. Flowers in a rather dense yellow panicle. Carpels 

 sessile, suborbicular. 



Damp meadows and sides of ditches in the littoral. May, June. 



T. aquilegifolium L. grows in shady places in the mountain and chest- 

 nut region of les Alpes-Marit. The flowers are pink. 



ANEMONE L. 



A. nemorosa L. Wood Anemone. Rhizome horizontal, nearly black, with 

 2 or 3 biternate leaves at the extremity and a single flower-stalk 3 to 9 inches 

 high, with involucral leaves at about two-thirds of its height. Sepals 6, white, 

 often pinkish or bluish outside. Carpels downy, long pointed but not feathery. 

 The flowers soon fade. 



Recorded by Ardoino from mountain woods in the Maritime Alps, April, but 

 doubted by Burnat. It has, however, been seen a few times above San Remo. 



A. ranunculoides L. with yellow flowers, is rarely found below 1000 m. 

 in the Maritime Alps. 



A. trifolia L. Radical leaves usually wanting at time of flowering. In- 

 volucral bracts 3, petioled, with broadly lanceolate, serrated segments. Flowers 

 solitary. Sepals usually 6, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous beneath, white. Anthers 

 nearly white. 



Mountain woods, pastures, and chestnut groves in Liguria ; abundant in 

 the mountain region behind Bordighera, formerly descending the banks of the 

 Nervia almost to the sea. According to Moggridge it replaces A . nemorosa on 

 the littoral from San Remo to Genoa. March-May. 



A. coronaria L. (Plate IV). Leaves tripinnate, with narrow segments ; in- 

 volucral leaflets sessile, laciniate. Flowers solitary, large and handsome, with 

 5 or 6 oval sepals. Carpels woolly. 



Frequent in vineyards and olive groves on the littoral from Toulon to San 

 Remo, and occasionally reaching 400 m. February- April. 



There are several varieties in both Departments, of which the following are 

 the chief: 



Var. a cyanea Ard. = A. cyanea Risso = A. coronarioides Hanry, 



with light blue flowers. 

 Var. /8 coccinea Bwm. = A. coccinea Jord. = \. cononaria var. phoe- 



nicia Ard., with scarlet flowers (Plate IV). 

 Var. y rosea Hanry, with pink flowers. 

 Var. 8 ventreana Hanry, with yellowish-white flowers, streaked with 



red at the base of the sepals. 

 Var. e purpurea Ard. with purple flowers. 



A. stellata Law*. (Plate IV), A. hortensis L. var. stellata G. G. 



Leaves palmate, with toothed and serrated cuneiform lobes. Involucral 

 leaflets sessile, either entire or slightly cut. Carpels woolly. Flowers solitary, 

 2 in. across red-purple, deep pink, mauve or rarely white, often bluish beneath, 

 star-shaped, and composed of 12-15 narrow sepals. 



Woods, fields, under olives and in broken ground, very common along the 

 French Riviera. February-April. In 1913 the first blossoms near Hyeres 

 appeared the second week in January. 



