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Shady places in the Var, in the forests of the Maures, Ste. Baume, etc. 

 June, July. 



R. flabellatus Desf. = A. chierophyllos DC. Root with fibrous tuber- 

 cles. Leaves mostly radical, silky, tripartite with narrow segments. Peduncles 

 glabrous. Stem erect, usually simple, bearing one or two large bright yellow 

 flowers. Sepals spreading, pubescent. Carpels compressed, distinctly margined, 

 with straight beak about half their length. A very variable species, especially in 

 the Var. 



Dry hills and sandy places. April-May. 



R. millefoliatus Vahl. Root-stock similar to the last. Stem 6-12 in., 

 thick, erect, pubescent. Leaves hairy, mostly radical tripinnate, with short lobes, 

 narrow and acute. Peduncles thick. Flowers 1-2, large. Sepals spreading, 

 glabrous. Carpels numerous, compressed, margined, with much-hooked beak. 

 Dry uncultivated places, rare. 



Plateau de Pouraques near Valloury above Sollies-Toucas in the Var. 

 April-May. This is the only known station in France. In 1893 it was found 

 on olive terraces above Bordighera. 



R. garganicus Ten. (R. Canuti Coss.). Root-stock similar to the 2 last. 

 Stem 6-12 in., slender, erect, pubescent. Leaves mostly radical, pubescent, 

 irregularly bipinnate with linear obtuse lobes. Peduncles slender. Flowers 

 1-2, rather large. Carpels keeled, with almost straight beak, half the length of 

 the carpel. 



Dry uncultivated fields. Col du Braus and Valley of Peille in the Alpes- 

 Marit., rare. April-June. 



R. muricatus L. Annual. Stem 6-12 in. high, branched, glabrous, 

 hollow. Leaves glabrous, with 3-5 crenate lobes, the upper leaves obovate. 

 Peduncles furrowed. Carpels 6-15, large, broadly keeled, covered with spiny 

 tubercles, and having a broad recurved beak. Flowers small, yellow. Sepals 

 spreading, hairy. 



Damp and cultivated places in the littoral region. April-June. 



R. arvensis L. Corn Crowfoot. Annual. Stem about i ft. high, branched. 

 Leaves ternate, the upper ones with linear segments. Peduncles glabrous. 

 Carpels 4-8, large, bristly with hooked spines. Flowers small, pale yellow. 



In the crops. Common on the littoral. May-June. 



CALTHA L. 



C. palustris L. Marsh Marigold. Leaves orbicular-reniform crenate, 

 glabrous, shining, longly petioled, fleshy. Stipules very large, membranous, 

 entire in bud and enclosing the young leaf. Flowers large, bright yellow, hand- 

 some. Sepals 5 or more, petaloid. Petals o. Carpels numerous, many seeded. 



Mountain and sub-Alpine district of the Maritime Alps. April-May. 



TROLLIUS L. 



T. europasus L. Globe-flower. Leaves alternate, palmately lobed ; 

 root leaves petioled, suborbicular, 5-partite, segments cuneate lobed ; stem leaves 

 smaller, sessile. Flowers, rather pale yellow, large, globular in form. Sepals 

 5-15 petaloid, orbicular. Petals 5-15, small, narrow, claw very short. Stamens 

 short. Follicles transversely wrinkled, keeled, beaked. Seeds black, dotted. 



Pastures in the sub-Alpine and montane region of the Maritime and Ligurian 

 Alps. June-July. 



HELLEBORUS L. 



H. niger L. Christmas rose. Leaves all radical, glabrous, large, leathery, 

 stalked, pedate, 7-9 cleft; divisions undivided or 2-3 cleft, toothed. Flowers 

 nodding, handsome, white or rose-tinted, ultimately pale green. Petals and 

 stamens yellow. Sepals petaloid. Follicle with long beak. 



Recorded by Ardoino from mountain woods, very rare, at Bajardo above San 

 Remo, January-March, but excluded by Burnat and Bicknell, 



