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A. Turrita L. Tower-cress. A tall, erect biennial, rough and hoary with 

 stellate or forked hairs. Root-leaves spreading and stalked ; stem-leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, sessile, with rounded auricles, all slightly toothed. Flowers small, 

 dirty yellowish-white. Pods 3 in. long, on short, erect pedicels, all curved down- 

 wards in a dense, unilateral, nodding raceme. 



Mountain rocks and shady places. May, June. Mdounes, Montrieux, 

 Ste. Baume, Aiguines, Valley of St. Andre near Nice, le Chaudron, etc. 



A. auriculata Lamk. Leaves dentate, rough and whitish with branched 

 hairs ; lower oval, attenuate into a stalk ; stem-leaves acutely cordate-auricular. 

 Pedicels hardly longer than calyx. Pods remote, spreading. Seeds bordered by 

 a dark line. Flowers white, small. 



Limestone hills and mountains. April, May. Le Luc, St. Maximin, Ampus, 

 Chateaudouble, Sollies-Toucas, Tenda, St. Martin Vesubie, etc. 



A. hirsuta Scop. Hairy Rock-cress. Stem, branches, and pods erect ; 

 stems leafy. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, rough with branched hairs ; root-leaves 

 attenuate into a short stalk. Stem-leaves rarely without auricles and then 

 truncate at base. Flowers small, dirty white. Pods 1^-2 in., numerous, very 

 narrow, in a long dense spike. Pedicels as long as calyx. This includes A. 

 sagittata DC., which is the commoner variety in the Var. 



Stony and shady places, walls, etc., common. May-June. 



** Stem-leaves sessile or ample xicaul, but not auricled. 



A. muralis Bert. Wall Rock-cress. Plant less erect than the last, but 

 also covered with branched hairs. Root-leaves spathulate, obtusely dentate ; 

 stem-leaves ovate, acutely toothed, slightly amplexicaul. Raceme straight ; 

 flowers white. Pedicels finally longer than calyx. Pods adpressed. 



Walls and mountain rocks. April-July. Le Luc, Ste. Baume, Carqueiranne, 

 Sollies-Toucas. Fairly common on rocks above Nice, Menton, etc. 



A. verna R. Br. Annual ; stem 4-9 in. high with spreading branches. 

 Root leaves in a rosette, obovate, attenuate. Leaves rough with stellate hairs. 

 Pedicels shorter than calyx. Raceme about 6 flowered. Flowers small, mauve. 

 Pods linear, spreading. 



Dry sandy or rocky places, rare. April. St. Agnes above Menton. 



CARDAMINE L. BITTER-CRESS. 



* Leaves all undivided. 



C. asarifolia L. A stout, glabrous bright green plant i-ij ft. high, with 

 scaly stoloniferous root-stock. Leaves cordate-orbicular, sinuate-dentate, 

 stalked, thick, shining. Flowers white, large. Anthers violet. Pods almost 

 erect, twice as long as the pedicels. 



Damp, shady, and stony places in the sub-Alpine region of the Maritime 

 Alps, e.g. Val Casterino, Breuil, etc. 



** All leaves pinnate or pinnatipartite. 



C. amara L. Large Bitter-cress. Leaves pinnate, of 5-9 segments ; leaflets 

 of root-leaves roundly ovate, of stem-leaves incised-dentate. Petals large, white, 

 anthers purple. Root stoloniferous. 



Springs and rivulets in the mountain region, very local and not in the Var. 

 May. Near Pigna, La Giandola, Fontan. 



C. pratensis L. Cuckoo-flower, Lady's smock. Glabrous, about a foot 

 high. Lower leaves lyrate, with rounded leaflets ; upper pinnate with narrow 

 lanceolate entire leaflets. Flowers lilac, rarely white, large ; anthers yellow. 



Damp meadows, by streams, etc. April-May. Le Luc, Toulon. Not re- 

 corded by Ardoino for A.M. 



C. impatiens L. Narrow-leaved Bitter-cress. Leaves pinnate with num- 

 erous lobed segments. Petioles auricled at base. Flowers very small, white, petals 

 with narrow limb, often abortive, scarcely longer than in the sepals. Biennial. 



Damp woods in the mountain region. May, June. 



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