4 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



A. calycinum L. Plant annual, greyish -green, branching at the base. 

 Leaves oblong or spathulate. Flowers pale yellow, turning white, very small. 

 Calyx persistent. Fruiting spike long, with spreading pedicels. Pods small, 

 orbicular, indented, with adpressed hairs and hardly any style. 



Sandy and stony places, common. May, June. 



A. campestre L. Plant annual, greyish-green, differing from the last 

 chiefly in its falling sepals ; pods not indented, with spreading hairs and short 

 style a quarter the length of the silicule. 



Sandy and stony places, less common. April, May. 



A. montanum L. Plant woody at base. Lower leaves obovate-oblong ; 

 upper ones lanceolate or linear, all covered with stellate hairs. Flowers small, 

 yellow, in loose racemes. Petals emarginate. Silicules oval orbicular, slightly 

 emarginate, covered with stellate hairs. 



Limestone rocks in the montane region of Alpes-Marit. May, June. 

 Rather rare. 



A. incanum L. = Farsetia incana R. Br. A biennial, 18 in. high, 

 covered with greyish-green down. Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire or slightly 

 sinuate. Flowers very small, white, in long, erect racemes, petals bifid. Pods 

 large, elliptic, half the length of the pedicels, not bordered. 



Dry, sandy places in the hills of Alpes-Marit. Rare. June- August. 



KERNERA Medic. 



K. saxatilis Reich. Grows on sub-alpine rocks above our limit ; rare. 



LUNARIA L. 



L. rediviva L. Is found in mountain woods in the Maritime Alps. The 

 large silicules are elliptical. All leaves petioled. Flowers violet, as in honesty. 



CLYPEOLA L. 



C. Jonthlaspi L. Leaves small, oblong, entire, silvery grey. Flowers in a 

 dense spike, very small, yellow, becoming white. Pods flat, orbicular, winged, 

 relatively large. Plant 2-6 in. high, spreading. 



Sandy or stony places on the littoral. March-May. Sainte-Baume, Ollioules, 

 Sollies-Toucas, Cap Martin, Nice, Antibes. 



C. microcarpa Moris. A rather smaller and more slender plant with 

 oboval-spathulate leaves, smaller, slightly convex pods ; and with narrower border, 

 the seed occupying at least half the cell. 



Sandy places near Sollies-Toucas in the Var. April, May. 



CAME LIN A Grant z. 



C. sativa Crantz. Plant erect, 2 ft. high, yellowish-green. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, entire, or toothed, auricled. Flowers yellow, on long spreading pedicels 

 forming an elongated raceme. Silicules oboval, twice as long as broad. 



Adventitious near Menton, Nice, and Monaco. June. 



C. silyestris Wallr. Plant greyish-green. Leaves lanceolate, obtuse, 

 nearly entire. Flowers pale yellow, small, on a long erect spike. Silicules pear- 

 shaped, slightly longer than broad. 



In crops about Hyeres, Sollies-Toucas, etc. May, July. 



CAPSELLA Vent. 



C. Bursa-pastoris Medic. Shepherd's purse. 

 Common in the fields and crops, and very variable. March-October. 



CORONOPUS Gaertn. 

 C. procumbens Gilib. Wart-cress. 

 Rarely on road-sides. June-August. 



