42 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



IBERIS L. CANDYTUFT. 



I. pinnata L. Plant annual, pubescent, g in. high, erect, branched at top. 

 Leaves pinnatifid, divided into 2-5 linear, obtuse lobes. Flowers white or lilac, 

 rather large, forming a short, dense corymb or umbel. Silicules winged, 

 emarginate, almost square, with obtuse divergent lobes. Style exceeding the 

 lobes. 



In the crops and fields, especially in the hills. Occasional. May-July. 



I. linifolia L. Plant biennial, glabrous. Stem often 2 ft. high, branched, 

 wiry. Root-leaves linear lanceolate, almost entire, stem-leaves linear, entire. 

 Flowers pink or lilac or nearly white, rather small. Silicule small, suborbicular, 

 winged only at the tops, slightly emarginate, the lobes small, acute, and diver- 

 gent. Style far exceeding the lobes. 



Woods on the hills. July-October and sometimes throughout the winter, as 

 in 1912-13. 



I. umbellata L. Plant annual, glabrous, i to 2 ft. high, robust. Lower 

 leaves oblong or lanceolate, toothed, upper ones linear-lanceolate, entire. 

 Flowers pink or purplish, large, in a dense umbel. Silicules broadly oval, winged 

 from near the base, deeply emarginate, lobes erect, acuminate. Style slightly ex- 

 ceeding the lobes. 



Rocky hills and ravines, local. May-September. 



I. ciliata All. Plant biennial, 9-12 in. high. Leaves ciliate, linear, 

 spathulate, obtuse, entire. Flowers white or pale rose, large, in a dense corymb. 

 Silicules as broad at the top as in the middle, winged from the base, lobes tri- 

 angular, acute, shorter than the style. 



Sandy and rocky hills. June, July. Very local. 



I. saxatilis L. Stems tortuous and ligneous at the base, diffuse, leafy. 

 Leaves fleshy, linear-cylindric, mucronate, entire. Flowers white, rather large. 

 Sepals coloured at the borders. Silicules large, nearly oval, winged, with 

 rounded lobes, open notch and short style. 



Rocky places and in the mountains and limestone hills. April-June. 



TEESDAL1A R. Br. 



T. Lepidium DC. = Lepidium nudicaule L. A small, nearly glabrous, 

 shining annual, 2 or 3 in. high. Stems usually naked. Leaves radical, linear 

 lanceolate, pinnatifid, with acute lobes or rarely entire. Flowers very small, 

 white, stamens 4. Silicules orbicular. No style. Closely allied to T. nudi 

 caulis R. Br. 



Sandy places, not common. March, April. 



HUTCH1NSIA R. Br. 



H. petreea R. Br. Rock Hutchinsia. Plant annual, very small, 1-4 in. 

 high, often purplish. Stems very slender, flexuous. Leaves pinnatipartite, with 

 lanceolate acute lobes ; the root-leaves petioled and in a rosette. Flowers very 

 small, in a loose oblong raceme. Pods oval, rounded at both ends, no style. 



Stony or sandy places and old walls. February- May. 



H. procumbens Desv. is an annual glabrous sp. with entire or toothed 

 leaves, occasionally seen in sandy places. March-May. 



BISCUTELLA L. 



B. ieevigata L. Plant extremely variable, 6 in. to 2 ft. high according to 

 situation. Root-leaves in a rosette, lanceolate or spathulate, toothed; stem- 

 leaves few, sessile, auricled, toothed, upper ones entire, narrow, all hairy. 

 Flowers pale yellow, in loose corymbs ; petals twice length of calyx, with long 

 claw. Silicules of 2 large, flattened, circular lobes with membraneous wings, 

 each with one seed. Various named varieties are recorded from the Var, e.g. 

 B. coronipifolia L., B. lima Reich, and B. niczeensis Jord. 



Dry banks, woods, and rocks in the hills and mountains, descending to within 

 loo ft. of the sea in the Var. March-July. 



