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solitary in the lower axils, fascicled in terminal dichotomous cymes. Calyx lobes 

 suberect in fruit, acute, with narrow membranous margin. 

 Sandy fields, common. May -June. 



S. perennis L. Leaves opposite, linear, connate at the base. Calyx teeth 

 almost obtuse with broad scarious white margins, connivant at maturity. Flowers 

 greenish-white. More glaucous than the last with shorter bracts. 



Dry, sandy places, especially in the hills, local. May-July. 



S. verticillatus Tausch. Grows in crops near St. Raphael and 

 Ampus. 



CORRIGIOLA L. 



C. Httoralis L. Strapwort. Leaves linear-lanceolate, narrowed into an 

 obscure petiole. Stipules small, half-sagittate. Flowers in crowded terminal 

 cymes. Petals as long as sepals. Plant small, slender, prostrate. 



Damp sandy places in the Var. April-July. 



C. Telephiifolia Pourr. Leaves oblong, glaucous, thick ; those of the 

 rosette spathulate. Stems numerous, prostrate, slender. Flowers very small, 

 pinkish-white, pedicelled in heads at the top of the leafless branches. 

 Sandy places, on railways, etc., uncommon. March-June. 



HERNIARIA L. 



H. glabra L. Rupturewort. Leaves small, oblong, glabrous or glabrescent. 

 Stems many, 4-6 in., tufted, more or less glabrous, Root woody. Flowers very 

 small, green, sessile, in lateral, dense, oblong heads throughout the length of the 

 branches. 



Sandy places, fallow fields, etc. May-August. 



H. hirsuta L. Leaves elliptic-oblong, hirsute, ciliate, greyish. Stems 

 slender, often quite prostrate. Calyx teeth hairy and ending in one long hair. 

 Lower leaves opposite. Flowers small, sessile in very small heads in the leaf 

 axils. Annual. 



Damp, sandy places, common. May-July. 



The Var. cinerea Loret et Ban. = H. cinerea DC. is not uncommon in 

 the Var. 



H. incana Lamk. Leaves rather larger, oblong-lanceolate. Whole plant 

 covered with a whitish tomentum. Calyx hispid with silky hairs. Flowers 

 shortly pedicelled. 



Dry, sandy, grassy places. May-July. 



PARONYCHIA Lamk. 



P. cymosa Lamk. A small slender annual, with dichotomose branches. 

 Leaves linear, rather fleshy, aristate, whorled. Stipules very small. Bracts 

 shorter than the small greenish-white flowers. Sepals scarious at the top. 



Pine-woods and sandy places. May-July. 



P. echinata Lamk. A. small stiff annual. Leaves oval, opposite, mucronate, 

 toothed. Bracts shorter than the greenish flowers. Stipules triangular-lanceolate. 

 Sepals concave, scarious at the borders, almost spiny at the tip. 



Hot, sandy places and hill-sides among Cistus, etc. April-June. 



P. capitata Lamk. var. Kapella G.G. grows on rocky places near Plan 

 d'Aups and Saint Pilon on the Sainte-Baume range. Owing to its silvery 

 appearance it was wrongly placed by Hanry and Robert under argentea. 



P. argentea Lamk. A larger species, 9-12 in. long, pubescent. Leaves 

 opposite, oval-lanceolate, ciliate, otherwise nearly glabrous. Stipules oval- 

 acuminate, shorter than the leaves. Flowers very silvery, in dense lateral and 

 terminal heads. Bracts ovate-acuminate, scarious, silvery. 



Dry places in the Var, rare. May-July. Toulon and Porquerolles. 



