60 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



TELEPHIUM L. 



T. Imperati L. Plant glabrous and glaucous, rather fleshy, about a foot long, 

 with numerous spreading, simple, leafy stems. Leaves alternate, oblong, thick, 

 almost unilateral, with short membranous stipules. Flowers white, rather 

 large, in dense heads at the top of the stems. Sepals 5, linear-oblong, keeled, 

 branous at the edges. 



Dry stony places on limestone mountains, rare. May-July. Garde-Freinet 

 near Aiguines, Raton near Ampus, in the Briga valley near S. Dalmazzo di 

 Tenda, etc. 



PORTULACACE^E. 



PORTULACAL. 



P. oleracea L. A fleshy, annual, prostrate plant. Leaves opposite or the 

 upper ones alternate, obovate-oblong, sessile, thick, shining. Flowers small, 

 sessile, yellow, solitary or in clusters at the axes and tops of the branches. Sepals 

 2, unequal, obtuse, keeled beneath the top finally falling. Petals 4-6. Capsule 

 ovoid, opening transversely. Seeds numerous, black, shining. 



Fields, garden-paths and road-sides. Common. May-September. 



Montia minor Gmel. and M. riyularis Gmel. are occasionally found by 

 streams and other damp places on the littoral. _ 



TAMARICACE^E. 

 TAMARIX L. TAMARISK. 



T. gallica L. Shrub 6-25 ft. high, with slender, reddish branches. Leaves 

 on the branchlets very minute, closely imbricate, triangular, auricled, keeled ; on 

 the older wood much larger, subulate. Flowers white or pink, very small, in obtuse 

 dense spikes. Stamens 5. 



Borders of streams and ditches near the coast. May-July. 



T. africana Pair. (Plate XVI.) A smaller shrub 6-10 ft. high, with less 

 feathery branches. Leaves very small, imbricate, oval-acuminate, membranous 

 at the edges. Flowers larger than in the last. Stamens prominent, 5. Capsule 

 gradually tapering. 



Sea coasts, and never far from the sea. May-June. 



T. germanica L. = Myricaria germanica Desv. A small shrub 3-6 ft. 

 high with slender branches in bundles. Leaves very small, like needle-shaped 

 scales. Flowers pale pink in long spikes. Style none. Seeds with a short 

 stalked plume. Stamens 10. 



River beds such as that of the R. Var. June-July. 



MALVACE/E. 



Calicule inserted on the peduncle; carpels in a globular head MALOPE. 



Calicule inserted on base of calyx; bracteoles 3, distinct MALVA. 



Calicule inserted on the peduncle ; bracteoles 3, connate at base LAVATERA. 



Calicule inserted on the peduncle ; bracteoles 6-9, connate ALTHAEA. 



MALOPE L. 



M. malacoides L. A rather hispid plant, a foot high. Leaves oval-lanceo- 

 late, often heart-shaped at base, irregularly toothed or lobed. Peduncles solitary 

 at the axils of the leaves. Bracteoles cordate-acuminate. Petals entire, i in. 

 long, deep rose. Flowers handsome. 



Waste places, here and there, rare. April-June. It not infrequently appears 

 singly. 



MALVA L. MALLOW. 



M. Alcea L. Plant 2-3 ft. high, covered with hair. Lower leaves sub- 

 orbicular. Stem-leaves simply lobed or deeply palinatipartite. Peduncles single 



