66 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



** Perennial. Peduncles 2 flowered. Sepals spreading. 



Q. pyrenaicum L. Mountain Geranium. Stems erect, 1-2 ft. high, hairy. 

 Leaves reniform or orbicular, 7-9 lobed, long petioled, lobes wedge-shaped, 

 toothed, or crenate. Sepals mucronate, petals 2 lobed, small, oblong. Flowers 

 reddish-purple. Carpels keeled, pubescent ; pedicels deflexed ; seed smooth. 



Meadows and fresh woods in the mountains. April-July. 



Q. nodosum L. Leaves palmatifid, 3-5 lobes, crenate-toothed. Flowers 

 pale pink or lilac, veined, large. Petals obcordate-emarginate. Peduncles longer 

 than the leaves. Sepals finely acuminate, pubescent. Stipules long acumi- 

 nate. 



Mountain woods. May- August. 



Q. tuberosum L. Root tuberous, subglobular, reddish. Stems about a 

 foot high. Leaves palmatisect, with 5-7 lanceolate pinnatipartite segments, lobes 

 entire or toothed. Flowers pale purple with darker veins. Peduncles long, 

 usually 2 flowered. Root-leaves or long petioles ; stem-leaves sessile. 



Fields and vineyards, very local. March-April. 



Q. macrorrhizum L. Root-stock long and thick. Stems erect, a foot or 

 more high. Root-leaves palmatifid, divided into 5-7 obovate-cuneate segments, 

 toothed, pale green beneath ; stem-leaves with fewer divisions and short petioles 

 all glabrous and shining. Flowers large, magenta colour, with long curved 

 stamens. Calyx and pedicels often red. Calyx pubescent, inflated. Plant 

 strongly scented. Style becoming very long in fruiting. 



Stony or rocky places in mountain woods, rare. Saorgio in Roja valley, 

 Briga, and near San Dalmazzo di Tenda. June-July. 



*** Annual or biennial. Peduncles 2-flowered. Sepals spreading. 



Q. rotundifolium L. Round-leaved Geranium. Hairy. Leaves orbicu- 

 lar, 7-9 lobed, on long petioles. Sepals mucronate, generally shorter than the 

 entire petals ; claw of petals naked. Carpels keeled, hairy, not wrinkled. Seeds 

 pitted. Flowers pale pink, quite small. 



Borders of fields and waste places, very common. March-August. Com- 

 moner than either Q. molle or Q. pusillum which grow in similar places, though 

 the latter is rather rare in the south. 



Q. columbinum L. Long-stalked Geranium. Nearly glabrous, i ft. 

 high. Leaves 5-7-partite, lobes pinnatifid. Segments narrow. Sepals large, 

 acuminate, awned, equalling the entire petals, claw of petals ciliate. Pedicels 

 and peduncles very long and slender. Flowers few, rose-purple or magenta 

 coloured. 



Woods, hedges, and hill-sides. May-June. 



Q. dissectum L. Cut-leaved Geranium. Hairy and subglandular. Leaves 

 as in the last, but petioles and peduncles much shorter, and calyx and capsules 

 quite different. Sepals long awned. Carpels not wrinkled or keeled. Flowers 

 axillary, bright red, small. 



Fields and rather damp, shady places. April-June. 



**** Annual or biennial. Peduncles 2 flowered. Sepals erect in floweti 

 conniving in fruit. 



Q. Robertianum L. Herb Robert. Glabrous or slightly hairy, strongly 

 scented, reddish. Branches brittle, leafy, and fleshy. Leaves 5 foliate, segments 

 1-2 pinnatifid. Sepals long awned. Petals entire, narrow, bright pink, streaked 

 darker. Very variable. 



Woods and stony places. May-August. 



Q. lucidum L. Shining Geranium. Glabrous, shining, often bright red. 

 Leaves orbicular, 5 lobed. Stipules ovate, acute. Peduncles longer than peti- 

 oles. Branches succulent and brittle. Carpels separating entirely from the axis, 

 wrinkled, keeled. Flowers very small, bright pink. 



Old walls and stony places. May-August. 



