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R. montana L. Plant smaller, glaucous, glabrous, but glandular above. 

 Leaflets linear-obtuse. Flowers yellow, small. Bracts and sepals lanceolate- 

 acuminate. Petals spathulate, not ciliate. Capsule small, subglobular, with 4 

 rounded lobes. 



Dry, stony places. Local. April-July. 



DICTAMNUS L. 



D. albus L. Plant 2-3 feet high, very leafy in the middle, covered with 

 glandular hairs. Leaves pinnate, with large ovate, serrate, sessile lobes. 

 Flowers large, white or pink, veined with violet, in a long glandular spike. 

 Petals 5, unequal, the 4 superior ascending, the lower one deflexed. Stamens 

 10, very long. Capsule of 5 cuspidate, deep wrinkled lobes. 



Stony slopes and woods in the lower mountains. May-June. 



AMPELIDACE^. 



VITIS L. 



V. vinifera L. Common Vine. This rampant shrub, with palmate leaves 

 and small greenish flowers in panicles, is sometimes found in a wild state in the 

 Esterel and Maritime Alps. It flowers in June. 



In the Var it is subspontaneous in woods and borders of streams near Frejus 

 and Le Cannet. 



ACERACE^; (a tribe of SAPINDACE/E). 



ACER L, 



A. Pseudo-platanusL. Sycamore. This well-known tree is rarely found 

 wild except in mountain woods in the Maritime Alps, e.g. about St. Martin 

 Lantosque. It flowers in May. Racemes elongate, pendulous. 



A. campestre L. Common maple. Small tree or shrub. Leaves obtusely 

 5 lobed, entire or crenate ; wings of fruit horizontal. Flowers green, on short, 

 erect pedicels in corymbs. 



Woods and river banks, especially in the hill region. April-May. 



A. opulifolium Vill. = A. Opalus Mill. A taller tree, with smooth 

 bark. Leaves usually of 5 obtuse lobes, crenate, 2 lowest very small. Wings 

 of fruit slightly divergent. Flowers green, on drooping pedicels. 



Mountain woods, rather scarce. March-May. Sainte Baume, etc. 



A. monspessulanum L. Tree or shrub attaining 5 or 6 metres, with 

 rugged bark and 3-lobed leaves, the lobes being equal and entire. Samara small. 

 Dry hill-sides and stony woods in the Var. March-April. 



CELASTRACE.E. 

 EUONYMUS L. 



E. vulgaris Scop. Spindle-tree. Shrub 2-3 yds. high. Leaves glabrous, 

 ovate-lanceolate, serrate. Flowers greenish-white, 2-5 in a cyme. Capsule with 

 4 (rarely 5) rounded angles, not winged ; deep pink, with orange arillus surround- 

 ing the seeds. 



Hedges and borders of fields. April-June. 



E. latifolius Scop. Broad-leaved Spindle tree. A similar shrub with rather 

 larger and broader leaves and pale purple flowers, 5-10 in a long peduncled cyme. 

 Capsule compressed, winged. 



Mountain woods and rocks ascending to 4000 ft. or more. Local. May-June. 



ILICINE^E OR AQUIFOLIACE^E. 



ILEX L. 



I. Aquifolium L. Holly. This well-known shrub or small tree is locally 

 common in the mountain woods and valleys of the Var and Alpes-Marit. and 

 usually flowers from April to June according to situation. 



