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above. Flowers greenish, very small in axillary subsessile spikes and consisting 

 of 5 stamens spreading, and a sessile stigma. Calyx reddish. Pod pendent, 

 very large, 12-20 cms. (5-8 in.) long, thick, leathery, pulpy. 



Rocky slopes on the littoral, probably introduced from the East and naturalized. 

 September- N ovember . 



ANAQYRIS L. 



A. fcetida L. A shrub 1-3 yds. high, with pubescent young branches. 

 Leaves deciduous, trifoliate, petioled ; leaflets sessile, entire, elliptic, glabrous 

 above. Flowers yellowish, stained with black, in short leafy many-flowered 

 clusters. Standard short. Pod pendent, glabrous, yellowish, inflated at one 

 end. 



Dry, stony limestone slopes, rare. January-March. Below Fort Ste. Mar- 

 guerite, Mont Coudon, Touris, Ollioules in the Var, and Nice Chateau. 



SPARTIUM L. 



S. junceum L. Spanish Broom (Plate X). A glabrous bush 1-3 yds. 

 high, erect, not spiny. Branches cylindric, junciform, very glabrous and glaucous. 

 Leaves few, small, entire, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous above. Flowers large, 

 yellow, sweet scented, in stiff terminal spikes. Pod linear, 6-8 cms. long, almost 

 black when ripe. 



Slopes and dry woods, very common. May-July. In the mountainous part 

 of the Var it is often replaced by Genista cinerea at about 700 or 800 m. 



CALYCOTOME Lk. 



C. spinosa Lk. i Plate X). A very spiny shrub 1-2 yds. high. Leaves 

 trifoliate, turning black on drying ; leaflets subsessile oval, obtuse, glabrous above. 

 Flowers solitary or in clusters of 2-4, bright yellow. Pedicels 2 or 3 times as long 

 as calyx. Pods 30-40 mm. by 6-8, glabrous, shining and black when ripe, upper 

 suture slightly winged. Very rarely the flowers are quite pale yellow. 



Common on dry hill-sides and woods except in the mountain region. April- 

 May. Like Spartium it forms an important feature in the maquis. 



SAROTHAMNUS Wimmer. 



S. SCOparius Koch. Broom. Bush 1-2 yds. high, erect, downy; branches 

 green, angular, furrowed ; branchlets and obovate leaflets silky. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, lower ones trifoliate, upper ones very small, simple and sessile. Flowers 

 bright yellow, large, on short pedicels in terminal spikes. Pods r -2 in. long ; 

 valves twisted after opening. 



Very rare in the south. April-June. Here and there in the mountain region 

 as at Gourdon, St. Vallier, Mont de la Chens, Foret du Dom. Also at Langoustier 

 in the Isle of Porquerolles. 



GENISTA L. 

 * Shrubs or under-shrubs, spiny. Flowers yellow. 



G. germanica L. Under-shrub 1-2 ft. high, much branched. Branches 

 leafy, hairy. Spines simple or branching at base. Leaves simple, ovate or 

 lanceolate, ciliate. Flowers yellow, in long terminal racemes. Standard pubes- 

 cent, much shorter than keel. 



Woody hills from near the sea to the mountains of Alpes-Marit. May-June. 



G. hispanica L. Under shrub, 6-12 in., very spiny. Stems hairy in upper 

 parts. Spines delicate, branching, brown at the tips. Leaves simple, lanceo- 

 late, acute, covered with long white hairs. Teeth of calyx very unequal, hairy. 

 Flowers in short terminal heads. Standard smooth, about length of keel. Pods 

 small, almost glabrous. 



Dry hills and pine-woods, among heather, etc., local. April-July. 



G. Lobelii DC. is a very spiny much-branched shrubby species which forms 

 small thick cushions or tufts almost strong enough to support a man. 



It grows on arid limestone slopes and hills at Sainte-Baume, Mont Faron, 

 and Moriere near Sollies-Toucas. May-July. 



