LEGUMINOS^ 75 



Woods and limestone slopes from near the sea to the mountains. April- 

 June. 



** Flowers solitary or in pairs in leafy heads or clusters, 

 C. triflorus UUirit. (Plate X). Shrub erect, much branched, 3-8 ft. high. 

 Leaves trifoliate, leaflets hairy, elliptical or obovate, mucronulate, middle one 

 largest, often blotched with black due probably to a fungus. Calyx short, upper 

 lip divided. Flowers yellow, axillary, nodding, usually in clusters of three, some- 

 times solitary, opening one at a time. Keel acute, beaked. Pod long and hairy, 

 turning black, like the leaves, on drying. 



Woods and hill-sides, very common on the littoral. February- May. 



C. hirsutus L. An under-shrub, 1-2^ ft. high with leafy branches covered 

 with long soft hairs. Leaves trifoliate, with oblong or obovate leaflets. Calyx, 

 tubular, longer than pedicels. Flowers large, axillary, in clusters of 2 or 3 on 

 short stalks, pale yellow mingled with red, wings crinkled at edges. Pods 30 

 mm. long, very hairy. 



Woody places in the Maritime Alps. May, June. Levens, Berre, rare above 

 Menton. In the Alps and Ligurian mountains it has a more prostrate habit. 

 Leaves turn black on drying. 



C. Ardoini Fournier. Under-shrub 1-2 ft. high, rampant, hairy. Leaves 

 trifoliate, petioled ; leaflets small, linear oblong, silky grey. Calyx-tube short, 

 with spreading teeth. Flowers yellow, rather small, 1-3 on short lateral branches, 

 leafy at base. Standard glabrous, as long as the obtuse keel. Pod 20 mm. long, 

 compressed, very hairy. 



Rare in the Maritime Alps, as on Mont de 1'Aiguille above Menton at about 

 1200 m. April-May. 



ADENOCARPUS DC. 



A. grandiflorus Boiss. Shrub 1-3 ft. high, branches pubescent, finally 

 almost spiny. Leaves fascicled, shortly petioled ; leaflets obovate, almost gla- 

 brous. Stipules small, lanceolate. Flowers large 12-14 mm. long, spreading, 

 1-4 in short terminal heads. Pedicels much shorter than calyx, which is hairy, 

 with equal lips, the lower ones with equal teeth. Standard hairy. Pod 20-25 

 mm., very glandular. 



Woods and dry slopes, especially on siliceous soil. Frequent in the Var. 

 May-July. 



ULEX L. GORSE. 



U. europaeus L. Common Gorse. A very spiny shrub. Bracts large, 

 ovate, lax. Leaves small, leaflets hairy. Calyx hairs spreading, teeth minute, 

 wings longer than the keel. 



Dry places and woods. Rare in Provence, and perhaps only naturalized 

 in a few places in the Var. March, April. 



U. parviflorus Pourr. Small-flowered Gorse. A rather smaller plant, 

 with almost glabrous branches and robust spines. Leaves short, those of the 

 branches springing from the axils of the spines, simple, alternate. Flowers 

 small, 7-8 mm. long, fascicled. Bracts as large as the pedicels. Wings shorter 

 than the keel. 



Woods and dry places in the Var. February- April. Ste. Marguerite, north 

 side of Colle Noire near Carqueiranne, Le Pradet, etc. 



LUPINUS L. LUPINE. 



L. hirsutus L. Plant very hairy, a foot high. Leaves digitate, leaflets 5-7 

 obovate, mucronate. Flowers blue, large, lower ones alternate, upper ones 

 irregularly whorled, in long spikes. Lower lip of calyx trifid, shorter than the 

 upper bifid one. Pod broad (30-40 mm. by 10-12), very hairy. Seeds brown 

 with fawn-coloured marks. 



Sandy places, fields and thickets. April-May. 



