76 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



L. angustifolius L. A less hairy rather taller plant. Leaflets linear- 

 oblong, flat, glabrous above, downy beneath. Flowers dark blue, alternate, in 

 dense spikes. Lower lip of calyx almost entire. Keel sharply curved, with dis- 

 tinct beak. Pods 10-12 mm. broad. Seeds marbled with black and white. 

 Sandy fields. April-June. 



L. reticulatUS Desv. Leaflets narrow-linear, slightly channelled. Flowers 

 paler blue. Upper lip of calyx trifid. Keel less beaked. ! Pods 6-9 mm. broad. 

 Seeds smaller, spotted and reticulated with dark reddish colour. Perhaps a sub- 

 species of the last. 



Sandy fields. April-June. 



L. cryptanthus Shuttle, is a variety with smaller flowers partly hidden by 

 the leaves, corolla quickly falling, and with longer pods. 



Near Bormes, Hyeres, Roquebrune, etc., in the Var, rare. April-June. 



L. albus L. = L. Termis Forsk. Leaflets obovate or oblong, obtuse, 

 glabrous above, hairy beneath. Upper lip of calyx almost entire. Flowers 

 white, blotched with blue at the top, in short terminal heads, not whorled. 



Often cultivated for fodder. Naturalized at Cap Croisette near Cannes. May. 

 All the above are annual. 



ONONIS L. 



* Peduncles rather long, sometimes pedicel-jointed near the top. 



O. rotundifolia L. Round-leaved Rest-harrow. Plant i-i^ ft. high, hairy- 

 glandular, with woody root-stock. Leaves trifoliate, long petioled ; leaflets 

 orbicular, toothed, the middle one large. Flowers large, rose, prettily veined, 

 2-3 on long peduncles. Pod large, inflated, hairy. 



Rocky mountain woods. May-July. Rare. Ascends to the sub-Alpine 

 region. 



O. fruticosa L. Under-shrub 1-3 ft. high, erect, not spiny ; young branches 

 hairy, glandular. Leaves trifoliate, sessile ; leaflets oblong, sessile, strongly 

 serrate, glabrous and rather leathery. Flowers large, rose-purple, 2-3 on longish 

 peduncles. Pod about 20 mm. long, hairy glandular. 



Mountain woods and rocky places. June-August. Rather rare. 



O. Natrix L. A stout viscous species with large yellow flowers streaked 

 with red. Leaves of stem trifoliate, petioled ; leaflets oblong, toothed. Upper 

 leaves simple. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, shorter than petiole. Peduncles i 

 flowered. Calyx-lobes 3 times as long as tube. Pod 15-20 mm. long, hairy. 



Sandy places and limestone hill-sides. June-July. In the Var it is found in 

 the plain near Toulon and Hyeres, in Alpes-Maritimes in the mountain region. 



O. viscosa L. Annual, a foot high, covered with long glandular hairs. 

 Leaves petioled, mostly simple ; leaflets ovate, serrate. Flowers yellow, rather 

 small, axillary. Peduncles filiform, jointed, longer than the leaves, with pro- 

 longed awn longer than pedicel. Calyx-lobes linear, 3-4 times length of tube. Pod 

 oblong-cylindric, hairy. 



Waste ground and hillocks. May- June. 



The sub-species 0. breviflora DC. is also frequent on the littoral. It is 

 hardly viscous and the sepals are like bristles. O. pubescens L. and O. 

 striata Gouan occur in the Var, and O. cenisia L. rarely in the mountains. 

 0. ramosissima Desf. is a branched yellow-flowered plant. 



O. reclinata L. Annual, 6-10 in., covered with long glandular hairs. 

 Leaves trifoliate, with small obovate-cuneate leaflets, strongly nerved, serrated. 

 Flowers small, axillary, on short, erect pedicels, as long as the calyx. Standard 

 pink, wings and keel often white. 



Sandy fields. April-June. 



** Peduncles very short, not jointed. 



O. Spinosa L. Common Rest-harrow. Suffruticose, hirsute, usually spiny. 

 Leaves often i-foholate. Flowers sessile or shortly pedicelled, solitary or in 



