88 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



oblong leaflets, the lowest pair encircling the stem. Flowers whitish pink, 

 rather large in rounded umbels on peduncles longer than the leaves. 

 Woods and shady places. May-July. Not common or. the littoral. 



** Flowers yellow. Leaves with 1-6 pairs of leaflets. Pods pendent or spreading. 



C. scorpioides K. A glabrous and glaucous annual. Leaves simple or 

 more often trifoliate, the terminal leaflet oval and much the largest. Stipules 

 united to form one small one opposite the leaf. Flowers 2-4 small, yellow, on a 

 peduncle as long as the leaf. Pods curved, 30-40 mm. long, angular, striate, with 

 3-8 joints. 



Stony fields and waste places. April-June. 



C. minima L. A small plant with stems woody at base. Leaves with 3-4 

 pairs of obovate or cuneate-oblong leaflets, thick and glaucous, with narrow 

 cartilaginous margin, lower pair touching the stem. Stipules joined into one 

 very small one. Flowers in an umbel of 6-12, yellow.-on a peduncle 2 or 3 times 

 as long as the leaf. Upper lip of calyx truncate, entire. Pods pendent, angular, 

 3-8 jointed. 



Dry hills, especially limestone. April-June. 



C. juncea L. An under-shrub 2-3 ft. high, with straight, stiff, rush-like 

 branches. Leaves glabrous and glaucous, with 2 or 3 pairs of linear-oblong 

 leaflets. Stipules small. Flowers 5-8 in umbels on long peduncles. Pods 

 pendent, slightly curved, linear, of 2-7 quadrangular joints. 



Hill-sides and dry woods in the west of the Var. March-June. Frequent 

 about Carqueiranne, Hyeres, La Farlede, Sollies-Toucas, Saint Cyr, etc. 



C. Emerus L. (Plate XII). A shrub 3-6 ft. high, glabrous. Leaflets in 

 pairs of 2-3, obovate and slightly emarginate, the terminal one rather longer. 

 Flowers large, yellow, 2-4 on peduncles shorter than or equalling the leaves ; claw 

 very long. Pods 2-4 in. long, linear, straight, 7-10 jointed. 



Woods and shady, rocky places in the hills and lower mountains. April-June. 



C. glauca L. = C. pentaphylloides Rouy. A glabrous, glaucous under- 

 shrub 2-4 ft. high. Leaflets in 2-3 pairs, oblong-cuneate, very slightly emar- 

 ginate, the lowest pair remote from the petiole. Flowers yellow, rather large, 

 5-8 in umbels much longer than the leaves. Calyx-teeth very short. Claw of 

 petals scarcely longer than calyx. Pods pendent, short, 12-18 mm., straight, 

 of 2-3 well-marked oblong joints and 2 obtuse angles. 



Woods and rocky hill-sides, very rare. March-June. Near Hyeres and La 

 Valette. 



C. valentinaL. Under-shrub, glabrous and glaucous, 1^-3 ft. high. Leaflets 

 in 3-6 pairs, oblong-cuneate, slightly emarginate. Stipules very large, orbicular, 

 mucronate. Flowers yellow, rather large, 6-12 in umbels on peduncles twice 

 length of leaves. Calyx-teeth short and unequal. Pods pendent, long, 4-7 

 jointed, with 2 obtuse angles. 



Rocky places on the littoral about Menton, Monaco, St. Audre, La Mortola, etc. 



SCORPIURUS L. 



S. SUbyillosa L. (Plate XII). Plant green, a foot high, slightly hairy. 

 Leaves entire, broadly lanceolate, attenuated into a long petiole. Stipules linear. 

 Flowers yellow with standard sometimes reddish, small, 1-4 in umbels on 

 peduncles longer than the leaves. Calyx-teeth lanceolate acute, longer than the 

 tube. Pods glabrous or hairy, cylindric, irregularly spiral, covered with little 

 bristles. Annual. 



Fields and dry places, common. May-June. 



S. Slllcata L. Has long been naturalized at the foot of Mont Faron near 

 Toulon. Its leaves are broader, calyx-teeth shorter, and the pod long and rolled 

 in spirals in the same horizontal plane. April-June. 1 



1 See Reynier, " Evolution, & Toulon, du Scorpiurus sulcata L. vers le 

 S. subvillosa L., et de 1'un et 1'autre vers le S. muricata L." (in " Bull, de 

 Gdog. Bot.," Juillet, 1912). 



