go FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



Flowers crimson, or rose coloured. Pod 1-2 in. long, very slender, slightly 

 compressed, glabrous. Seeds ovoid, brown, compressed. 



Grassy places, stony fields and woods, rather rare. May-June. 



L. Ochrus DC. Annual, glaucous. Stems broadly winged, climbing 

 though robust. Lower leaves reduced to a leafy petiole, elliptical, ending in a 

 branching tendril. Upper leaves with broadly winged petiole and 1-2 pairs of 

 oval leaflets. Flowers solitary, pale yellow on short peduncles, articulated above 

 the middle. Pod compressed, with 2 membranous wings on the back. 



Fields and cultivated ground. April-June. 



L. Clymenum L. (Plate XIII). Annual, 1-3 ft. high, glabrous, climbing. 

 Lower leaves reduced to a leafy petiole, linear-lanceolate. Upper leaves ending 

 in a branched tendril, with 2-4 pairs of lanceolate leaflets rather glaucous below. 

 Peduncles about as long as the leaves, with 2-4 flowers, having purple standard 

 and bluish wings. Pod channelled on the back. Seeds tubercular, rugose. 



Borders of fields, sandy and grassy places ; usually less common than the 

 next. April-June. 



L. articulatus L. A sub-species or perhaps a variety of the last, with 

 more glaucous and sometimes purplish stems and leaves ; obtuse style, not pro- 

 longed to a point, flowers i or rarely 2 on a peduncle, larger, rich purple-madder 

 with pale lilac-blue wings. Pod not channelled, but flat keeled. L. Clymenum 

 has other varieties and the whole series seems little understood, and the names 

 somewhat confused. In the Var L. articulatus appears quite common, 

 especially about Hyeres. 



Hill-sides, arid or sandy ground. April-June. 



** Petioles with one pair of leaflets. 



L. Cicera L. Stems prostrate or climbing. Petioles narrowly winged, 

 with branched tendril and i pair of linear-lanceolate leaves. Stipules lanceolate, 

 acute, semi-sagittate. Peduncles thick, articulated in the middle, shorter than 

 the leaf, with i rather large dark brick-red or crimson flower. Standard purplish - 

 blue outside. Pod channelled along the back. Seeds smooth, grey marked 

 with black. Annual. 



Cultivated ground and fields, cultivated and naturalized. April-June. 



L. setifolius L. Annual. Glabrous, stems slender, angular. Leaflets long, 

 linear, very narrow, i pair. Tendrils branching, usually one at each leaf axil. 

 Stipules linear, acute, semi-sagittate. Peduncles filiform, articulated near the 

 top, longer than the petiole. Flowers small, brilliant dark red. Pod stipitate, 

 broad and rather short ; with 2 or 3 compressed tubercular seeds. 



Stony fields and waste places. April-June. 



L. inconspicuus L. A glabrous annual. Stem erect, a foot high, angular. 

 Petioles aristate, with a pair of linear-lanceolate leaflets. Stipules narrow half 

 sagittate. Peduncles very short, articulated at base, with one small pale lilac 

 flower. Pod linear, fawn coloured, with 5-10 seeds. 



Crops and cultivated ground, rare. May-July. 



L. hirsutus L. (pale violet flowers turning blue, on long peduncles) grows 

 in the Var, in fields and uncultivated ground. May-July. 



L. sativus L. (flowers usually white) is often cultivated and occasionally 

 naturalized. The seeds are poisonous to horses (see " Gard. Chron.," April 12, 

 IQ 1 3)- 



L. sphaeridis Retz. Annual, slender, glabrous. Upper petioles ending in 

 a simple tendril, the lower ones in a short point, all with i pair of linear leaflets. 

 Stipules linear, semi-sagittate, as long as the petiole. Peduncles articulated 

 below the middle, with a bristle or mucro and i small brick-red flower. Pod 

 linear, with strong longitudinal veins. Seeds globular, fawn coloured 



Sandy places near the sea and cultivated ground. May-June. 



