ii2 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



Tribe V. SESELINE^E. Fruit globose or ovoid, not laterally compressed ; 

 commissure broad, lateral ridges distinct, rarely winged. 



* Fruit subterete ; ridges not thickened or corky. 



Calyx-teeth small. Petals white, notched SESELI. 



Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals yellow, entire FCBNICULUM. 



** Fruit globose ; ridges low, secondary broadest CORIANDRUM. 



*** Fruit subterete ; primary ridges acute, outer coat of pericarp lax. CRITHMUM. 



**#* F ru i t subterete ; primary ridges thick, lateral forming a corky rim round 

 the carpel. 



Bracteoles whorled. Calyx-teeth prominent O^NANTHE. 



Bracteoles unilateral /ETHUSA. 



**Fruit subterete ; lateral ridges thickened or winged SILAUS. 



****** Fruit dorsally compressed ; lateral ridges broadly winged ; wings of op- 

 posite carpels not appressed ANGELICA. 



Tribe VI. PEUCEDANE^E. Fruit much dorsally compressed ; lateral ridges 

 broadly winged ; wings of opposite carpels appressed (face to face) ; other 

 ridges filiform. Styles short, stout. 



Plant glabrous ; petals ovate, acuminate, entire ; leaves very compound and cut 

 into linear segments FERULA. 



Plant hairy ; leaves simply lobed, ternate or pinnatisect OPOPONAX. 



Wings with thin margins; vittae as long as the fruit PEUCEDANUM. 



Wings with thin margins ; vittae club-shaped HERACLEUM. 



Wings with thick margins TORDYLIUM. 



Series 3. Umbels usually compound; secondary ridges more distinct than the 

 primary ; sometimes spinous. 



Bracts pinnatifid or laciniate. Seed flat in front DAUCUS. 



Bracts entire or o. Seed grooved in front CAUCALIS. 



Fruit covered with bristles between the primary ridges TORILIS. 



Bristles of secondary ridges in 2 or 3 series. Umbels 2-8 rayed ORLAYA. 



Wings 8 ; flowers white or rarely pinkish ; fruit slightly compressed 



LASERPITIUM. 

 Wings 4 ; flowers usually yellow. Fruit much compressed _ THAPSIA. 



ERYNQIUM L. 



E. maritimum L. Sea Holly. Plant prickly, very glaucous or bluish, 1-2 

 ft. high, stout, 3-chotomously branched. Root-leaves suborbicular, 3-lobed 

 spinous, stem-leaves palmate. Heads 2 or 3 together, i in. diameter, ovoid. 

 Primary involucre of 3 bracts ; partial of 5-7 ovate spinous-serrate bracts. Flowers 

 bluish-white. 



Sandy shores, common. June-August. 



E. campestre L. Plant erect, pale green, 1-2 ft. high. Root-leaves pin- 

 nately 3-5 foliolate ; stem-leaves 2-pinnatifid. Less glaucous and more branched 

 and more slender than the last. Involucral bracts 4-6, linear, entire, pale green. 

 Flowers whitish, in globular heads. 



Field borders, road-sides, etc., very common. June-September. 



E. spina=alba Vill. Plant whitish-green, very spiny, robust. Involucre 

 silvery-white, very leathery, of 10-20 erect, strongly nerved bracts. Flowers 

 white. Fruit ovoid, covered with lanceolate acute scales. 



In the montane and sub-Alpine region of the Maritime and Ligurian Alps, 

 rare. July-August. 



ASTRANTIA L. 



A. major L. Stems 1-2 ft. high or higher, erect, furrowed, glabrous like the 

 whole plant. Leaves palmately 5-fid, lobes lanceolate, acute, simple, >or 2-3 cleft, 

 doubly serrate, radical, and lower stem-leaves long-petioled. Secondary umbels 

 many-rayed. Bracts of general involucre net-veined, coloured white and red like 

 the petals, 2-3 cleft, upper ones usually entire, bracts of partial involucre lanceo- 

 late, entire, coloured. 



Mountain pastures of the Maritime Alps from about 700 m. June-August. 



