n6 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



subulate or subfusiform. Petiole short ; sheathes long, adnate, membranous. 

 Umbels flat-topped, peduncle stout, fleshy. Bracts and bracteoles acute, spread- 

 ing. Flowers small, greenish-white. 



Maritime rocks, sands, and banks, very common. July- September. 



(ENANTHE L. 



CE. pimpinelloides L. Plant 1-2 ft. high, erect. Roots fibrous, with round 

 or ovoid tubers. Leaves 2-pinnate, segments broad, short, entire or acutely cut. 

 Umbels 6-12 rayed; bracts 1-8 ; partial umbels crowded, bracteoles subulate. 

 Flowers cream coloured. Fruit cylindric, grooved and ribbed. 



Damp meadows, borders of streams, etc. May-July. 



OS. Lachenalii Gmel. Root fibres usually cylindric. Leaves 2-pinnate, 

 segments obtusely lobed. Resembling the last but taller, root fibres never tuber- 

 ous, and partial umbels not crowded, styles shorter and slender. Fruit broader, 

 round at top. Flowers white. 



Meadows and damp places, rare. June-July. 



CE. media Griseb. Root fibres usually fusiform ; stem robust, 2^ ft. high, 

 hollow. Leaves 2-pinnate, with segments cut into narrow acute lobes. Umbels 

 rather large, 5-10 rays, thickening later. Fruit subtetragonous, almost truncate. 



Damp nieadows and borders of streams, rare. June-July. 



CE. fistulosa L. Leaves pinnate, long petioled. Stem and petioles terete, 

 swollen, hollow. Stem 2-3 ft., stoloniferous. Rays short, few partial umbels, 

 spherical in fruit. Fruit oboval, subtetragonous. Styles as long as the fruit. 



Ditches and wet marshes. May-July. 



CE. globulosa L. Lower leaves 2-pinnate, with oval wedge-shaped seg- 

 ments ; upper ones with linear segments. Stems thick, hollow, without stolons. 

 Umbels 5-6 rayed, of which 2 or 3 short and thick ones come to" maturity. 

 Partial umbels globular when ripe. Fruit globular pear-shaped. Styles shorter. 



Ditches and damp meadows, rather rare. May-June. 



FERULA L. 



F. communis L. Plant 3-6 ft. high, robust, glabrous, strongly scented 

 when dried. Stem very thick, hollow. Leaves soft, green on both sides, cut 

 into very narrow linear segments, the lower ones with a cylindrical petiole, the 

 upper with a large membranous sheath. Central umbel large, 20-40 rayed, the 

 lateral long peduncled. No involucres. Flowers yellow. Fruit oval or elliptical, 

 rounded at each end. 



Hill-sides and old walls. May-July. 



F. glauca L. A sub-species of the last, with stiff rather fleshy leaves, green 

 and shining above, very glaucous beneath, segments broader, fruit narrower, of 

 a glaucous plum colour. 



Rocks and stony places, local. May-June. 



F. Ferrulago L. Plant 1-2 ft. high, green and glabrous. Stem angular, 

 with whorled upper branches. Leaflets narrow-linear, the lower ones with a 

 triangular petiole, the upper sessile on a short sheath. Central umbel 5-10 rayed, 

 slightly shorter than the lateral. Involucral bracts reflexed, oblong, edged with 

 white. Involucel with spreading lanceolate bracteoles. Fruit oblong with 

 narrow base. 



Stony slopes and waste places. June-August. Rather rare. 



OPOPONAX K. 



O. Chironium K. Plant 2-3 ft. high, hispid below, glabrous above. 

 Leaves rather thick, pinnatisect or bipinnatisect, with broad segments obliquely 

 ovate-cordate, serrate, the upper leaves almost reduced to a sheath. Flowers 

 yellow, in whorled umbels at the top of the stems, forming a large panicle. Both 

 involucres with several bracts. Fruit oval, glabrous. 



Dry slopes, woods, and waste ground. June-July. 



