n8 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



ORLAYA Hoffm. 



O. grandiflora Hoffm. (Plate XVI). Annual, a foot high, glabrescent. 

 Lower leaves petioled, tripinnatisect, with linear-lanceolate lobes, the upper ones 

 sessile on a membranous sheath. Flowers white, outer ones very much larger ; 

 petals deeply bifid. Umbels of 5-8 almost equal rays. Involucre of 5-8 lanceolate- 

 acuminate bracts, white scarious at margin. Fruit ovoid, 8 mm. long, covered 

 with white bristles. 



Fields and waste ground on limestone and clay. June- September. 



0. platycarpos K. sometimes occurs in fields and vineyards. April-July. 



LASERPITIUM L. 



L. latifolium L. Plant 2-3 ft. high, usually glabrous and rather glaucous. 

 Leaves 2-3-pinnate, segments subcordate, obtuse, toothed or serrated. Upper 

 leaves sessile on an inflated sheath. Umbels very large, 25-50 rayed. Flowers 

 white. Involucre of several linear glabrous, deflexed, persistent bracts. Fruit 

 oval, with equal ribs. 



Mountain woods and rocks. July-August. 



L. Siler L. Plant 1-3 ft., very glabrous and glaucous. Leaves 2-3 pinnate, 

 segments lanceolate, entire, with pellucid veins. Umbels large, 20-40 rayed ; 

 involucral bracts linear, glabrous, persistent. Flowers white or pinkish. Fruit 

 narrow-oblong, glabrous and shining, scented, with narrow wings. 



Mountain woods and rocks. June-August. 



L. gallicum L, Plant 1-2^ ft., green and shining, usually glabrous- 

 Lower leaves very large, on cylindric petiole, 4-5-pinnatisect, rather thick 

 segments and lanceolate lobes. Upper leaves sessile on a sheath. Flowers white 

 or rosy. Umbels large, 20-50 rayed. Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate de- 

 flexed. Fruit oblong, truncate at both ends, glabrous, winged. 



Rocks and arid hills. June-August. 



THAPSIA L. 



T. villosaiiL. Plant 2-3 ft., hairy. Stem stout, glabrous. Leaves large, 

 close together, hairy both sides, 2-3-pinnatisect, with large oval pinnatifid seg- 

 ments. Flowers yellow, hermaphrodite, central umbel large, 12-25 rayed. No 

 involucres. 



Dry hill-sides, mountains, and i woods, local. May-June. Esterel, Mont 

 Coudon, Foret du Maures, etc. 



The following Umbellifers also occur in the district : 



Hydrocotyle vulgaris L. (Marsh Pennywort), very rare near Toulon ; 

 Sanicula europaea L. (Wood Sanicle), in woods in the hills ; Falcar ia vulgaris 

 Bernh. rare; /fegopodium Podagraria L. (Goutweed), occasionally in the 

 mountains ; Cachrys laevigata Lam. very rare in the Var ; Scandix Pecten= 

 Veneris L.,S.austraIisL., Anthriscus vulgaris Pm., A. sllvestr is Hoffm., 

 A. Candollei Rouy at Ampus ; Chftrophyllum tcinulum L., C. aureum 

 L. in the mountains; Cnidium apioides Spreng. ; Seseli saxifragum L., 1 

 S. montanum L., S. elatum L., S. carvifolium Vill., S. tortuosum L. ; 

 Fceniculum officinale All. (Fennel), F. piperitum DC. at Toulon and 

 Hyeres ; Coriandrum sativum L. casual ; /Ethusa Cynapium L. in crops 

 in the montane region ; Angelica sylvestris L. in the mountains ; Heracleum 

 Sphondylium L., Pastinaca sativa L. (Wild Parsnip), P. silvestris Mill., 

 P. urens Godr., Caucalis daucoides L., Torilis anthriscus Gmel., 

 T. infesta Hoffm., T. heterophylla GHSS., T. nodosa Gaertn., etc. 



ARALIACE^. 

 HEDERA L. IVY. 



H. Helix L. The Ivy is common in woods and on rocks, old walls and 

 trees. It flowers from September-October, and the fruits are ripe in spring. 



1 Now usually called Ptychotis heterophylla K. 



