120 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



LONICERA L. HONEYSUCKLE. 



L. implexa Ait. (Plate XVI). Under-shrub 3-6 ft., with woody tortuous 

 stem and glabrous young branches. Leaves persistent, very leathery, oval- 

 elliptic, the upper ones broadly connate or perfoliate. Flowers terminal, in 

 sessile heads, yellowish-white, red outside, sweet scented, sessile. Berry red. 



Woods, hill-sides, and hedges on the littoral. April-June. 



L. Etrusca Santi. A similar sized shrub with very obtuse deciduous leaves, 

 the upper ones connate. Flowers yellowish-white, red outside, scented, sessile, 

 in long peduncled heads. Berry ovoid, red. 



Hedges, woods, and rocky places, extending into the mountains. May-June. 



L. Xylosteum L. An erect shrub 3-6 ft. high. Leaves petioled. Flowers 

 axillary, in pairs, yellowish-white. Twin berries united at the base, small, 

 globular, red. Leaves downy, especially beneath. 



Mountain woods. May-June. 



L. nigra L. and L. alpigena L. are found only in the sub-Alpine region of 

 the Maritime Alps. The former has a twin pair of very small black berries 

 united at the base ; and the latter a pair of large red orbicular berries coalescing 

 into one. 



RUBIACE^E. 



Calyx-limb entire or obsolete. 



Corolla rotate or bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Fruit fleshy RUBIA. 



Corolla rotate, 4-lobed. Fruit dry GALIUM. 



Corolla bell-shaped, or tubular. Fruit dry ASPERULA. 



Corolla rotate, 3-4 lobed. Fruit dry, prickly VAILLANTIA. 



Calyx-limb o, replaced by 3 imbricate bracts. Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-5 



lobed CRUCIANELLA. 



Calyx-limb 6-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped. Fruit dry SHERARDIA. 



RUBIA L. 



R. peregrina L. Madder. An evergreen, shining climber, glabrous 

 except for the recurved prickles on the stem, midrib and margins of leaves. 

 Leaves persistent, 4-6 in a whorl, lanceolate or ovate-oblong. Cymes panicled, 

 longer than the leaves. Flowers very small, yellowish. Fruit small, black, 

 globose, i-celled. Plant somewhat variable. 



Hedges and dry stony places, common. May-July. 



R. tinctorum L. is occasionally seen as a relic of cultivation near Hyeres 

 and Toulon. Its leaves are annual, lanceolate, and its flowers a brighter 

 yellow. 



GALIUM L. BEDSTRAW. 



(i) Leaves 3-nerved, usually obtuse, in whorls of 4. 



Q. Cruciata Sco/>. Cross-wort. Leaves oval-elliptic, hairy. Stems 6-18 in., 

 erect, slender, very leafy. Cymes axillary, few flowered. Flowers yellow, 

 outer male. 



Borders of fields, hedges, and woods, not common in the south. April-June. 



Q. pedemontana All. Annual, with yellowish-green stem, slender, 

 scabrous, covered with spreading hairs and little reflexed needles. Leaves 

 elliptic, obtuse, feebly 3-nerved, usually deflexed, much shorter than internodes. 

 Flowers yellow, in small axillary heads. Fruit almost glabrous. 



Thickets in the mountains of the Var, rare. May-July. 



Q. vernum Scop. Leaves oval or oblong, obtuse, glabrous or pubescent, 

 clearly 3-nerved. Flowers yellow, in small axillary cymes, corolla lobes 

 accuminate, peduncles without bracts. Fruit glabrous and shining. 



Woods and shady places in the Maritime Alps. April-June. 



