126 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



on long peduncles. Involucre of many long lanceolate segments. Involucel 

 with a white plaited crown, folded inwardly. Limb of calyx with 5 long reddish 

 hairs. Extremely variable. 



Borders of fields and waste ground, very common. June-August, but more 

 or less all the year in sheltered spots. 



The var. atropurpurea G. G. is occasionally seen on the littoral and at 

 Porquerolles. It is the dark flowered scabious so often cultivated in gardens. 



S. pyrenaica All. Plant white-tomentose. Stems erect. Root-leaves 

 oval-lanceolate, spathulate, toothed or crenate ; upper leaves pinnatisect. Flowers 

 blue lilac. Involucre with linear segments. Involucel with plaited crown. 

 Calyx with 5 hairs, twice length of limb. 



Stony places in the hills and mountains from the Maritime Alps down to the 

 coast near Nice, Menton, Ventimiglia, etc. August-November. 



S. hybrida All. Stem erect, rough. Lower leaves large, lyrate ; upper 

 lanceolate, entire. Involucral leaves lanceolate-acuminate. Receptacle covered 

 with white bristly hairs. Involucel crowned with 2-4 teeth. Calyx crowned 

 with short silky hairs. Flower head flat. Flowers pale pink. 



Cultivated ground about Cannes, Nice, Menton, Bordighera, etc. May-July. 



S. Stellata L. Annual, 6-18 in. high, hispid. Root-leaves toothed, stem- 

 leaves pinnatisect. Flower heads hemispherical when fruiting (2-3 cm.). Flowers 

 bluish-lilac, with 5 unequal lobes. Involucral leaves entire or incised, longer 

 than the flowers. Crown of involucel yellowish, longer than the tube, with 

 very broad margin. Calyx hairs subulate, rather longer than the crown. The 

 type does not grow in France, but on the littoral we have the sub-species S. 

 monspeliensis Jacq. and S. simplex Desv. = S. stellata Camel. 



Borders of fields and limestone slopes. May-July. 



S. SUCCisa L. Devil's-bit Scabious. Leaves mostly radical, stalked, ovate 

 or oblong, entire, mostly glabrous. Stems 1-2 ft. high, with 1-5 heads of deep 

 violet-blue flowers on long peduncles. Involucral bracts lanceolate, in 2 or 3 

 rows, the inner ones gradually passing into the pointed scales of the receptacle. 

 Fruit crowned by the 4 bristles of the calyx. Involucel with 4 ovate teeth. 



Damp meadows and grassy places, fairly common. June-September. 



S. gramuntia L. Plant 1-2^ ft. high, more or less hairy, with spreading 

 branches. Leaves often whitish with down, or pubescent, root-leaves lyrate, 

 pinnatifid, stem-leaves usually bipinnatisect, with almost equidistant pairs of 

 segments. Flowers blue, in small heads on very long peduncles. Fruiting heads 

 small, absolutely globular. A very variable plant. 



Dry places. July- October. 



S. graminifplia L. A small silvery and silky plant with numerous linear, 

 entire leaves forming a tuft from which springs a simple naked stalk with one 

 head of pale violet flowers. Calyx bristles whitish. 



Rocky places in the mountains, rare. June-August. 



COMPOSITE. 



Sub-family I. CORYMBIFER^. Central florets hermaphrodite, tubular; outer 

 florets female or sterile, ligulate, or rarely tubular. 



Tribe I. EUPATORIE/E. Leaves mostly opposite. Flowers all tubular, 

 2-sexual. Anther-cells not tailed. 



Leaves opposite, of 3-5 lanceolate segments EUPATORIUM. 



Leaves alternate, cordate, large. Involucre narrow, of 3-8 segments 



ADENOSTYLES. 



Tribe II. TUSSILAGINE^5. Ray florets female, central ones hermaphrodite. 

 Style arms of disk florets connate. 



Heads racemose; outer florets tubular PETASITES. 



Heads solitary ; outer florets ligulate TUSSILAGO. 



