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B. silvestris Cyr. (Plate XVII). Woqd Daisy. Differs from the common 

 Daisy by its more robust and taller growth, and its larger oblong-spathulate 

 3-nerved leaves, and more acute involucral bracts. Its flower heads are also 

 larger and on very long scapes, sometimes a foot long. Ray flowers often deep 

 rose. 



Grassy places, borders of fields and woods. September-December. 



BELLIDIASTRUM 



B. Michelii Cass. This Alpine Daisy with radical spathulate leaves and 

 large heads of white flowers on long scape, descends to about 600 metres above 

 Menton, according to Ardoino. It grows also in the higher mountains of the 

 Var, and is frequent in the Maritime Alps. May-July. 



SOLI DAGO L. 



S. Virga-aurea L. Golden-rod. Plant very variable according to situa- 

 tion, soil, etc. ; several varieties, including S. cambrica, are recorded from the 

 district. The typical plant has linear or lanceolate-oblong leaves, obscurely 

 toothed. Heads crowded, shortly peduncled, golden yellow ; involucral bracts 

 linear, acute, glabrous, green, margins scarious. Pappus white. 



Mountain woods and thickets. June-September. 



CONYZA Leyss. 



C. ambigua DC. A greyish-green annual, about a foot high. Leaves 

 linear, i-nerved, hairy, lower leaves often toothed. Heads small, in a loose 

 oblong panicle. Pappus reddish. Flowers dirty white or fawn coloured. 



Fields and waste places, common. June-October. 



INULA L. 



I. crithmoides L. Golden Samphire. A fleshy glabrous yellow-green 

 plant, 1-2 ft. high. Stems stout, very leafy. Leaves linear, sessile, gradually 

 narrowed to the base, thick, fleshy, entire or shortly lobed. Heads i inch in 

 diameter, on long peduncles furnished with bracts. Flowers yellow. Pappus hairs 

 rigid, dirty white. 



Salt marshes and sea-sands. August- November. 



I. montana L. Leaves linear-lanceolate, almost entire. Heads usually 

 solitary, large and handsome, flowers yellow. Plant 6-12 in. high, covered with 

 silky hairs. 



Stony limestone slopes, ascending to the mountain region. June-August. 



1. hirta L. Leaves broadly lanceolate, leathery, entire or finely serrate, 

 downy, ciliate, half embracing the stem. Involucral bracts stiff, linear lanceolate, 

 covered with long stiff cilia. Achenes glabrous. Pappus dirty white. Heads 

 large, solitary, terminal. Flowers yellow, with long glabrous rays. 



Dry slopes in the hills and lower mountains. June-August. 



I. squarrosa L. = 1. spireeifolia L. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, sessile, 

 erect, very close together, toothed, glabrous, rough on both sides, strongly nerved. 

 Involucral bracts very unequal, membranous, the inner ones linear acute. Heads 

 shortly peduncled, in a short compact corymb. Flowers yellow. 



Woods and stony places in the hills. June-October. 



I. viscosa Ait. Plant glandular-viscous, 2-3 ft. high, resinous and aromatic 

 in scent, very leafy. Leaves lanceolate, toothed, half amplexicaul, acute. 

 Heads numerous, rather small, in a pyramidal spike. Flowers yellow. 



Waste places, borders of fields, etc., very common on the littoral. September- 

 November. 



1. graveolens D/. Plant annual, glandular-viscous, strongly scented, 1-2 

 ft. high. Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, sessile. Heads numerous, smaller 

 than the last, in a long spike. Flowers yellow. Outer involucral bracts her- 

 baceous. 



Waste, stony, and sandy places, also on clay. August- November. 



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