COMPOSITE 133 



CALENDULA L. 



C. arvensis L. (Plate XVII). An annual, 4-12 in. high, branched and leafy, 

 and strongly scented. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, shortly apiculate, almost entire, 

 the upper ones half amplexicaul, pubescent. Outer achenes curved, spinous 

 dorsally, inner ones ring shaped, smooth or spiny. Heads solitary and terminal. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Cultivated ground and waste places, very common ; flowering nearly all the 

 year round, as the generic name implies. It is very variable and a small flowered 

 variety called C. parviflora Rouy is not infrequent near Toulon, Carqueiranne, 

 Hyeres, etc. 



PHAGNALON Cass. 



P. saxatile Cass. Stems almost woody at base, white, tomentose. Leaves 

 narrow, linear, entire or remotely toothed, the edges rolled under, tomentose 

 underneath. Heads solitary, terminal, on long, naked peduncles. Involucral 

 bracts oval or lanceolate, acuminate, outer ones reflexed ; brownish-yellow and 

 scarious. 



Rocks, walls, and dry banks, common. March-July, and sometimes in 

 winter. 



P. SOrdidum DC. Stems erect, branching, woody at base. Leaves narrow, 

 linear, rolled under, tomentose beneath. Heads 1-4 together, almost sessile at 

 the ends t>f the branches. Involucral bracts imbricate, scarious, brownish-yellow. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Rocks and old walls on the littoral. May-July. 



These two plants sometimes hybridise. 



HELICHRYSUM DC. 



H. Stcechas DC. " Everlasting." Plant bushy, about a foot high, stem 

 almost woody at base. Leaves linear, revolute at margins, white tomentose, but 

 sometimes greenish above. Flower-heads in a dense corymb, globular. In- 

 volucre and flowers pale golden-yellow ; involucral bracts shining, scarious. 



Dry hills and woods and sandy places, common. April-July. Polymorphic. 

 " Stechas " is taken from the old Greek name for les lies d'Hyeres, where 

 this and Lavandula Stcechas are abundant. 



H. angustifolium DC. Differs from the last by its smaller flower heads, 

 paler and more cylindrical, and by its involucral bracts, the upper ones being 

 narrower and glandular. The leaves are rather longer and often greener. 



Dry arid places, rare. Near Nice, Antibes, He St. Marguerite, and Frejus. 



QNAPHALIUM L. CUDWEED. 



Q. luteo-album L. Leaves white tomentose, linear-lanceolate, half- 

 amplexicaul. Heads in terminal clusters, not leafy. Involucre and flowers pale 

 yellow. 



Sandy places and old damp walls. May-July. A cosmopolitan plant. 



Q. silvaticum L. Wood Cudweed. Leaves white tomentose beneath, 

 green above, linear-lanceolate, lower leaves broader, spathulate. Stem erect. 

 Involucral bracts scarious, edged with brown. Heads numerous in a long stiff 

 narrow spike, with a few narrow linear leaves at the axils. 



Mountain woods on siliceous soil in Alpes-Marit. and Liguria. 



Q. uliginosum L. occurs in the mountain region of Alpes-Marit. 



ANTENNARIA R. Br. 



A. dioica Gaertn. Mountain Cudweed is frequent in the higher mountains 

 and descends to Ste. Agnes above Menton at 600 metres, and it also occurs near 

 Grasse. It is a small creeping plant, with oblong leaves, white underneath or on 

 both sides. Flower-heads 3 or 4 together in compact terminal corymbs. Flowers 

 dioecious, white or rose. June-July. 



