134 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



FILAQO L. 



F. gallica L. = Logfia gallica Coss. ct G. Narrow Cudweed. Leaves 

 silky, white or greenish, linear, very acute. Stems erect, slender, branched (often 

 from the base). Involucral bracts linear obtuse, hairy dorsally, glabrous and 

 scarious at summit. Heads ovoid conical, 5-angled. Flowers yellow. Annual. 



Sandy fields and waste ground. May-August. 



F. minima Fries. Small Cudweed. Annual, 4-8 in. high. Leaves silky, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute. The floral leaves shorter than the clusters of 3-5 heads. 

 Involucral bracts star-shaped when ripe, cottony at base, shining at the tips. 

 Flowers yellowish. 



Sandy fields, rather rare. June-August. 



F. spathulata Presl., F. germanica Huds., and the var. canescens G. G. 

 also occur, but are difficult to separate. 



M1CROPUS L. 



M. erectus L. Annual, erect, 3-9 in. high, covered with white tomentum. 

 Leaves lanceolate-obtuse. Heads in clusters enveloped in a mass of white wool 

 Achenes enclosed in the involucral bracts. Flowers yellowish. 



Sandy fields and dry hills, especially on limestone. May-July. 



EVAX Gaertn. 



E. pygmaea Pers. A small dwarf annual, -2 in. high. Leaves obovate 

 spathulate-obtuse, whitish, around the terminal flower-heads. Scales of receptacle 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers dull yellow. 



Dry grassy, sandy places near the sea, local. April-June. This can be found 

 on the sandy Isthmus of Giens near Hyeres, close to the path from Almanarre. 



DIOTIS Desf. 



D. candidissima Desf. = D. maritima Coss. Bushy, about a foot high, 

 covered with dense white tomentum. Leaves oblong, obtuse, sessile, entire or 

 slightly toothed. Heads in small dense terminal corymbs. Scales of receptacle 

 oblong, acuminate, tips woolly. 



Sea-sands. June-September. Plage de Giens and la Plage d'Hyeres, etc. 



ANACYCLUS Pers. 



A. radiatus Loisel. Annual, about i ft. high, branched. Leaves 2-pinnati- 

 partite, with linear segments. Involucral bracts with a broad fringed scarious 

 appendix. Flowers yellow, in large terminal heads, 3-3^ cm. in diameter (an 

 inch). 



Sandy places, uncommon. May-July. 



A. clavatus Pers. Annual. Ray flowers white. Scales of receptacle 

 broad, oboval. Achenes wedge-shaped, much compressed. . Peduncle thick at 

 the top. 



Road-sides and waste places near Toulon, rare. May-July. 



ANTHEMIS L. 



A. tinctoria L. = Cota tinctoria Gay. Yellow Camomile. Stem erect, 

 branched. Leaves deeply pinnatipartite, with toothed segments, rachis broad. 

 Flowers bright yellow, ray flowers rather short, rarely none (var. discoidea). 

 Heads on peduncles about 4 in. long. 



Stony hill-sides and waste places. June-July. 



A. alt issima L. = Cota altissima Gay. Annual, erect, almost glabrous. 

 Ray flowers white. Leaves 2-pinnatipartite. Peduncles much thickened at top 

 at maturity. Scales of receptacle oboval, sharply mucronate. 



Fields and road-sides. April-July. 



A. Cotula L. Fetid Camomile. Annual, erect, glabrous. Leaves glandular 

 dotted, segments very narrow. Heads on peduncles more slender than in tinc- 

 toria or in arvensis and involucral bracts narrower at tip. Scales of receptacle 



