136 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



L. montanum DC., L. graminifolium Lamk. (leaves narrow linear) 

 and L. VUlgare L. (common Ox-eye Daisy) also occur. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM DC. 



C. Myconis L. An erect annual, about i ft. high. Lower leaves obovate- 

 spathulatc, upper ones half amplexicaul ; all finely serrate, often with a red margin. 

 Flower heads large, terminal. Flowers yellow. Achenes crowned by a tubular 

 membrane. 



Fields and cultivated ground in the littoral region. May-July. 



C. segetum L. Corn Marigold. Annual, i-i ft. high, erect. Leaves 

 petioled, obovate, toothed and lobed, lower pinnatih'd, upper ones half amplexicaul, 

 all glabrous. Heads 2 in. diameter, on stout peduncles, ray flowers bright yellow. 

 Involucral bracts very broad, with broad scarious margins. 



Fields and waste sandy places. May-July. 



C. coronarium L. = Pinardia coronaria Less. Annual, 1-2 ft. high, 

 leafy. Leaves mostly bipinnatifid, with lanceolate mucronate lobes, upper ones 

 sessile and auricled. Inner involucral bracts broadly scarious, especially towards 

 tip. Flowers bright yellow in large solitary terminal heads. 



This beautiful plant is often found naturalized on the littoral. April-June. 



TANACETUM L. TANSY. 



T. annuum L. Annual, i ft. high, erect, pubescent. Leaves small, not 

 more than 2 cms. long, pinnatisect, with linear segments usually trifid. Heads 

 small, shortly peduncled in little terminal corymbs. Flowers yellow. 



Waste places, rare. July-September. Antibes, Cannes, La Garde, La Farlede, 

 Hyeres, Le Pradet, etc. 



T. VUlgare L. (Common Tansy) is rare. It occurs near Nice, St. Martin 

 V6subie, Collobrieres, Garde- Freinet and between Toulon and Le Pradet. 



SANTOLINA L. 



S. Charmecypar issus L. A small under-shrub with branched woody stems. 

 Leaves whitish, pinnatifid, with short sessile, linear-cylindric, obtuse, close-set 

 lobes. Involucral bracts glabrous, scarious at tip. Heads solitary, terminal, 

 globular 8-10 mm. in diameter. Flowers all tubular, those of the circum. being 

 scarcely ligulate. Very variable species. 



Arid places, especially on limestone. June-August. 



S. virldis Willd. A sub-species, smaller and greener, with narrow toothed 

 leaves, occurs near Toulon on Mont Faron and Cap Brun. 



ARTEMISIA L. 



A. Absinthium L. Wormwood or Absinth. Leaves silky on both sides, 

 2-3-pinnatifid, segments oblong obtuse spreading. Heads hemispherical, 

 drooping, silky in panicled leafy racemes, outer flowers only fertile. Receptacle 

 hairy. 



Waste places, especially in the mountain district. June-September. 



A. camphorata Vill. Leaves green, glabrous, dotted, bipinnatisect, 

 segments very narrow, petioled. Heads hemispherical, drooping in a narrow 

 panicle. Stem woody at base, branched. Flowers yellow. Plant smelling of 

 camphor. 



Hill slopes and rocky places in the mountains. August-October. 



A. vulgaris L. (Mugwort, flower heads ovoid, with cottony involucres) and 

 A. glutinosa Gay (a very glabrous form of A. campestris, viscous in upper 

 part) also occur. A. maritirna L. (type) was found in 1909 at St. Aygulf near 

 Frejus new to the French Riviera ; but the var. A. Qallica Willd. is frequent 

 on salt marshes near Hyeres, Toulon, Bandol, etc. September-October. It is 

 less white than maritirna, with more oblong flower-heads which are erect and 

 not pendent, nor unilateral ; and the panicles are also erect and not drooping. 



