144 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



SCORZONERA L. 



S. hirsuta L. Root thick. Stems about a foot high, slender, curved, 

 usually simple with a solitary terminal head of yellow flowers. Leaves linear, 

 very narrow, very hairy, close together; upper ones almost filiform. Pappus 

 reddish. 



Stony places in the hills and garigues. May-June. 



S. austriaca Willd. and S. hispanica L. grow in the lower mountains and 

 flower in May and June. The latter has several yellow terminal flower-heads 

 and variable but usually linear-lanceolate leaves. 



TRAQOPOQON L. GOAT'S-BEARD. 



T. crocifolillS L. Annual or biennial. Stem 1-2 ft. high, glabrous, cottony 

 below. Leaves linear, very narrow, the stem-leaves half amplexicaul. Peduncles 

 not inflated at the top. Flowers reddish-purple, with yellow centre and tips, 

 shorter than the involucral bracts. Achenes shorter than the long beak. Pappus 

 reddish. 



Borders of fields and dry places in the hills. April-June. 



T. australis Jord. = T. porrifolius L. part. Annual or biennial, shorter 

 than the last. Leaves linear, wavy, dilated at base. Peduncles much inflated 

 at top. Flowers dull purple, much shorter than the involucral bracts. Achenes 

 much elongated. Pappus reddish. 



Borders of fields and dry places on the littoral. April-June. 



The following with yellow flowers also occur : 



T. pratensis L., T. orientalis L., T. stenophyllus Jord., T. major 

 Jacq., and T. dubius Scop. Also T. Qeropogon Rouy (= Oeropogon 

 glabrum L.) with rose-coloured flowers. 



UROSPERMUM Scop. 



U. Daleschampii Desf. Plant pubescent, a foot high. Leaves runcinate- 

 lyrate. Flower-heads terminal, large, on long naked peduncles swollen at top. 

 Involucral bracts tomentose, marked with black at edges. Flowers pale yellow, 

 faintly tipped with black at extreme border and outer ones sometimes striped 

 with purple beneath. Beak of achene attenuated from base to apex. Pappus 

 yellowish. 



Waste ground, borders of fields, etc., common. April- June. 



U. picroides Desf. Plant hispid. Stem branching. Leaves sinuate-pin- 

 natifid toothed, upper ones amplexicaul. Involucre covered with stiff white hairs. 

 Beak of achene much dilated at base, then fill form. Pappus white. Flowers yellow. 



Fields and waste places, fairly common. May-June. 



CHONDRILLAL. 



C. juncea L. Biennial, 2-3 ft. high, glabrous, but hispid below. Stems 

 erect, much branched. Stem-leaves linear, entire, lower ones lanceolate sinuate 

 or runcinate, soon withering. Heads small, subsessile, solitary or in clusters of 

 2 or 3. Achenes crowned by 5 scaly teeth. 



Sandy places, road-sides, etc., common. June-September. 



TARAXACUM ?uss. 



T. officinale Wiggers (the Common Dandelion) is extremely variable in 

 the south, and many varieties are recorded. 



LACTUCA L. LETTUCE. 



L. perennis L. A branched, glabrous plant 1-2 ft. high. Leaves deeply 

 pinnatipartite, often runcinate with nearly linear segments, the stem-leaves em- 

 bracing the stem with 2 rounded auricles. Heads long pedicelled, in a corymbi- 

 form panicle. Achenes black, about 13 mm. long. Flowers blue or pale violet, 

 rather large. 



Stony hills and limestone'rocks and cliffs. April-July. 



