154 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



CYCLAMEN L. 



C. repandum Sibth. et Sm. Root a tuber about 2-3 cm. across. Leaves 

 large, thin, ovate-triangular, irregularly incised and mucronate, cordate at base 

 with open sinus. Corolla violet-rose with darker throat ; corolla lobes 5 times 

 length of tube. 



Woods and thickets in the Var, extremely rare. March-May. 



ASTEROLINUM L. 



A. stellatum Hoffm. et Lk. A minute, slender, glabrous annual. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, frosted over with minute stars. Flowers very minute, white, on 

 short axillary peduncles and much shorter than the calyx. 



Dry, sandy places on the littoral, fairly common. March-May. 



CORIS L. 



C. monspeliensis L. (Plate XX). Biennial, about 8 in. high and 

 bushy. Leaves linear, sessile, small, rather fleshy and glabrous. Stems very 

 leafy and ligneous at base. Flowers deep rose-lilac or pale purple, subsessile, in 

 compact heads. Calyx bell-shaped, membranous and inflated, usually a deep 

 reddish-purple colour ; withiirregular double margin, the outer teeth being linear 

 and spiny and the 5 inner ones triangular. Corolla tubular, with 5 unequal bifid 

 lobes, the 2 front lobes much shorter than the other. Stamens 5, unequal. 



Dry, stony hill-sides on the littoral, especially on limestone. April-June. 



Like the Tree-heath this plant remains a long time in bud. In 1913 the 

 writer found Coris with bright rose-pink blossoms by the road to the Sainte- 

 Baume chain at about 1200 ft. 



LYSIMACHIA L. 



L. vulgaris L. " Yellow Loosestrife." Stem erect, branched, 2-3 ft. high, 

 rather downy. Leaves often in whorls of 3 or 4, broadly lanceolate or nearly 

 ovate-acute. Flowers yellow, rather campanulate, in short, compound racemes 

 at the summits of the branches, forming a terminal leafy panicle. Stamens 

 connected at base into a cup enclosing the ovary. 



Borders of streams, etc., on the littoral, uncommon. June-August. 



L. Nummularia L. Money-wort. Stems prostrate and creeping, often 

 rooting at the nodes. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, usually obtuse and shortly 

 stalked. Flowers yellow, large, on axillary peduncles. Stamens erect in the 

 centre, with the filaments slightly connected at the base. 



Moist meadows and river-sides on the littoral and hilly districts, rare. June- 

 July. 



CENTUNCULUS L. 



C. minimus L. Chaffweed. A minute annual, often less than i in. high, 

 branched only at the base. Leaves ovate, very small. Flowers almost sessile, 

 shorter than the leaves. Calyx-teeth linear. Corolla pink, very minute. 

 Capsule opening transversely. 



Moist sandy shady places flooded in winter. May-July. Found occasionally 

 in the Var near Frejus, Bormes, etc. 



ANAQALLIS L. 



A. arvensis L. Scarlet Pimpernel. Common in cultivated and waste places. 

 April-November. 



The following varieties occur : 



Var. a phrtnicca = A. phoenicea Lam. with red or flesh-coloured flowers. 



Var. casrulea = A. ceerulea Schreb. with blue flowers. 



Some botanists consider them distinct species, ft having more pointed leaves, 

 shorter peduncles and the lobes of the corolla not at all or only slightly grandular ; 

 but Mr. Bicknell says he was unable to detect any differences at all in the larger 

 number of plants examined. 



