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E. tuberculatum Hoffm. et Lk. = E. pustulatum G. G. This is per- 

 haps a southern form of E. vulgare, which is very common on the littoral. 

 May-July. It is covered with greyish tubercular hairs, the leaves are very nar- 

 row, and the corolla-tube longer than in vulgare. 



E. creticum L. Red Cretan Echium. Annual or biennial, leaves oblong, 

 upper ones lanceolate. Flowers very large, fiery red, in a rather loose cyme. 



Road-sides and borders of fields, uncommon. April-June. Frequently seen 

 about Gassin, Bormes, and at Agay and in the Esterel. 



E. plantagineum L. Purple Echium. Biennial, 1-2 ft. high, covered 

 with softer hairs than most species. Leaves soft; root-leaves very large, oval, 

 soon withering ; upper leaves cordate at base. Flowers blue-violet, very large, 

 in a loose panicle. The lower corolla-lobes rather longer than the longest 

 stamens. 



Grassy, sandy, or waste places. May-July. 



E. calycintim Viv. A small annual with very small blue flowers, and club- 

 shaped leaves ; and E. maritimum Willd. a small perennial with oblong 

 spathulate leaves and larger flowers are found in a few places in the Var. 



PULMONARIA L. LUNGWORT. 



P. vulgaris M'crat. Root-leaves ovate-oblong, on long stalks, coarsely 

 hairy and usually much spotted ; stem-leaves shorter, mostly sessile, alternate. 

 Flowers blue, in a terminal forked cyme. Corolla-limb spreading. Calyx very 

 hairy, twice its length when in fruit. 



Woods in the north of the Var, uncommon. April-May. 



P. affinis Jord. and P. ovalis Bast, occur rarely in the mountain region 

 of both Departments. The former has ovate-acuminate root-leaves sud- 

 denly contracted into a long winged petiole. The mature calyx is very broad 

 at the base. The latter has some glandular hairs amongst the others, oval 

 elliptical leaves gradually lengthened into a winged petiole, and a cylindrical and 

 narrow calyx. 



MYOSOTIS L. FORGET-ME-NOT. 



M. palustris With, and M. casspitosa Schult. are not uncommon in 

 watery places. The former has a larger flower and a longer style. 



M. pusilla Loisel. A very small annual species, grey-green in colour from 

 its thick spreading hairs. Stems numerous, flowing almost from the base. Leaves 

 oblong, lobtuse. Flowers white or blue, very small. Fruiting pedicels erect, 

 spreading, the lower ones hardly longer than the calyx. Calyx open at 

 maturity. 



Sandy woods and gravelly places. March-April. 



M. versicolor Pers. A small hairy annual, with rather erect stem, a tuft 

 of spreading root-leaves, and a few lanceolate stem-leaves. Flowers small and 

 nearly sessile ; corolla at first pale yellow and then blue as it fades. Calyx 

 closed at maturity. 



Fields and sandy places. April-June. 



M. hispida Schlecht (= M. collina Hoffm.), a small annual with calyx 

 open at maturity, i.e. with spreading segments, and M. arvensis Roth, are 

 common in waste places and fi'elds ; M. stricta Lk. is a small and very rare 

 rigid species with calyx-segments closed at maturity ; and M. sylvatlca Hoffm., 

 the beautiful large-flowered Wood Forget-me-not, is found in damp mountain 

 woods in both Departments, but in the Var chiefly in the north. 



CYNOQLOSSUM L. HOUND'S-TONGUE. 



C. cheirifolium L. = C. argenteum Lam. Biennial, about a foot 

 high, white cottony. Leaves white tomentose on both sides, oblong-spathulate, 

 i-nerved, upper ones sessile. Flowers reddish, then violet or bluish, in leafy 



