164 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



spikes becoming loose. Corolla half as long again as calyx. Fruit obovate, 

 covered with short spines. 



Waste places and road-sides. April-June. 



C. pictum Ait. Biennial, 1-2 ft. high, covered with greyish tomentum. 

 Leaves with fine spreading close hairs on both sides, lanceolate, upper ones 

 semi-embracing. Flowers pale blue-veined with violet. Corolla slightly longer 

 than calyx. Carpels obovate, slightly convex, covered with short spines and 

 conical tubercles. 



Road-sides and borders of fields, fairly common. April-June. 



C. officinale L. Common Hound's-tongue. Biennial. Stem stout, 1-2^ 

 ft. high, branched above. Leaves lanceolate, lower ones oblong, stalked and 

 often very long ; uppermost sessile and clasping the stalk, all covered with 

 dense, soft appressed down. Corolla rather small, dull purplish-red. Carpels 

 flattened and bur-like. 



Dry, stony places in the lower mountains. May-June. 



C. montanum L. Green Hound's-tongue. Greener and more slender 

 than the last, hairs more scattered and stiffen Upper leaves broader at base and 

 spikes more slender, with fewer and smaller flowers of a dull red then blue. 



Shady mountain woods, rather rare. May-July. 



C. Dioscoridis Vill. Biennial, about a foot high. Leaves green, covered 

 with fine spreading hairs ; root-leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrow ; the others 

 broader and rounded at the base ; all i-nerved. Flowers small, reddish then 

 blue and violet, in loose naked spikes. Carpels with confluent tubercles. 



Limestone hills in Alpes-Marit., rare. June- July. 



ECHINOSPERMUM Sw. 



E. Lappula Lehm. Annual or biennial. Stem branched in upper part, 

 hispid and grey like the whole plant. Fruit-stalks erect. Stem-leaves lanceolate. 

 Flowers blue, small, in unilateral axillary clusters, the spike becoming elongated. 

 Nutlets finely tubercled outside, the lateral angles edged with two rows of hooked 

 needles. 



Dry fields and waste places, rare in the Var. June-August. 



HELIOTROPIUM L. HELIOTROPE. 



H. europasum L. Annual, greyish-green. Leaves oval, obtuse, rugose, 

 petioled, greyish-green on both sides with soft pubescence. Flowers white or 

 pale lilac, sessile in little tight clusters. Calyx very hairy, deeply divided into 

 lanceolate segments, spreading on the fruit and persistent after it has fallen. 



Fields and road-sides, very common. July-September. 



SOLANACE^;. 



Calyx persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube narrow. Spiny shrubs. LYCIUM. 

 Calyx persistent. Corolla rotate, anthers with pores. Berry 2-seeded. SOLANUM. 

 Calyx pentagonal. Corolla subcampanulate. Capsule 2-celled. 'HvoscvAMUs. 

 Calyx persistent. Corolla subcampanulate. Anthers with slits. Berry 2- 



celled ATROPA. 



Calyx inflated after flowering. Fruit succulent, indehiscent PHYSALIS. 



LYCIUM L. 



L. VUlgare Dun. A much-branched glabrous shrub, 3-10 ft. high, 

 slightly spiny. Leaves green, narrow lanceolate or subspathulate, wedge-shaped. 

 Flowers bright violet, solitary or fascicled, and peduncled. Calyx with 2 entire 

 lips or 2-3 toothed. Berry orange-red, oblong. 



Hedges and thickets. June-September. 



L. europaeum L. A stiffly branched very spiny shrub, 3-10 ft. high. 

 Leaves greyish-green, rather fleshy, oblong-lanceolate or spathulate, i-nerved. 

 Flowers whitish or pinkish, shortly stalked. Calyx short, with 5 equal teeth. 

 Berry globular, red or orange. 



Hedges and road-sides. April-July. 



