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S. ramosissima Lnisel. Perennial, glabrous, turning black on drying. 

 Stems woody and much branched at the base. Leaves few, distant, small, 

 oblong-lanceolate with triangular acute teeth. Flowers reddish-brown, very 

 small, in a simple, long spike. 



Sands and banks near the sea, rare, except between Frejus and Ste. Raphael. 

 April-June. 



S. nodosa L. (Figwort), S. alata Gilib., and S. aquatica L. are also 

 found in the district. 



ANTIRRHINUM L. SNAP-DRAGON. 



A. Oroniium L. Lesser Snap-dragon. Annual, erect, about a foot high, 

 slender. Flowers usually in the axils of the upper leaves, deep purplish-pink or 

 rose coloured, often larger in the south (B. grandif lorum Chav.) than in Eng- 

 land. Calyx glandular hairy, with linear unequal lobes longer than the calyx. 



Fields and waste places. February-October. 



A. latifolium DC. Yellow Snap-dragon. Plant 1-2^ ft. high, robust, 

 somewhat glandular. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pubescent. Calyx 

 hairy glandular, with obovate lobes much shorter than the corolla. Flowers 

 very large, usually pale yellow. 



Dry, rocky hill-sides, old walls, etc., from the coast to the mountain region. 

 April-July. 



A. tortuosum Bosc. Leaves linear, glabrous. Calyx glabrous, with oblong 

 ovate lobes much shorter than corolla. Flowers large, purplish-red. 

 Old walls and rocks, rare and doubtfully native. May-July. 



A. majus L. The Great Snap-dragon of gardens with large reddish-purple 

 flowers is sometimes seen on walls and banks, but it is not 'native in the south of 

 France. 



ANARRHINUM Desf. 



A. bellidifolium Desf. Biennial or perennial, 1-2 ft. high, glabrous. Stem 

 erect, very leafy. Root-leaves broadly spathulate,. irregularly dentate; stem- 

 leaves very close and divided from the base into linear, entire segments. Flowers 

 pale blue or mauve, small and numerous, in long spikes. 



Rocks, old walls, and thickets, rare. May-July. Chiefly in the hill district 

 at places like Grasse, Montrieux, Sollies-Toucas, and the Sainte-Baume chain. 



LINARIA Juss. 



L. Sieberi Reichb. This is a rare annual species intermediate between 

 L. spuria and L. Elatine, both of which are common in fields. Leaves very 

 woolly, upper ones hastate. Flowers pale yellow with violet upper lip. Calyx 

 hairy, lobes lanceolate-acuminate. 



Sandy fields in the littoral of the Var, rare. June-September. 



L. commutata Bernh. = L. graeca Chav. A hairy perennial recumbent 

 species resembling the last and L. Elatine in habit, but with larger flowers with 

 recurved spur and hairy calyx with linear-lanceolate lobes. Capsules shorter 

 than the calyx. 



Damp, sandy places. May-July. 



L. cirrosa Willd. Annual, slender and hairy, with thread-like stems and 

 recumbent or climbing habit. Leaves small, lanceolate-hastate acute, entire, 

 ciliate. Flowers violet with white palate, very small, solitary on long capillary 

 peduncles. Capsule globular, longer than the calyx. 



Sandy places near the sea. May-July. 



L. Pelliceriana Mill. Annual, glabrous, i-i ft. high. Stems erect, 

 simple. Leaves subsessile broadly linear, alternate, the lowest ovate-lanceolate. 

 Flowers purple with paler palate, rather large, in a short dense head. Calyx 

 glabrous, with linear acute lobes. Spur of corolla straight. Capsule flat at 

 the top, much shorter than the calyx. 



Grassy, sandy places, common on the littoral. May-July. 



