172 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



than the upper. Capsule oblong ; enclosed within the lanceolate-acute lobes. 

 Anthers hairy. 



Damp, sandy fields. May-June. 



B. TrixagO L. Another viscid erect annual, and sometimes growing with 

 it. Leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, with distant large teeth. Flowers 

 whitish, mixed with pink or yellow, handsome, in a dense leafy spike. Calyx- 

 lobes oval obtuse. Capsule ovoid-globular, with 2 beaks. 



Fresh, grassy fields. May-June. 



RHINANTHUS L. YELLOW RATTLE. 



R. minor Ehrh. (Common Yellow Rattle), R. Alectorolophus Poll., and 

 R. Burnati Chab. are found in certain pastures in the hill region. 



MELAMPYRUM L. COW-WHEAT. 



M. arvense L. Annual, about a foot high. Leaves sessile, linear-lance- 

 olate ; upper ones laciniate at base ; bracts purple-red or rarely white, ovate- 

 lanceolate with long setaceous teeth. Flowers purple with yellow throat, in a 

 long spike. 



Crops and fields. June-July. Uncommon. At Plan d'Aups in June, 1913, 

 the writer found many plants with white or greenish-white flowers and bracts, 

 growing with the type in a cornfield. 



AL nemorosum L. Annual, hairy. Known by its large violet-coloured 

 bracts or floral leaves, yellow flowers with orange palate and rusty-red tube. 

 Mountain woods, uncommon. July-August. 



M. cristatum L. is also rarely seen in mountain woods of both Departments, 

 and M. pratense L. in those of the Maritime Alps only. 



LENTIBULARIACE^E. 



Aquatic. Stamens on the base of the corolla-lip UTRICULARIA. 



Terrestrial. Stamens on the base of the corolla-tube PINGUICULA. 



UTRICULARIA L. BLADDERWORT. 



U. vulgaris L. (Common Bladderwort) is found rarely in canals and pools 

 near Toulon and La Seyne. 



U. minor L. (Lesser Bladderwort) is recorded from Castigneaux near 

 Toulon and near Nice. 



U. neglecta Lehm. is also recorded from near Nice by Ardoino. 

 The three species are quite rare in the South. 



PINGUICULA L. BUTTERWORT. 



P. grandiflora Lamk. descends to the Gorge of Saorge, Fontan and St. 

 Dalmas on the Col de Tenda road (Ardoino) and P. vulgaris L. descends to 

 Ste. Agnes above Menton, but is widely spread at a higher elevation in the 

 Maritime Alps. The flowers of both are deep violet. 



LABIATE. 



Tribe I. OCYMOIDE^E. Calyx tubular, 13-15 ribbed, 5-lobed; flowers small, 

 in false whorls forming one spike LAVANDULA. 



Tribe II. SATUREINE/E. Corolla-lobes flat or margins recurved. Stamens 

 2-4, remote, spreading under the upper lip, 2 upper shorter or o ; anther-cells 

 contiguous or confluent. Nutlets free, smooth or nearly so. 



* Corolla subregular. Stamens spreading ; anthers 2-celled. 



Perfect stamens 4 MENTHA. 



Perfect stamens 2 LYCOPUS. 



