I7 8 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



B. alba Pall. ( B. laciniata L. part). Leaves oblong, often lyrate or pin- 

 natifid, petioled. Flowers yellowish-white. Calyx hairy, upper lip 3-toothed, 

 the central tooth very large and truncate, lower lip as in the last species. 



Dry pastures, borders of fields and woods. June-July. 



B. vulgaris L. (Self Heal) is quite common in borders of fields, woods, and 

 meadows. June- September. B. grandiflora Jacq. with large, handsome 

 purple flowers and reddish calyx is found only in the mountain region. 



AJUQA L. 



A. reptans L. (Bugle) is very common in the spring in damp meadows, 

 borders of streams, etc. The normally blue flowers are sometimes rose or white. 



A. genevensis L. Sometimes a foot high, and a handsome plant with 

 its bright blue flowers in whorls forming a long interrupted spike. Leaves ob- 

 long, crenate or dentate ; root-leaves soon dying. Bracts trilobed. 



Grassy places, borders of fields and woods in the hills only. May-July. In 

 English books this species has generally been placed with A. pyramidal is or 

 as a variety of it, but we think the two quite worthy of specific distinction, as 

 usually considered on the Continent, where the plants are better known. 



A. Chamsepitys Schreb. Yellow Bugle. A low, branched, hairy annual. 

 Leaves very crowded and deeply divided into 3-linear lobes, which are sometimes 

 again divided. Flowers yellow, in axillary pairs. 



Dry, stony fields, common. April-October. 



A. Iva Schreb. Another low species, but ligneous at the base, greyish-green 

 and smelling of musk on account of the essential oil found in the hairs. Leaves 

 sessile, linear-lanceolate, entire or slightly toothed at the top, rolled in at the 

 borders. Flowers purple, 2-4 in axillary clusters, and often hidden by the leaves. 



Stony fields, dry pastures, and old walls, etc. May-October. 



A. pseudo-Iva Rob. et Cast, is a rare sub-species with yellow flowers, found 

 in sandy places in les lies d'Hyeres. June-July. 



TEUCRIUM L. 



T. Scordium L. Water Germander. A small, procumbent, branching 

 perennial, more or less covered with down. Leaves oblong, sessile, coarsely 

 toothed. Flowers pale purplish-red, axillary, turned to one side. Calyx small, 

 with 5 nearly equal teeth. 



Wet meadows and near ditches. June-September. 



T. Chamaedrys JL. Wall Germander. Stem erect, hairy, 6-9 in. high. 

 Leaves ovate, deeply toothed, wedge-shaped at base and petioled, green. 

 Flowers reddish-purple, in whorls of 2-6, forming a short terminal one-sided 

 raceme. Calyx funnel-shaped, with 5 nearly equal teeth. 



Dry, stony hill-sides, especially on limestone, common. May-September. 



T. Alarum L. Small under-shrub, very leafy. Leaves small, white tomen- 

 tose beneath, broadly-lanceolate, entire, rolled in at the margin. Flowers small, 

 purple, in clusters of 2-4 forming a long spike. 



Maquis, thickets, and stony places, rare. May-July. In France only found 

 in les lies d'Hyeres. It is the most characteristic plant which forms a link be- 

 tween the flora of these isles and that of Corsica. It is abundant at Port-Cros 

 and Levant, where it attains its northern limit. The islanders call it Herbe a 

 chats because its scent is attractive to cats and gives them a sort of intoxication. 1 



T. massilien.se L. This is another rare and remarkable plant from the 

 Isle of Levant, its only station in France. Ge'rard in his "Flora Gallo-provin- 

 cialis" described it as "rarissima planta in insulis Stcechadum ". In 1913 M. 

 Jahandiez found it in greater numbers in the vallon des Grottes. The plant is 



1 Jahandiez, " Notice sur les Plantes Rares des lies d'Hyeres," in " Annales 

 de Soc. Hist. Nat. de Toulon " (1913). See also " Les lies d'Hyeres " (1914). 



