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grey-felted and much branched. Leaves ovate, with almost truncate base, 

 crenate, rugose, shortly petioled. Flowers rose, small, in long loose spikes. 

 Upper lip of calyx very broad. May-July. 



T. flavum L. Plant ligneous at base, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves petioled, thick, 

 hairy or pubescent and yet shining above, ovate, almost truncate at base, pale be- 

 neath. Flowers yellow, rather large, in whorls of 2-6 forming long one-sided 

 spikes interrupted at the base. 



Dry hills and limestone rocks on the littoral. June-July. 



T. lucidum L. Entirely glabrous. Leaves petioled, ovate-wedge-shaped, 

 very glabrous and shining above. Flowers purple, 4-6 in a whorl, forming long, 

 leafy, unilateral, interrupted spikes. Calyx reddish, glabrous. 



Woods and stony places in the mountain region. June-August. 



T. montanum L. A short, bushy species with ligneous base and wiry 

 stems. Leaves broadly linear, very shortly petioled, white tomentose beneath, 

 entire. Flowers dirty yellow, in terminal heads. Calyx glabrous, pale green. 



Dry hill-sides and rocky places in the lower mountains. June-August. 



T. aureum Schreb. Ligneous at the base ; less than a foot high, covered 

 with soft down, yellow at the summit. Leaves sessile, oval or oblong, rugose 

 above, whitish tomentose on both sides. Flowers yellow, or whitish yellow, in 

 an oval or globular head of a golden colour. 



Dry, stony hills, especially on limestone, rather rare. June-August. La 

 Sainte-Baume (St. Pilon) and elsewhere in that range. 



T. Folium L. Ligneous atithe base, white tomentose. Leaves sessile, 

 linear-lanceolate, crenate at top, rolled in at borders, white-felted on both sides. 

 Flowers white, rarely purple, in dense, whitish, globular heads. Calyx felted, 

 with short teeth, the upper one being obtuse. Sweet-scented. 



Sandy hills and maritime sands. Very variable. May-August. 



The following species of Teucrium also occur: viz. T. Botrys L., T. 

 Scorodpnia L., and T. fruticans L. The last named is an elegant shrub, 3 

 or 4 ft. high, often used for hedges. The leaves are white felted beneath ; the 

 flowers pale blue or mauve, large, stamens and style very prominent, and calyx 

 white-felted outside. 



It is probably not native on the French Riviera. 



ACANTHACE.E. 

 ACANTHUSL. 



A. mollis L. A very handsome plant with very large pinnatifid-sinuate 

 opposite leaves which are petioled. Flowers white with purplish veins, very 

 large, sessile in long terminal spikes, furnished with large spiny bracts. 

 Calyx glabrous with 4 unequal lobes, divided almost to the base into 2 lips. 

 Corolla i lipped and 3-lobed with short tube. 



Shady places, road-sides, and near water on the littoral. May-July. Perhaps 

 introduced, but well naturalized in many places. The handsome leaves were 

 used by the Greeks in designing the capitals of their pillars, etc. 



VERBENACE^E. 



Stamens prominent ; fruit fleshy ; stem woody VITEX. 



Stamens included ; fruit of 4 carpels ; stem herbaceous VERBENA. 



Flowers in short globular heads. Fruit of 2 carpels. Plant creeping. LIPPIA. 



VITEX L. 



V. Agnus-castus (Plate XXIII). A shrub or small tree of 6 to 12 ft., sweet 

 scented. Leaves deciduous petioled digitate, of 5-7 lanceolate leaflets, white 

 felted beneath. Flowers bluish or rose, small, in distinct whorls forming a long 

 interrupted spike. The fruit is supposed to have peculiar sedative properties. 

 Waste ground, borders of torrents, and banks near the sea. June-September. 

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