i8 2 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



PLANTAQO L. PLANTAIN. 



P. cynops L. Shrubby. Stem woody at base, much branched. Leaves 

 opposite or in whorls, linear. Heads ovoid, peduncled. Upper bracts lanceolate, 

 mucronate, the others broadly ovate, concave, mucronate. Calyx-segments 

 unequal. Bracts and sepals hairy. Corolla-lobes lanceolate-acuminate. 



Dry and rocky places from the coast to the mountains. May-July. 



P. arenaria W. et K. Herbaceous, annual, glandular-pubescent. Leaves 

 linear, sessile. Heads ovoid, on axillary peduncles. Bracts suborbicular ; the 

 lower ones with a long leafy cusp. Calyx-segments variable. 



Sandy places and sea-sands. May-September. Uncommon. 



P. Psyllium L. Plant pubescent, viscous, with many glandular hairs. 

 Stems branching. Leaves linear-lanceolate, opposite, entire or remotely toothed. 

 Bracts lanceolate-acuminate. Calyx- segments like the bracts. Heads ovate. 

 Corolla-lobes ovate-acuminate. An annual. 



Uncultivated fields and road-sides, very common on the littoral. March-July. 

 In flower on 23 February, 1913, in the Var. 



P. CoronopUsL. Buck' s-horn Plantain. A very variable species. Annual 

 or biennial. Leaves laciniate or bipinnatifid. Spikes cylindric. Bracts 

 cuspidate. Corolla-lobes ovate-acute. Capsules with 3 or 4 seeds. The var. 

 maritima G. G. is very common in places ; and var. simplex Decaisne, 

 with slender filiform entire leaves, grows on salt marshes below Hyeres. 



Sandy places and fields and marshes near the sea. April-September. 



P. carinata Schrader. Root-stock woody, with densely scaly obconical 

 branches, very leafy at the summit. Leaves linear-filiform, curved, keeled 

 throughout their length. Bracts ovate-lanceolate. Sepals with ciliate keel. 



Rocks and sandy places in the hills, rare. June-September. 



P. subulata L. Root-stock woody, with long branches covered with the 

 scales of ancient leaves. Scape rather thick, stiff. Leaves linear, glabrous or 

 ciliate, stiff, triquetrous at the top. Spike cylindric or oblong, compact. Bracts 

 and calyx somewhat rough, the latter fringed. 



Rocks and hill-sides near the sea. May-July. 



P. Bellardi All, Annual, 3-5 inches high. Leaves all radical, linear-lanceo- 

 late, 3-nerved, hairy. Spikes ovoid or oblong-cylindrical. Bracts lanceolate, 

 acuminate, hairy. Lateral segments of calyx ovate-oblong, not keeled, suddenly 

 and shortly acuminate. Seeds smooth. 



Meadows and sandy, grassy places. April-June. 



P. LagOpUS L. Annual, taller than the last. Leaves all radical, lanceolate, 

 gradually narrowed into a petiole, slightly toothed. Spikes ovoid at first, then 

 longer and cylindrical. Bracts ovate or lanceolate-acuminate, with long 

 hairs. Calyx-segments oblong, obtuse, hairy. Corolla-lobes hairy. The spike 

 is very silvery on account of the long silky hairs. 



Sandy places, borders of fields and roads, very common on the littoral. 

 April-June. 



The following species are also found in greater or less frequency : 



P. crassifolia Forsk. with linear fleshy leaves, intermediate between 

 subulata and maritima L. on maritime sands ; P. serpentina Vill., in 

 rocky or grassy places in the hills ; P. lanceolata L. common and very variable ; 

 P. media L, (Hoary Plantain)'; P. major L. (Greater Plantain), and P. inter- 

 media Gilib., rarely in damp, sandy places. The true P. maritima L. does not 

 appear to have been recorded from these coasts. 



GLOBULARIACE^:. 

 QLOBULARIA L. 



G. Alypum L. Stems woody, erect, branching, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves oblong 

 or lanceolate, mucronate, entire or with 2-3 teeth at the apex, tough, glaucous, and 



