184 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



P. arvense L., a smaller perennial species is rarely seen in similar places. 

 The leaves are shorter and thinner ; and the fruit no longer than the perianth. 



CHENOPODIACE.B. 



Tribe I. ATRIPLICE^E. Stem leafy. Flowers i-sexual, male 3-5 female 

 2-sepalous ATRIPLEX. 



Tribe II. CHENOPODIE^E. Stem leafy. Flowers bisexual, or if unisexual 

 perianths of males and females similar. 



Flowers 2-sexual. Utricle membranous CHENOPODIUM. 



Flowers 2-sexual. Utricle striate and hard above BETA. 



Tribe III. SALICORNIE^. Stem leafless, jointed. Flowers 2-sexual. 



Albumen scanty ; embryo conduplicate SALICORNIA.. 



Tribe IV. SU/EDEyE. Stem leafy. Sepals 4-5, not winged at the back. 



SVJEDA... 



Tribe V. SALSOLE^E. Stem leafy. Sepals 4-5, transversely winged in fruit.. 



SALSOLA.. 



Tribe VI. CAMPHOROSME^E. Flowers with no bracteoles ; plants pubes- 

 cent. 



Leaves setaceous. Stamens 4. Stigmas 3. Perianth with 5 unequal teeth.. 



CAMPHORO&MA. 



Leaves small, narrow. Stamens 5. Stigmas 2. Perianth with dorsal ap 

 pendages KOCHIA,. 



ATRIPLEX L. 



A. HalimusL. A silvery-grey shrub, 3-6 ft. high. Leaves alternate, entire, 

 oval or oblong, shortly petioled, silvery-greenish-white, persistent. Flowers 

 yellowish, in long spikes forming a terminal panicle, rather leafy at the base. 



Banks and road-sides near the sea, often planted to form hedges by road- 

 sides and in gardens. August-September. 



A. portulacoides* L. (leaves mostly opposite, oblong or strap-shaped, 

 entire), A. Tornabeni* Tin., A. rosea L., A. hastata L. (leaves hastate and 

 truncate at base), A. patula L., and A. littoralis * L. (leaves narrow, usually 

 entire) are often found on the littoral ; those marked * always near the sea. 



BETA L. 



B. maritima L. Sea Beet. A stout, glabrous sea-side plant. Leaves 

 large, thick, entire, oval-oblong, petioled ; upper ones small and narrow. 

 Flowers solitary or in pairs, green, in a long interrupted spike. The ripe perianth 

 forms a hard angular mass, with one horizontal seed. 



Banks near the sea and occasionally inland. June-September. 



CHENOPODIUM L. GOOSE-FOOT. 



In addition to all the British species, which are more or less common as 

 weeds in fields and waste places, several introduced plants are naturalized on 

 the Riviera, such as C. multifidum L. (from S. America) and C. ambrosioides 

 JL., a. robust leafy species found near Toulon and on Porquerolles. 



CAMPHOROSMA L. 



C. monspeliaca L. Small under-shrub, 1-2 ft. high, hairy, with numerous 

 stems and smelling of camphor. Leaves setaceous, fascicled, hairy ; flowers 

 axillary, whitish. 



Dry banks and maritime rocks, fairly common on the littoral. July-Sept- 

 ember. 



KOCHIA Roth. 



Kochia hirsuta Nolte. Banks near the sea at the Pesquiers near Hyeres, 

 .and also near Toulon, August-September. It is a straggling greyish hairy 



