igo FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. Umbel 3-5 rayed, forked. Glands 5, oval, 

 yellow. Capsule covered with short protuberances or warts. Seeds smooth. 

 Stony banks and rocky places. April-June. 



E. verrucosa Jacq. Plant rather downy, about i ft. high. Woody at 

 the base. Leaves oblong, toothed. Umbel 5 rayed, floral bracts obovate. 

 Glands yellow. Capsule covered with little cylindrical warts. 



Woods, meadows, and hill-sides, rather rare. May-July. 



E. flavicoma DC. Differs from the last by the shorter rays of the umbel, 

 by its smaller stature, more woody stem at the base, and its capsule with 

 hemispherical warts. 



Dry hill-sides, stony places, and woods. April-June. 



Monsieur E. Reynier of Toulon wrote an article on " L' Euphorbia 

 flavicoma DC. et 1' E. verrucosa Jacq. race CandoIIeana Reyn., en 

 Provence " in " Bull. Soc. Bot. de France " (1910), pp. 309-14, and we believe 

 he is still engaged in investigating a curious Spurge belonging to this group 

 (very yellow in colour and shrubby, though short) which the writer found a 

 large colony of on the railway bank near Pont de la Clue (Var), and which we 

 were unable to match exactly in the spring of 1913. 



E. dulcis Jacq. Stem upright, 1-2 ft., often reddish. Leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, sometimes toothed. Umbel of 5 forked rays. Floral bracts 

 ovate-triangular. Glands 4, greenish at first, then crimson or purple. Capsule 

 usually crimson, with short, obtuse, unequal warts on the angle. 



Woods and shady places in the hills and lower mountains. May-July. 



E. pubescens Desf. Downy Spurge. Stem upright, 1-2^ ft. Leaves 

 lanceolate, toothed, hairy, green. Umbel of 5 rays. Floral bracts oval-rhom- 

 boidal. Capsule trigonous, deeply furrowed, warty and hairy. Glands yellow. 

 Plant covered with greyish down. 



Damp places, borders of streams. May-July. 



E. pilosa L. Hairy Spurge. Plant erect, 1-2^ ft., hairy or glabrescent ; 

 stem robust, branched at the top. Leaves soft, close, oblong-lanceolate, toothed 

 or almost entire. Umbel yellow when in flower, 4-6 rayed. Glands entire. 

 Floral bracts oval, obtuse. Capsule subglobular, sometimes glabrous, smooth 

 or slightly warty. 



Woods and damp places. April-July. 



E. taurinensis All. Stem erect, a foot high. Lower leaves obovate- 

 cuneate, emarginate, upper ones lanceolate or linear-lanceolate and larger. 

 Umbel of 3-5 forked rays. Floral bracts triangular-cordate. Glands 4, with 

 short horns. Capsules with angles finely granulated, rough. Plant glabrous. 



Fields, vineyards, and stony olive terraces, etc., in the hills. May-August. 



E. biumbellata Pair. Stems erect, 1-2^ ft. Leaves linear-lanceolate or 

 oblong, the upper ones 3-nerved. Umbel double or triple (i.e. 2 or 3 umbels, one 

 above the other) with many rays. Floral bracts semi-orbicular. Glands 4 or 5 

 with club-shaped horns. Capsule with raised dots. Seeds irregularly furrowed. 



Hills and woods not far from the sea. April-June. 



E. serrata L. Stems erect, a foot high. Leaves ovate-acuminate, lanceo- 

 late or linear-lanceolate, those of the barren stems often linear, all dentate or 

 serrate. Umbel of 3-5 forked rays, greenish-yellow and handsome. Floral 

 bracts cordate, dentate, glands 2-3, broad, truncate with jagged edge, yellow, and 

 brown at base. This handsome plant of a brilliant yellow-green, with darker 

 leaves, is well worth cultivating in gardens ; but it is very variable in nature. 



Fields, waste ground, and road-sides, common. May-July. 



E. Cyparissias L. Stems erect, 6-18 in., reddish at the base. Leaves linear, 

 narrow, setaceous and almost imbricate, glabrous ; those of the barren branches 

 longer and more crowded. Umbel of many forked rays. Floral bracts broadly 

 ovate-triangular, turning red in withering. Glands 4, crescent-shaped. Capsule 

 rough with minute dots. 



