200 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



C. neapolitanum Ten. = C. arenarium G. G. Rather smaller. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, obtuse, appearing in the spring like the last. Stigmas less 

 curved or hooked. Stamens inserted at the same height (on 2 levels in the 

 other). Flowers pinker than in the last. 



Dry hill-sides and sandy places on the littoral. September-October. 



TULIPA L. 



T. Oculus-SOlis Saint-Am. A rather slender tulip, 8-12 in. high. Leaves 

 longer than the flower-stem, oblong, almost green. Perianth segments narrowed 

 at base, open at the top, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading. Flowers 

 scarlet within, paler and yellowish without, with a black blotch circled with 

 yellow at the base of each segment. Anthers much longer than the ovary. 



In fields on the littoral, uncommon. March-April. 



T. praecox Ten. More robust than the last ; leaves more glaucous, but 

 shorter than the flower-stem. Flower erect, very large, of a uniform scarlet. 

 Perianth segments rounded at base, closed at the top, with a broad oval black 

 blotch at the base, circled with yellow. Anthers about as long as the ovary. 



Fields on the littoral. March-April. 



T. Lortetii Jord. Differs from the last by its scented flowers, its anthers 

 ending in a mucro, and in having only an obscure circle of yellow at the inner 

 base of the perianth which is invisible outside. 



In fields, with the last, near Antibes, Grasse, and Cannes. March. 



T. Clusiana Vent, in Redouts. A slender tulip with small bulb and linear 

 or linear-lanceolate glaucous leaves. Flowers solitary, white within. Perianth 

 segments white, the outer ones very acute and with a rose stripe ; inner ones 

 obtuse, all-lanceolate, and usually with a purple spot at the base. Anthers 

 purple-black. 



In crops and borders of fields on the littoral, rather rare, except at Menton, 

 Bordighera, S- Remo, and eastwards. March-May. 



T. sllvestris L. Fairly robust, 1-2 ft. high. Bulb not woolly. Leaves 

 usually 3, linear-lanceolate. Flower yellow, rather greenish outside. Perianth 

 dicecious, acuminate and pointed at the end, very unequal, the inner ones oval- 

 lanceolate, ciliate at base, the outer lanceolate glabrous at the base. Capsule 

 oblong-trigonous. 



Meadows, fields, and woods. April-May. The type is rather rare, and less 

 common than the var. australis Loret. = T. gallica Loisei., which is smaller, 

 with reddish flowers outside and more equal perianth segments. April-May. 



T. Celsiana Vent, in Redoute = T. australis Lk. A smaller and more 

 slender tulip, with small glabrous bulb. Leaves usually 2, linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, shorter than the flower-stalk and often tipped with red. Flower 

 rather small, yellow, red outside ; perianth bell-shaped, divisions lanceolate, 

 acuminate, almost equal. Anthers yellow. Capsule subglobular. 



Woods and stony hill-sides and sub-Alpine meadows. April-May. Common 

 near S. Dalmazzo di Tenda, S. Martin Lantosque, above Grasse, etc. 



FRIT1LLARIA L. FRITILLARY. 



F. Inyolucrata All. Plant about a foot high, scarcely glaucous. Leaves 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, in spreading pairs or almost opposite, the three upper- 

 most in a whorl. Flowers rather large, greenish-yellow chequered with purple- 

 brown. Perianth bell-shaped, segments elliptic-oblong. 



Hill-sides and woods in the mountain district. April-May. Peculiar to the 

 S. of France and the Maritime Alps. 



F. tenella M. Bieb. Differs from the last by its glaucous leaves, 6-10 in 

 number, linear and channelled, the middle ones always alternate, the upper and 

 lower opposite or in threes. Its flowers are 1-3 in number, much smaller and 

 almost as wide as long. 



Rocky pastures in the neighbourhood of Grasse and elsewhere in the Alpes- 

 Marit., rare. April-May. 



