20 4 FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



A. acutiflorum Loisel. Bulb ovate. Stem leafy below. Leaves flat and 

 linear with the edges very finely toothed. Spathe bivalved. Umbel many 

 flowered, crowded into a spherical head. Perianth segments acute, pale 

 magenta colour, with darker stripe in the centre. Stamens shorter than perianth, 

 the inner ones tricuspidate. Capsule ovate-triangular. 



Rocky or sandy hill-sides and rarely on sea-sands. May-June. 



A. subhirsutum L. Leaves broadly linear, acuminate, channelled above 

 and keeled below, borders ciliate and with a few hairs beneath. Spathe i-valved. 

 Flowers 6-12, in a flat umbel. Perianth segments oblong, acute, white, with a 

 pink stripe in the centre. Stamens shorter than the perianth. 



Stony, sandy places and cultivated ground, rare. March-May. 



A. neapolitanum Cyr. Bulb nearly globose. Flower-stems triangular, 

 with 2 acute and i obtuse angle. Leaves broadly linear and acuminate, 

 channelled above. Perianth segments oval, obtuse, white, large. Flowers very 

 numerous, on long peduncles. 



Fields and stony slopes, here and there naturalized ; and much cultivated for 

 the sake of its ornamental flowers which will keep fresh in water several weeks. 

 February-May. 



A. triquetrum L. Bulbs oblong. Flower-stem triquetrous, with very 

 acute angles. Leaves broadly linear, deeply channelled and keeled. Spathe 

 bivalved. Peduncles mostly pendent, the flowers hanging to one side often. 

 Perianth segments white, with a green stripe down the centre. Stamens 

 shorter than the perianth. Capsule nearly globular. 



Banks of streams, shallow ravines, and shady places, usually not far from 

 the sea. February-May. 



In Algeria this plant is being cultivated as a vegetable (see " Gardener's Chron- 

 icle," November, 1913). 



A. roseum L. (Plate XXVII). Plant i-2j ft. high, strongly smelling of 

 garlic. Leaves linear, barely channelled, rather broad, very slightly toothed. 

 Stem cylindric, leafy at the base. Flowers a beautiful pale rose, rather large and 

 numerous in a regular umbel, and occasionally with bulbils. Perianth segments 

 oblong elliptic. Spathe of 3-5 short lobes. Stamens and capsule included. 



Fields, hedges, and road-sides, common throughout the littoral. May-July. 



A. pulchellum Don. Leaves linear, slightly channelled, striped beneath. 

 Flower-stem cylindrical, leafy below. Spathe bivalved and long. Flowers 

 violet-rose in colour, outer ones pendent, but all erect after flowering. Perianth 

 segments oblong, almost truncate. Stamens much longer than the perianth. 

 Capsule top-shaped emarginate. 



Dry banks and rocks near Eze, Ste. Agnes, above Menton, Castillon, and in 

 the Roja valley near Ventimiglia, etc. August-October. 



The following are the most important species not yet mentioned which occur 

 on the Riviera: 



A. ursinum L. (Common Garlic) in the mountain region towards the Col de 

 Tenda etc. ; A. nigrum L. (flowers dirty red), here and there in the olives and 

 the wheat ; A. oleraceum L. (flowers few, dirty pink) ; A. moschat um L. 

 (very slender with filiform leaves and pink flowers) ; A. rotundum L. (flowers 

 purplish, in dense globular heads with purple-black rough ridges), in vineyards 

 and stony fields ; A. polyanthum R. et S. (a tall species with rose-coloured 

 flowers) ; A. siculum Ucria, 3 ft. high, with large purplish-green pendent 

 flowers, found in the Esterel ; the large A. Ampeloprasum L. et A. 

 fragrans Vent, of North American origin. 



HEMEROCALLIS L. 



H. fulva L. Plant 2-3 ft. high, with robust stem. Leaves radical, long, 

 acute. Flowers very large, reddish-fawn colour, shortly pedicelled, 6-15 in a 

 loose panicle. 



Borders of fields and ditches, often subspontaneous. June-July. Pourrieres, 

 Le Luc, and Ampus in the Var. 



