Stony and damp grassy places, rare. February-April. Near Valescure, 

 Bormes, and Ollioules (Var), in the Magnam valley and near Grasse and 

 Bordighera. 



I. spurla L. (1-3 pale violet flowers), grows in damp meadows near the sea 

 close to Hyeres and the presqu'ile de Giens. May-June. 



I. Pseudacorus L. (Common Yellow Flag), is abundant in some of the 

 ditches and ponds of the lowlands. It seems to grow larger and of a brighter 

 yellow than in England. April-June. 



I. foetidissima L. Stinking Iris. Flowers 2-3, livid blue or rarely 

 whitish, 3 in. diameter. Inner segments and stigmas spathulate, yellow, outer 

 segments obovate-lanceolate, bluish. Capsule 2-3 in. clavate. Seeds orange- 

 red. Leaves fetid when bruised. 



Hedges, dry ditches, and borders of woods, occasional. May-June. 



I. Chamasiris Bert. = I. italica Part. Rhizome thin. Stem bearing i 

 and rarely 2 flowers.. Perianth-tube twice length of the ovary. Outer perianth 

 segments obtuse, purple, inner ones obtuse, but often divided. Anthers blue, 

 filaments white. 



Dry hills and rocky places, fairly common. March-May. 



It differs from 1. germanica L., the purple Iris so commonly seen in English 

 gardens, which occurs on the borders of fields, in walls, etc., on the Riviera, by 

 its smaller size, narrower leaves, and fewer flowers which are smaller and redder. 

 From I. olbiensis it differs by its greater delicacy, its shorter, narrower, and 

 more glaucous leaves and lighter coloured flowers. According to Mr. Baker, 

 however, I. Italica is a variety of 1. Chamzeiris. 



I. lutescens Lam. Closely allied to I. Chamreiris. Flowers yellow 

 capsule ovoid, trigonous, with acute angles. Rhizome as thick as the ringer. 

 Dry places and rocks on the littoral, rare. March-May. 



I. olbiensis Heron. Perhaps only a variety of the last, with violet flowers. 

 Perianth-tube rather longer than the ovary. 



Shady woods and sea-sands, rare. March-May. Found near Hyeres, Le 

 Luc, Toulon, Roquebrune, Foret de Dom, and also recorded by Ardoino frorr 

 Eze. 



I. florentina L. is a handsome Iris with large white flowers, 2-3 on a stem 

 which is sometimes seen among Arundo Donax and elsewhere on the coat 

 as an escape from cultivation. It flowers about April. 



GLADIOLUS L. 



Q. segetum Gawler. (Plate XXIV). Plant *%-2% ft. high. Bulb globular, 

 covered with a fibrous tunic. Stem robust, bearing 3-5 leaves and 6-10 large 

 magenta coloured flowers. Anthers a little longer than the filaments. Cap- 

 sule globular, with rounded angles. Seeds pear-shaped. 



Fields and crops, common. April-June. 



Q. communis L. Spike more unilateral. Anthers shorter than their 

 filaments. Stigmas glabrous at the base. Capsule obovate, with obtusely 

 keeled angles. Seeds broadly winged. 



Fields and waste places. Much less common than the last. May-June. 



Q. dubius Guss. A smaller species, with the fibrous corm not reticu- 

 lated at the top, as in the others. Spike unilateral. Anthers shorter than their 

 filaments and with acute diverging auricles. Capsule more rounded than the 

 last, and the seeds narrowly winged. 



Woods and sandy places on the littoral, uncommon. April-June. 



Q. imbricatus L. is a rare species found by Shuttleworth and since by 

 Jahandiez on the Isle of Porquerolles. May-June. 



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