FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE RIVIERA 



AMARYLLIDACE^;. 

 Tribe I. AMARYLLE/3S. Mouth of perianth without a circular crown. 



Crown o. Perianth segments equal. Stigmas entire LEUCOIUM. 



Crown o. Outer perianth segments larger. Stigma trifid STERNBERGIA. 



Tribe II. NARCISSE/E. Mouth of perianth with a circular crown. 



Stamens inserted on the perianth ; half included ...NARCISSUS. 



Stamens inserted on the crown ; very conspicuous PANCRATIUM. 



Tribe III. ALSTROMERE^E. Plants with leafy scape and large spiny leaves. 

 Usually robust, and always without bulbs AGAVE. 



LEUCOIUM L. SNOWFLAKE. 



L. pulchellum Salisb. Closely allied to L. aestivum L. Bulb 

 large. Stem 1-2 ft. high, bearing 1-4 rather small white flowers, with narrow 

 divisions blotched with green at the top. Capsule oblong pear-shaped. Seeds 

 black. 



Meadows and borders of streams, rare. Near Nice, below Hyeres by the 

 River Rubaud, Porquerolles, and by the R. Las near Toulon. January-March. 



L. nicfeense Ard. Leaves 3-5, narrow-linear, almost cylindrical. Seg- 

 ments of perianth ovate-elliptic, the inner rather shorter and more obtuse, 

 the outer more pointed with thickened tip. Disk 6-lobed. Filaments bent 

 angularly. Style longer than the stamens. Stigma obtuse, pappilose. 



Among rocks near the coast between Menton and Nice and more especially 

 about Beaulieu, Eze and Pont St. Louis. Endemic. March-April. 



STERNBERGIA Waldst. et Kit. 



S. lutea Ker. (Plate XXVIII). Bulb oval, large. Leaves appearing with 

 the flowers, broadly linear, concave, green. Perianth, yellow, large, erect, 

 solitary. Capsule pear-shaped, fleshy. 



Fields and uncultivated ground on the littoral, local. September-October. 



PANCRATIUM L. 



P. mai itimum L. Sea Lily (Plate XXV.III). A handsome plant, 1-2 ft. 

 high. Leaves broadly linear, obtuse, glaucous. Scape 2-edged. Flowers 3-12 

 in an umbel, white, sweet scented. Perianth segments narrow-lanceolate, acute, 

 with a greenish stripe outside. The crown has 12 triangular teeth. Stamens 

 with pale yellow anthers, and filaments joined to the crown opposite the perianth 

 segments and then free. Stigma white, 3-lobed, pappilose. Capsule large, 

 oblong, with 3 obtuse angles. Seeds black, unequal, often cubical. 



Sands of the sea-shore. July-September or occasionally October. The 

 beautiful flowers are visited by the Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Sphinx convol = 

 vuli L.). It is abundant on the sands below Hyeres and the Plage de Giens, 

 at the Grand Langoustier in the Isle of Porquerolles, He du Levant, etc., and 

 it occurs near Frejus, St. Tropez, St. Aygult, Cannes, He St. Marguerite, 

 Bordighera, etc. 



NARCISSUS L. 



(i) Stamens with free filaments, at least in their upper third. 

 N. PseudonarciSSUS L. Daffodil. Meadows and borders of streams, 

 native in the north of the Var, elsewhere usually escaped from cultivation. In 

 the Alpes-Marit. it grows in the lower mountains above Grasse, Vence, Men- 

 ton, etc. 



N. incomparabilis Mill. Leaves flat, obtuse. Scape with i large flower. 

 Perianth-tube narrow, bright yellow crown and pale yellow, obovate mucronate, 

 spreading perianth segments. Often with double flowers, rarely single. 



Fields and sides of ditches near Toulon, Le Luc, Grasse, and Menton. 

 March-April. 



