34 OTHER MAQUIS PLANTS. 



The Juniper, laden with big reddish berries, which 

 grows in the Maquis is J'. Oxvccdrns (Fig. p. 245). Its 

 berries are used in the East and in Greece for the same 

 purpose as those of our own Juniper. ^Jlie wood resists 

 the action ot tiie atmosphere and the attacks of wood- 

 worms, and images of the Gods were made out of it in 

 ancient times. 



In places where the ^'egetation is less dense the 

 Glohiilaria Alvpiini (Fig. p. 207) raises its prett\' blue 

 flower-heads which grow at the ends .of its twigs. 



AMiere the ground is so poor that other plants 

 cannot subsist the C/adoin'a alcicoriiis forms a thick 

 carpet. This gre\' lichen is distributed over the whole 

 of Europe, N. Africa, X. America and part of Asia. 



Everywhere in the Matjuis at Antibes we find the 

 shrubb\' (^li\e. Like the evergreen Oak the Olive has 

 adapted itself to the Maquis and become a shrub. It 

 has altered so much that even the ancients distinguished 

 it h\ the name of Oleaster. 



The Oleaster, like the M\'rtle, ventures ver\' close 

 down to the beach. They brave the violent winds from 

 the sea and are often rounded b\' these as though the\' 

 had been trimmed b\- hand. The branches nearest the 

 sea arc sometimes actualh' dead. The twigs of the 

 Olive, the emblem ot Peace, become spinous in the 

 Oleaster. The\' are so sharp and formidable that the-\- 

 make the plant almost unapproachable. 



The Siui]((.\ asperti (Fig. p. 3.S7 j, called "Italienische 

 Stechwinde" in (jerman, is alwa^■s associated with the 

 shrLibs of the Maquis however close to the shore the\' 



