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Image 1. Lavandula officinalis, la Lavande, or lavender,
the most emblematic plant of Provence, except perhaps for the poppy.

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Image 2. Legousia speculum-veneris, le Miroir de Vénus, or Venus' looking-glass

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Image 3. Legousia speculum-veneris, le Miroir de Vénus, or Venus' looking-glass

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Image 4. Leuzea conifera, la Leuzée conifère.
The lower bud looks remarkably like a miniature pinecone


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Image 5. Limodorum abortivum, le Limodore à feuilles avortées, the limodore, a wild orchid

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Image 6. Limodorum abortivum, le Limodore à feuilles avortées, the limodore, a wild orchid

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Image 7. Linaria alpina, or Alpine toadflax

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Image 8. Linaria alpina, or Alpine toadflax

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Image 9. Probably Linaria striata, la Linaire striée, a kind of toadflax

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Image 10. Possibly Linaria supina, the lesser butter and eggs

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Image 11. Linum campanulatum, le Lin campanulé, a species of flax

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Image 12. Linum narbonense, or narbonne flax

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Image 13. Linum suffruticosum, le Lin sous-arbrisseau, or white flax

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Image 14. Lonicera etrusca, le Chèvrefeuille étrusque, or Etruscan honeysuckle

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Image 15. Lonicera etrusca, le Chèvrefeuille étrusque, or Etruscan honeysuckle

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Image 16. Possibly Lotus corniculatus, a yellow pea, found in the subalpine zone

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Image 17. Lythrum salicaria, or purple loosestrife

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Image 18. Malva sylvestris, la Mauve sauvage, or common mallow

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Image 19. Matricaria sp., a kind of chamomile

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Image 20. Medicago sativa subsp. sativa, la Luzerne cultivée, in English, lucerne or alfalfa

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Image 21. Melampyrum arvense, or field cow-wheat

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Image 22. A species of Melilotus, yellow sweet clover, oryYellow melilot

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Image 23. Monotropa hypopitys, known as Dutchman's pipe, yellow bird's-nest
or pinesap, a parasitic plant that has no chlorophyll.


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Image 24. Muscari comosum, le Muscari à toupet, or tassel hyacinth

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Image 25. Muscari neglecta, le Muscari négligé,or perhaps M. armeniacum,
both of them species of grape hyacinth


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Image 26. Possibly a seedhead of Muscari neglecta

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