CISTINE Æ. 
pubescence ; petals obovate, distinct. h. F. Native of the 
south of Europe. Petals crenulated, of a darkish-purple, tinged 
- with blue and with a yellow spot at the base of each. Cistus. Mas. 
Clus. hist. p. 69. icon. C. incànus £, D. C. prod. 1. p. 264. 
Canescent-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? Sh. 2 ft. 
10 C. unpura‘rus (Dun. ined. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 264.) 
leaves sessile, linear-oblong, acute, with waved margins, 3- 
nerved at the base ; peduncles solitary, each furnished with a 
bractea ; sepals taper-pointed, villous. h. F. Native? Flowers 
purple, with a yellow mark at the base of each petal. Perhaps 
only a cultivated variety of Cistus crispus. 
Waved-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Shrub 2 ft. 
11 C. cri’spus (Lin. spec. 738.) leaves sessile, linear-lanceo- 
late, undulately-curled, 3-nerved, wrinkled, pubescent; flowers 
almost sessile, 3 or 4 together, somewhat umbellate. h. F. 
Native of the south of France, Spain, and Portugal. Cav. icon. 
2. pP. 57. te 174. Sweet, cist. 22. Petals purple. 
Curled-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1656. Shrub 2 ft. 
12 C. argus (Lin. spec. 737.) leaves sessile, oblong- 
elliptical, hoary-tomentose, somewhat 3-nerved ; flowers 3 or 8, 
terminal, somewhat umbellate ; outer sepals largest. h. F. 
Native of France about Narbonne, Spain, and Portugal. Petals 
pale-purple, yellow at the base, imbricate. 
White-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1640. Shrub 2 ft. 
13 C. canpipr'ssimus.(Dun. ined. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 264.) 
_ leaves ovate-elliptical, acute, densely clothed with hoary tomen- 
tum, 3-nerved ; footstalks short and sheathing at the base, with 
pilose margins ; peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, shorter than the 
leaves ; outer sepals one-half shorter than the rest. h. F. 
Native of the Grand Canary Island in elevated pine forests. 
Flowers pale rose-coloured. Petals distinct. Sweet, cist. t. 3. 
Whitest-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1817. Sh. 4 ft. 
14 C. vacrna‘rus (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 304.) leaves lanceolate, 
acute, 3-nerved, hairy, under surface reticulated ; footstalks fur- 
rowed, dilated, and sheathing at the base, with pilose margins ; 
peduncles 3-flowered, axillary or terminal, long, bracteate at 
the base. h.F. Native of the island of Teneriffe. Jacq. hort. 
Schoenbr. 3. p. 17. t. 282. Sweet, cist. 9. Cistus symphyti- 
folius, Lam. dict. 2. p- 15. Corolla yellowish at the base, the 
rest pale-purple. Petals imbricate. 
Sheathed-petioled Rock-Rose. Fl. April. June. Clt. 1779. 
Shrub 2 feet, 
15 C. serr’cevus (Vahl. symb, 1. p. 37.) leaves ovate, tomen- 
tose, 3-nerved, lower ones on footstalks, upper ones sessile ; 
peduncles hairy. h. F. Native of Spain.—Barrel. icon. 1315. 
ars of the peduncles long, purplish. Petals and filaments 
purple. Anthers yellow. 
Silky-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1826. Shrub 3 ft. 
- HY’BRIDus (Vahl. symb. I. p. 37.) leaves ovate, hoary, 
on footstalks; branches beset with yellow scales; peduncles 
elongated, subracemose, hairy; outer sepals caducous. hk. F. 
ative of Spain. Petals purple. 
Hybrid Rock-Rose. Fl. J une, July. 
§ 2. Peduncles cymose. 
tate, 
Shrub 3 feet. 
Style almost wanting. 
shorter than the stamens. 
i 17 C. cymòsus (Dunal, ined. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 265.) leaves 
road-ovate, twisted at the top, acutish, under surface wrinkled 
and hoary ; footstalks dilated at the base, and somewhat sheath- 
ing, furrowed above ; peduncles cymose, 5-10-flowered, hoary, 
axillary or terminal. h.F. Native of ?—formerly cultivated 
in the garden of Cels, under the name of Cistus incanus. Petals 
Purple, with a yellow mark at the base of each. 
Cymose-flowered Rock-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Shrub 3 feet. 
Stigma capi- 
Seer. II. Lepdnia (Anéor, ledon, a name given by Dioscorides, 
I. Cistus. 299 
to a tree that produces a substance like ladanum, which is sup- 
posed to be Céstus Lèdon.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 265. Sepals 5, 
2 outer ones largest, and very much pointed, or wanting. Petals 
white or whitish, with a yellow or purple mark at the base of each. 
Stamens numerous, longer than the pistil, Stigma almost sessile, 
large, capitate. Capsules 5 or 10-celled, from being furnished 
with 5 or 10 seminiferous partitions, one in the middle of each 
valve. Shrubs or sub-shrubs. Leaves usually covered with 
clammy gluten. 
$ 1. Peduncles 1-flowered, or many-flowered, cymose. Sepals 
5, outer ones usually cordate at the base, and pointed at the apex. 
Capsules 5-celled. 
* Peduncles naked at the base, usually bearing beneath their 
middle two opposite small leaves. 
18 C. sarviròLus (Lin. spec. 
738.) leaves stalked, ovate, obtuse, 
wrinkled, under surface tomen- 
tose ; peduncles long, white from 
tomentum, 1-flowered, articulated 
above, solitary or tern. h. H. Na- 
tive of Switzerland,south of France, 
Italy, Greece, Spain, and Portugal. 
Cav. icon. 2. p. 31. t. 137. Jacq. 
coll. 2. p. 120. t. 8. Sweet, cist. 
54. Smith, fl. græc. t. 497. Cistus 
femina, Clus. hist. 1. p. 70. icon. 
Flowers middle-sized, white. (f.60.) 
Var. a, erectiúsculus (D.C. prod. 
1. p. 265.) stem erectish. 
Var. B, ochroletcus (D.C. prod. 
l. c.) flowers cream-coloured. 
Sage-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. 
Aug. Clt. 1548. Shrub 2 feet. , 
19 C, ostusiròLIUs (Sweet, cist. t. 42.) leaves almost sessile, 
tapering to the base, ovate-oblong, obtuse, wrinkled, clothed 
with starry pubescence; margins somewhat denticulated ; pe- 
duncles terminal, cymose, many-flowered ; outer sepals broadly- 
cordate, acute; petals obcordate, imbricated. k. F. Native 
of Crete. Petals white, with a yellow spot at the base of each. 
Obtuse-leaved Rock-Rose. FÌ. June, Aug. Clt.? Sh.1 to 14 ft. 
20 C. Curanta'nus (Presl. ex Spreng. syst. append. p. 206.) 
stem erect; leaves stalked, cordate-ovate, acute, wrinkled, 
reticulately-veined, upper surface scabrous, under surface co- 
vered with fascicled hairs, margin fringed ; peduncles pilose, 2- 
3-flowered ; sepals villous, acuminated ; petals imbricated. kh. 
F. Native of Sicily. Flowers white, with a spot of yellow at 
the base of each petal. Sweet, cist. t. 70. 
Cupani’s Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Cit.? Shrub 2 feet. 
21 C. AcUTIFÒLIUS (Sweet, cist. t. 78.) leaves cordate-ovate, 
3-nerved, reticulately-veined, pubescent on both surfaces ; 
branches twiggy, diffuse, rather prostrate; peduncles tomentose, 
generally 3-flowered; sepals cordate, acute, shining, rather 
pilose, ciliated ; petals obcordate, imbricated at the base. kh. H. 
Native —? Petals white, yellow at the bottom. C. salvifo- 
lius 3, humifusus, D. C. prod. 1. p. 265. 
Acute-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1548. 
rather procumbent. . 
22 Č. Corsarie’nsts (Pourr. in herb. D. C. prod. 1. p. 265.) 
leaves stalked, somewhat cordate, ovate, acuminated, with 
fringed margins, wrinkled on both surfaces and very glutinous ; 
peduncles long, 1-5-flowered. h. H. Native of the south of 
France on the mountains called Les Corbieres, and in Spain. 
Sweet, cist. 8. C. hybridus, Pourr. chlor. narb. p. 36. not of Vahl. 
C, salvifdlius 8, D.C. fl. fr. 4. p. 813. Petals white, imbricate. 
Qq? 
FIG. 60. 
Sh. 
