CISTINEZ. 
Native of Spain and Portugal. Cistus involucratus, Lam. dict. 
2. p.20. Axillary branchlets leafy. Flowers yellow. 
Involucrated-flowered Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. 
Shrub 2 feet. 
13 H. cuetrantuor Des (Pers. ench. 2. p. 76.) erect, branch- 
ed ; younger branches villously-tomentose, hoary ; leaves tomen- 
tose, hoary; oblong-lanceolate, tapering out into the footstalk ; 
peduncles very short, 2-flowered; calyx somewhat villous, 5- 
sepalled, outer sepals very minute. h. F. Native of Spain. 
Sweet, cist. t. 107. Cistus cheiranthoides, Lam. dict. 2. p. 19. 
Cistus elongatus, Vahl. symb. 1. p. 38 ?—Cistus halimi folio II. 
Clus. hist. 1. p. 71. Floral leaves small, alternate. Flowers 
yellow, without a dark spot_at the base of each petal, imbricate. 
3 jraliflower-like Sun-Rose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub 
eet. 
14 H. ca’xprpum (Sweet, cist. t. 25.) erect; branches le- 
prously-white, as well as the leaves on both surfaces, which are 
obovate-lanceolate, tapering to the base, somewhat stalked, upper 
surface pilose, under surface scabrous from papille, rather 3- 
nerved ; floral ones opposite, sessile, and green on both surfaces ; 
peduncles long, rather panicled, glabrous or with a few scat- 
tered hairs; calyxes with 3 or 5 acute sepals, villous; petals 
imbricated. kh. F. Native of Spain. Petals bright yellow, 
with a dark velvety spot at the base of each, edged with 
purple. 
Whitened Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt.? Shrub 2 to 3 ft. 
15 H. waumirénium (Willd. enum. 569.) erect, branched ; 
branches leprously-white at the top, as well as the leaves on 
both surfaces; leaves on very short footstalks, ovate-oblong, 
tapering to the base; peduncles. long, branched, somewhat 
panicled, leprously-white ; calyx leprous, 5-sepalled, two outer 
ones very narrow, linear, h. F. Native of Spain and Por- 
tugal by the sea-side. Sweet, cist. t. 4. Cistus halimifdlius, 
Lin. spec. 738.—Cistus folio halimi I. Clus. hist. 1. p. 71. 
Floral leaves small, alternate. Petals yellow, spotless, or each 
marked with a small dark-bloody spot at the base, imbricate. 
Capsule 2-3-valved. 
Var. B, obtusifdlium (D. C. prod. 1. p. 269.) leaves obtuse. 
Growing along with var. a. 
Sea-Purslane-leaved. F). Ju. Aug. Clt. 1656. Shrub 3 feet. 
Secr. II. Lecneor pes (from Lechea and idea, similar ; plants 
with the habit of Léchea.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 269. Calyx 5- 
sepalled, two outer sepals narrow, linear, 3 inner ones acute, 
with searious margins. Petals yellow. Style almost wanting, 
or very short, erect. Stigma large, capitate. Ovary trian- 
gular. Capsule smooth, shining 3-valved, 1-celled. Seeds 
rufescent, small. Stems herbaceous or suffruticose, ascendant 
°F erect, usually dichotomous. Lower leaves opposite, cauline 
ones alternate, feather-nerved, on short footstalks or sessile, with- 
Out stipulas, 
* Peduncles many-flowered, axillary, or terminal. 
small, crowded, valle ” 
cose H. corymBosum (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 307.) suffruti- 
somen ranched, erect; branches dichotomous, rather pubescent, 
‘omewhat tomentosely-cinereous at the top; cauline leaves alter- 
woi oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, under surface clothed with 
asti y omentum, upper leaves with revolute margins ; corymbs 
se ale Ii? crowded ; calyx tomentosely-hairy, canescent, outer 
t Pals linear, blunt, inner ones ovate, acute, somewhat shorter 
an the capsule. h.H. Native of New J ersey and Georgia. 
tyle very short. 
Cor ymb-flowered Sun-Rose. Fl. July, Aug. Shrub 1 foot. 
erect. ke ROSMARINIFOLIUM (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 364.) 
ct, branched, dichotomous ; branches very erect, pubescent ; 
Flowers 
IJ. HELIANTHEMUM. 
305 
leaves oblong-linear, with the margins usually revolute, under 
surface clothed with hoary tomentum; axillary branchlets on 
very short peduncles, 1-3-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; inner 
sepals ovate, acute, 3 times smaller than the petals. 4.H. Na- 
tive of Georgia, Canada, and about Boston. Léchea major, 
Bigel. fl. bost. p. 29. Flowers minute, crowded. 
shining, triquetrous, rufous. Petals pale yellow. 
Rosemary-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl.1 ft. 
18 H. cromera‘rum (Lag. in litt.) suffruticose, erect, some- 
what dichotomous; branches rather tomentosely-cinereous ; 
leaves lanceolate-oblong, tapering to the base, under surface 
hoary; racemes axillary or terminal, many-flowered, smaller 
than the leaves; flowers glomerate. kh. F. Native near Aca- 
pulca and Cimupan in New Spain. Sweet, cist. t. 110. Cistus 
glomeratus, Lag. gen. et spec. p. 16. Flowers small. 
Glomerate-flowered Sun-Rose. Fl. July, Aug. 
Shrub 3 foot. 
Capsule 
Clt. 1823. 
* * Peduncles 1-flowered, bractless, situated on the branches. 
19 H. ramuuirtorum (Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 307.) 
erect, beset with powdery pili, branched at the top, somewhat 
dichotomous ; branchlets twiggy, bearing flowers ; cauline leaves 
lanceolate-elliptic or oblong, acute, with the margins scarcely 
revolute, under surface hoary-tomentose ; flowers stalked, soli- 
tary; inner sepals broad-ovate, acuminated ; capsule globose, 
length of calyx. Y%.H. Native of Carolina. Cistus virgatus, 
Thibaud, ined. Peduncles and calyxes pilose. Style very 
short, erect. 
Branch-flowered Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 1 ft. 
20 H. Canape’nseE (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 308.) ascen- 
dant; branches erect, hairy; cauline leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, hairy, under surface palest ; peduncles hairy, 1-flowered, 
solitary ; inner sepals broad-ovate, acuminated ; capsules shorter 
than the calyx. X4. H. Native of Canada and Carolina. 
Sweet, cist. 21. Cistus Canadénsis, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1199. 
Calyx hairy. Petals obcordate, imbricate. 
Canadian Sun-Rose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1799. Pl. 1 foot. 
21 H. Brasizie’nse (Pers. ench. 2. p. 77.) suffruticose; branch- 
es simple, hairy; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, sessile, hairy ; 
peduncles and calyxes hairy, canescent ; peduncles solitary, 1- 
flowered; inner sepals ovate, acuminated. h. F. Native of 
Brasil on the mountains. Sweet, cist.t.43 Cistus Brasiliénsis. 
Lam. dict. 2. p. 22. Cistus alternifolius, Vahl. symb. 1. p. 38. 
Brasilian Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1823. Shrub § foot. 
22 H. POLYGALÆFO LIUM (Sweet, cist. t. 11.) suffruticose, 
flexuous, ascending, branched; branches weak, hairy-tomen- 
tose, rather hoary; cauline leaves sessile, alternate, acute, 
ciliated, shining, lower ones oblong-lanceolate, upper ones lan- 
ceolate-linear ; peduncles 1-flowered, longer than the leaves, and 
are as well as the calyxes hairy-canescent ; inner sepals ovate, 
lanceolate, acuminated; petals obcordate, concave, crenulated, 
imbricate at the base. h.F. Native of Brasil. 
Milknort-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1823. Sh. 5 ft. 
23 H. Carozinta‘num (Michx. fi. bor. amer. 1. p. 307.) her- 
baceous, hairy, erect; leaves tomentosely-hairy, rather denticu- 
lated, green on the upper surface, on short footstalks, blunt, 
lower ones opposite, obovate, the rest alternate, oblong-ovate ; 
peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, clothed with white hairs; calyx 
hairy ; inner sepals oblong, acute. y. H. Native of Carolina 
and Georgia. Vent. cels. 74. icon. Sweet, cist. t. 99, Flowers 
large, with the petals slightly imbricate at the base. 
Carolinian Sun-Rose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. ł foot. 
24 H. a’stytum (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. and D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 284.) stems diffuse, rather herbaceous, dwarf; 
leaves generally alternate, stipulate, ovate-oblong ; sepals 5, the 
