CISTINE#. II. 
Hairy-stemmed Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1817. Pl. 3 tol ft. 
35 H. tnconspi’cuum (Thib. ined. in Pers. ench.-2. p. 77.) 
branched, di-trichotomous, rather hairy, slender ; leaves oblong- 
linear, narrow, hairy, opposite, upper ones stipulate, extreme 
ones alternate ; racemes long, filiform; pedicels short, secund ; 
flowers minute; petals oblong-linear, smaller than the calyx, 
outer ones with pilose edges. ©. H. Native of Spain and Cor- 
sica. H. præ'cox, Saltzm. exsic. : 
Inconspicuous Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1819. Pl. 4 ft. 
36 H. ruxcra rum (Willd. enum. 570.) branched, dichoto- 
mous, rather tomentosely pubescent, somewhat cinereous ; leaves 
oblong, feather-nerved, rather cinereous, covered with short, 
roughish, stellate hairs; lower leaves opposite, obtuse, upper 
ones alternate, acutish, stipulate ; racemes long, pubescent, cine- 
reous, few-flowered. ©. H. Native of the west of France. Sweet, 
cist. t. 61. Cistus punctatus, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1199. Pedun- 
cles rarely bearing a large bract or small leaf in the middle. 
Pedicels filiform, long. Petals serrulated, small, yellow, with a 
darker spot on the base of each, distinct. 
Dotted-petalled Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1816. Pl. 4 ft. 
Secr. IV. Macuta‘ria (from macula, a spot, in allusion to 
the petals having a dark spot at the base of each). D.C. prod. 
l. p. 271. Calyx 5-sepalled, 2 outer sepals narrow, 3 inner 
ones striated. Petals yellow, with a dark spot at the base of 
each. Style straight and erect, twice the length of the ovary, 
almost equal in length to the stamens. Stigma small, somewhat 
3-lobed. Capsule smooth. Subshrubs or herbs. Leaves on 
footstalks, feather-nerved, narrow, without stipulas. Flowers 
terminal, solitary, or racemose. Racemes few-flowered ; pedi- 
cels secund, bracteate at their base; bracteas small, awl-shaped. 
37 H. ruyuza‘rum (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 816.) stem suffruticose, 
twisted, branched ; branchlets pubescent, filiform; leaves flat, 
oblong, acuminated at the base, with the margins usually ciliated ; 
flowers solitary, or from 2-4 flowers in a sort of racemed umbel, 
terminal, on short pedicels. h.H. Native of the Alps of 
Piedmont. Cístus lunulatus, All. auct. p. 30. t. 2. f. 3. Calyx 
when in flower reflexed. Petals yellow, almost entire or much 
crenulated, each marked with a copper-coloured moon-shaped 
Spot towards the claw. 
y ar. a; upper surface of leaves green, under surface whitish. 
Var. B; leaves smaller, and hoary on both surfaces. 
Lunulate-marked-petalled Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 
1826. P]. 1 foot. 
88 H. reriora rum (Thib. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 77.) stem 
twisted at the base ; branches generally dichotomous, ascendant, 
slender, leprously-tomentose, cinereous ; leaves oblong-linear, 
acute, drawn out at the base into the long footstalk, leprously- 
tomentose on both surfaces, under surface hoary, upper surface 
Breenish-glaucous; racemes small, few-flowered ; pedicels and 
calyx pubescent. ©. H. Native of Spain. Petals, stamens, 
and pistil unknown. 
Long-stalked-leaved Sun-Rose. 
Sect. V. BRACHYPE'TALUM (from Bpayve, brachys, short, 
qa TeTraov, petalon, a petal; because the petals are shorter 
an the sepals). D.C. prod. 1. p. 271. Calyx 5-sepalled, 
Outer sepals minute, inner sepals 3-nerved, acuminated. Petals 
Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
- yellow, sometimes with a small dark spot at the base of each, 
Usually shorter than the calyx. Stamens few, 10-20, surround- 
Ing the ovary. Style straight, erect, thickened at the top. 
Stigma simple. Ovary triquetrous, with the angles usually pilose. 
apsule triquetrous, rather shining. Seeds numerous, minute, 
pa €, angular. Annual herbs, with stalked, stipulate, feather- 
erved, somewhat denticulate, opposite leaves, floral ones alter- 
nate. Stipulas oblong-linear, upper ones longest. Peduncles 
VOL. I.—PART IV. 
HELIANTHEMUM. 305 
1-flowered, short, solitary, rarely axillary, usually almost oppo- 
site the Jeaves or opposite the bracteas, somewhat erect, hori- 
zontal, or bent backwards. . . 
* Peduncles erectish, shorter than the leaves. Inner sepals 
3-nerved. 
39 H. vit.osum (Thib. in Pers. ench. 2. p.78.) stem tomen- 
tose, hairy, somewhat cinereous ; leaves stalked, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, somewhat denticulated, villously tomentose on both 
surfaces, but much more so on the under surface, stipulate : 
racemes long, secund, revolute at the top before flowering, 
axillary and terminal ; peduncles erect, villously-cinereous, gene- 
rally opposite the bracteas ; calyx oblong, acuminated, villous. 
©.H. Native of Spain. Cistus villòsus, Thib. herb. Lag in 
litt. not of Lam. Cistus annuus, Lamb. herb. Bracteas sessile, 
ovate-oblong, sometimes sparingly toothed. Petals lanceolate, nar- 
row, for the most part denticulated, shorter than the sepals. 
Var.a; stem very simple, erect. 
Var. (3; stem branched at the base; branches long, simple, 
ascendant. 
Villous Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 3 foot. 
40 H. Nixo’t1cum (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) branches erect or 
ascendant, rather tomentose or villous, cinereous ; leaves on 
short footstalks, opposite, oblong-elliptical, tomentosely-villous, 
upper ones alternate, opposite the flowers, all stipulate ; peduncles 
erect, and are as well as the pointed calyx tomentosely-hairy. 
©.H. Native of Egypt, Barbary, Spain and South of France. 
Cistus Nil6éticus, Lin. mant. 246. 
Var. a, eréctum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 272.) stem erect, simple, or 
branched ; branches ascendant ; peduncles and calyxes villously- 
hairy. 
Var. B, màjus (D. C. prod. l. c.) stem erect, branched ; 
branches ascendant, and are as well as the leaves and peduncles 
rather tomentose. This variety has, from high cultivation, 
become larger in all its parts than the other varieties. 
Var. y, procúmbens (D.C. prod. l. c.) stems procumbent, as- 
cendant, tomentosely-hairy, rather hoary ; leaves tomentose on 
both surfaces, but especially on the under surface. Cistus ledi- 
fòlius, Gouan. fl. monsp. p. 264? Ger. gallo-prov. p. 392. 
no. 2. Perhaps a distinct species. 
Nilotic Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. Pl. 3 tol ft. 
41 H. teprrorium (Willd. enum. 571.) erect, puberulous ; 
leaves stalked, oblong-elliptic, opposite, somewhat denticulated, 
smoothish, stipulate ; peduncles erect, smoothish, shorter than 
the calyx ; calyx pointed, rather pubescent. ©. H. Native of 
the south of France and Spain. In England on Brent downs, 
Somersetshire. Sweet, cist. 41. Cistus ledifolius, Lin. spec. 
742. Smith, engl. bot. t. 2414. Cistus annuus, folio ledi. 
Lob. icon. 2. p. 118. Very like H. Niléticum. Flowers pale- 
yellow. Petals distinct. 
Ledum-leaved Sun-Rose. 
to 1 foot. 
** Peduncles horizontal, longer than the leavesyr bracteas. 
Flowers erect ; inner sepals 3-nerved. 
42 H. iterme’pium (Thib. ined. and D. C. prod: 1. p. 272.) 
erect, branched ; branches slender, erect, or spreading, ascend- 
ant, somewhat cinereously-villous; leaves stalked, obovate- 
oblong, bluntish, rather denticulated, veiny, tomentose, stipulate ; 
stipulas linear-oblong, upper ones scarcely twice the length of 
the footstalks ; peduncles and calyxes cinereously-villous, gene- 
rally opposite the leaves; calyx oblong. ©. H. Native of 
Spain near Aranjuez. Cistus salicifdlius, Cav. icon. no. 156. 
t. 144. Plant somewhat cinereous. Floral leaves or bracteas, 
alternate, linear-oblong, usually stalked, furnished with 1-2 sti- 
pulas, sometimes solitary, entire, or cut, generally shorter than 
the peduncles. Flowers slender. 
Rr 
Fl. June, July. Britain. Pl. $ 
