CISTINEE. 
97 H. erav'cum (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) stem suffruticose, 
branched ; branches ascendant, hoary-tomentose, hispid at the 
top; leaves ciliated on their margins, scarcely revolute, tomen- 
tose on both surfaces, under surface hoary, upper surface green- 
ish-glaucous ; lower leaves round, the rest elliptic, or lanceolate- 
oblong ; stipulas and bracteas pubescent, green; pedicels and 
calyxes beset with white hairs. h. H. Native of Spain and 
Italy. Sweet, cist. t. 111. Cistus glaticus, Cay. icon. 3. p. 31. 
t. 261. but not of Desf. Petals sulphur-coloured. 
Var. a, acutiúsculum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 279.) upper leaves 
oblong, rather acuminated, upper surface glaucescent ; calyxes 
clothed with soft hairs. 
Var. B, obtusiisculum, upper leaves oblong-elliptical; bluntish, 
upper surface roughish, green; calyxes somewhat hispid. 
Glaucous Sun-Rose. Fl. June, August. 
1 foot. 
98 H. romenro'sum (Dunal, ined. and D.C. prod. 1. p. 279.) 
stem suffruticose, branched; branches elongated, ascendant, 
somewhat canescent ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, usually with re- 
volute margins, under surface hoary-tomentose, upper surface 
smoothish, green ; calyxes furrowed, with elevated pilose nerves. 
h. H. Native of Spain and France: in Britain, on the moun- 
tains of Scotland. Smith, eng. bot. 2208.—Scop. carn. t. 24? 
Pedicels hoary, pilosely-tomentose. Bracteas smooth. Calyx 
violaceous. Petals yellow, imbricate. Stipulas a little fringed. 
Tomentose Sun-Rose. Fl. July. Scotland. Shrub trailing. 
99 H. Barpa‘tum (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79. Sweet, cist. t. 73.) 
stem suffruticose, erect, much branched; branches clothed 
with fascicled hairs ; leaves hairy, green on both surfaces ; lower 
ones roundish-ovate, upper ones elliptical ; stipulas oblong, cili- 
ated, hairy, longer than the footstalks of the leaves ; racemes 
long, hairy, bearded, many-flowered ; calyxes warted, hairy ; 
petals crenulated, imbricate at the base. h. H. Native of the 
south of Europe. Cistus barbatus, Lam. dict. 2. p. 24. Petals 
yellow. 
Bearded-racemed Sun-Rose. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
100 H. rerrorny’tium (Dunal, ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 
279.) stem suffruticose, woody, rather procumbent, branched ; 
ranches ascendant, rather tomentose, greyish; leaves narrow, 
oblong-linear, tapering into the short footstalks, with revolute 
margins, under surface covered with short cinereous tomentum, 
upper surface smoothish, green; stipulas awl-shaped, pilose, 
scarcely longer than the footstalks ; racemes long; calyxes co- 
vered with long hairs. h. H. Native of Spain. Sweet, cist. 
t 20. Cistus angustifòlius, Lag. in litt. but not of Jacq. 
Cistus steechadifdlius, Hortul. Calyxes furrowed. Petals yellow, 
imbricate. Bracteas minute. Racemes loose. 
Slender-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 
procumbent. 
101 H. ACUMINA'TUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) branches erect, 
pilose at the base and the apex, middle naked ; leaves on long 
footstalks, oblong, with revolute margins, green on both surfaces, 
pilose, under surface rather tomentose ; stipulas smoothish, linear, 
puget than the footstalks of the leaves ; racemes rather hairy, 
ew-flowered, loose ; calyxes smooth, shining, transparent. h. 
Native of the fields about Nice. Cistus serpyllifolius, 
ee ined. Cistus acuminatus, Viv. fragm. 13. t. 14. f. 1. is 
ruly distinet from this plant, and is evidently a variety of 
* ullatum, or an allied species. 
dcuminate Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
ec H. SERPYLLIFO LIUM (Mill, dict. no. 8.) stem suffruticose ; 
whe a mage vat glabrous at the base and pilose at the apex; 
ae o long-elliptical, with rather revolute margins, under- 
ace hoary-tomentose, upper surface intensely green, shining, 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
II. HELIANTHEMUM. 
Clt. 1815. Shrub 
311 
at first rather pilose, afterwards almost smooth; stipulas and 
bracteas green, ciliated ; calyxes canescent, with inconspicuous 
down, and with the nerves sparingly pilose. h. H. Native 
of the alps of Styria and Austria, as well as on the mountains 
of Spain. Sweet, cist. t. 60. Cistus serpyllifolius, Lin. spec. 
743. As in the preceding and following plants, the lower leaves 
are smaller, orbicular, and ovate. Petals distinct. 
Wild-thyme-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. May, Sept. 
Shrub procumbent. 
103 H. vurea're (Geert. fruct. 1. p. 371. t. 76.) stem suffru- 
ticose, procumbent, branched; branches elongated; leaves 
scarcely revolute at the margins, under surface cinereously- . 
hoary, upper surface green, pilose, somewhat ciliated ; lower leaves 
somewhat orbicular, middle ones ovate-elliptical, upper ones 
oblong; stipulas oblong-linear, ciliated, longer than the foot- 
stalks of the leaves ; racemes loose ; pedicels and calyxes pilose. 
hk. H. Native of dry and hilly pastures throughout Europe ; 
common in Britain. Cistus Helianthemum, Lin. spec. 1. p. 744. 
Fl. dan. t. 101. Smith, engl. bot. 1321. Curt. fi. lond. fase. 5. 
t. 36. Petals yellow, entire, with a fulvous base, imbricate. 
Var. a; branches rather tomentose, pubescent; stipulas 
hardly longer than the footstalks of the leaves. 
Var. B; branches glabrous at the base, pubescent at the 
top; stipulas 2 or 3 times longer than the footstalks of the 
leaves. 
Var. y, flore-pleno ; flowers double. 
Common Sun-Rose. Fl. May, September. 
trailing. l 
104 H. Surresa'num (Mill. dict. no. 15.) stem suffruti- 
cose, procumbent ; leaves ovate-oblong, rather pilose; racemes 
many-flowered, terminal; petals narrow lanceolate, jagged. h . H. 
Native of England in the county of Surrey, near Croydon. 
Sweet, cist. t. 28. Cistus Surrejanus, Lin. spec. 743. Smith, engl. 
bot. 2207.—Dill. elth. 177. t. 145. f. 174. Stipulas linear-lan- 
ceolate, length of petioles. Calyxes pilose. Petals distinct. 
Surrey Sun-Rose. FI, July, Oct. England. Shrub 4 foot. 
105 H. ova'tum (Dunal. ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 280.) 
stem suffruticose, procumbent, much branched ; branches villous, 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate, tapering into the footstalks, bluntish, 
silky-villous on both surfaces, ciliated ; stipulas somewhat longer 
than the footstalks of the leaves villously-ciliated ; peduncles 1- 
3-flowered, terminal; calyxes rather villous. h. H. Native 
on- the mountains between Viterbo and Ronciglione, and in the 
Alps about Genoa. Cistus ovatus, Viv. frag. 1. p. 6. t. 8. f. 2. 
Hairs white, silky. 
Ovate-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 
procumbent. l 
106 H.cranpirLorum (D. C. fi. fr. 4. p. 821.) stem suffru- 
ticose, ascendant; branches hairy ; upper leaves flattish, oblong, 
rather pilose, upper surface green, under surface sometimes pale- 
cinereous ; stipulas ciliated, rather longer than the footstalks of the 
leaves ; flowers large ; calyxes rather hairy. %.H. Native of 
the Pyrenees. Sweet, cist. t. 69. Cistus grandiflorus, Scop. carn. 
ed. 2. no. 648. t. 25. Differing from H. vulgare, in being 
larger in all its parts. Peduncles and calyxes covered with 
spreading hairs. Flowers cream-coloured Petals imbricate. 
Large-flowered Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. Sh.$ ft. 
107 H. osscu‘rum (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) stem suffruticose, 
ascendant, much branched; branches hairy ; leaves elliptical, hairy 
on both surfaces, greenish, upper ones elliptic ; stipulas ciliated, 
longer than the footstalks ; racemes long; calyxes hairy. h. H. 
Native of Europe in woods. H. obscùrum a, D. C. fl. fr. 6. 
p- 624. The lower leaves are roundish and ovate, as well as in 
the preceding and following species. 
Obscure Sun-Rose. Fl. May, Aug. 
ascendant 4 to 1 foot. 
Clt. 1731. 
Sweet, cist. t. 64. 
Britain. Shrub 
Clt, 1816. Shrub 
