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This genus of plants is ranged in the fir'n: feclion of 

 Linnreus's thirteenth clafs, intitled Polyandria Mo- 

 nocrynia, the flowers having many flamina and but ' 



one (l}'le. 



The Species are, 

 / CisTus {Piloftis) arbqrefcens exflipiilatis foliis ovatis, 

 petiolatis hirfutis. Lin. Sp. 736. Tree Rock-rofe with 



■ iiualkaves^ ^u)hofe foot-Jialks are hairy. Ciftusmasma- 

 • jor, folio rotundiore. J. B. 2. 2. Greater male Ciftus^ 



or Rock-roje^ with a rounder leaf. 

 2. CisTus (Jncanus) arborcfcens exftipulatis foUis fpatu- 



latis tonicntofis rugofis, inferioribus bafi vaginantibus 

 ' eonnatis. HorC. Cliff. 205. Tree Rock-rofe withfpa- 



fuk'Jhaped, woolly^ rough leaves ^ which are joined at their 

 " hafe. Ciftus mas 2 folio longiore incano. J. B. 2. 2. 

 ^.CnTvs {Br evimfolius) arborefcens, foliis ovato-lan- 

 , ceolatis, bafi connatis, hirfutis, rugofis, pedunculis 



florum longioribus. Tree Rock-rofe with oval fpear- 

 ' paped leaves^ joined at their bafe^ which are hairy and 

 ; fQU^^ and longer foot-Jlalks to the flowers. Ciftus mas 



folio breviore. C. B. P. 464. 

 4. CiSTUS {Lujttanicus) arborefcens,, foliis ovatis, ob- 



■ tufis, villofis, fobtus nervofis rugofis, floribus am- 

 ' plioribus. Tree Rock-rofe^ with oval^ obttife^ hairy 



albo, macula punicante infignito. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 

 260. Spanijh Gum-bearing Ciflus with white flowers 

 fpotted with purple. 



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. ^xox^^o s^j. y^««_/(/;^«j; ^lAuurciccnsexinpuiatus, tolas 

 cordatis Isevibus acuminatis petiolatis, Hort. Cliff. 



205. Tree Rock-rofe with heart-Jhapcd fmootb leaves, 

 having foct-pJks. Ciftus ledon foliis populi nierse 

 major. C. B. P. 467. ^ ^ ^ 



'). CisTus {Crifpus) arborefcens exftipulatus, foliis lan- 

 ceolatis pubelccntibus trinerviis unduktis. Hort. Cliff, 



206. Rock-rofe with fpear-fhaped, hairy ^ waved leaves, 

 having three veins, Ciftus mas, foliis chamsedryos. 

 C. B. P. 464. 



CiSTus {Halimifolius) foliis ovatis, incanis, inferne 

 petiolatis, fupcrne coalitis, caulc fruticofo. Rock-rofe 



thofe beneath having ft 



tfe, and ajhrubby flat 

 Ciftus Halimi, folio i. Cluf. Hift. i. p, 71. Cfl 



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petiolatis, floribus racemofis caule fruticofo. Rock- 

 rofe with narrow fpear-fhaped leaves^ having foot-ftalks 

 which are hoary^ flowers growing in clufters, and a 

 flrruhhy ftalk. Ciftus folio halimi longiore incano. J. 



leaves, which are nervous and rough on their under fide ^ I B. 2. 5. 



and larger flowers. Ciftus mas Lufitanicus, folio am- ! Thcfe plants all gr6w naturally in the fouth of France, 



pliffimo incano. Tourn. Lift. 259. 

 ^. Cistus {Hifpaniciis) arborefcens villofus, foliis lan- 

 ^ ceolatis, viridibus, bafi connatis, floribus feffilibus. 



in Spain, and Portugal, from whence their feeds 

 have been brought to England, where moft of the 

 forts arc now cultivated in the nurferies for fale. The 



calycibus acutis. Uairy-trce Rock-rofe with green Jpear- I firft fort hath a ftrong woody ftem, covered with a 

 I Jbaped leaves joined at their hafe, flowers fittin clofe^ and I rough bark, wliich riles three or four feet high, di- 

 \ Jharp-pointed erapalements. 



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t CisTus {Ladaniferus) arborefcens exftipulatus, foliis 

 lanccolatis, fupra la^vibus, petiolis bafi coalitis va- 

 • ginantibus. Hort, Cliff. 205. Tree Rock-rofe withfpear- 

 [ Jhaped leaves, fmootb on their upper ftde, and their foot- 



. Jlalks joining like fheath. Ciftus ladanifera Hifpanica 

 incans. C. 13, P. 467. 



->|^. CisTus {Albidus) arborefcens exftipulatus foliis ovato- 



lanceolatis tomentofis incanis, feffilibus fubtrinerviis. 



' Sauv. Monfp. 1 50. Tree Rock-rofe with oval, fpear- 



.' Jbaped, woolly leaves, fitting clofc to the ftalks. Ciftus 



. mas folio oblongo incano. C. B. P. 464. 



jt CiSTuS (Salvifolius) arborefcens exftipulatus, foliis 

 ^ ovatis petiolatis utrinque hirfutis. Hort. Cliff. 205. 



:\Rock'rofe with oval haify leaves;^ having foot-ftalks. 



-Ciftus foemina, folio falvia?, fupina humifpaifa. C. 



^^ B. P. 466. 



^ (J. CisTus(Cr^/;V;^j) arborefcens exftipulatus, foliis fpa- 

 tulato-ovatis petiolatis enerviis fcabrls, calycinis lan- 

 ccolatis. Lin. Sp. 738. Tree Rock-rofe with ovalfpatule- 



\fljaped rough leaves without veins, [having foot-ftalks. 



[ Ciftus ladanifera Cretica flore purpureo. Tourn. Cor. 



.'- tg, Gum-learlng Ciftus of Crete with a purple flower. 



\o,Xnit% [Ole^rfcVtus) fruticofus, foliis lineari-lanceo- 



^ lads, hirfutis, feffilibus, floribus termlnalibus. Shrubby 



■ Rock-rofe with narrow^ fpear-fhaped, hairy leaves, fitting 

 \ flofe to the branches, ana flowers terminating the ftalks. 



.^Ciftus ledon foliis olece fed anguftioribus. G. B. P. 



i}* CisTus [Laurifolius) arborefcens exftipulatus foliis 

 ^ oblongo-ovatis petiolatis, trinerviis fupra glabris. 



■ Tree Rock-rofe with oblong oval leaves, having foot- 

 ftalks^ fmootb above, and the foot-ftalks joined at their 



. hfe. Ciftus ledon foliis laurinus.^ C. B. P. 476. 



n. CiSTus {Cordifoliiis) foliis oblongo-cordatis, glabris, 

 petiolis longioribus, caule fruticofo. Rock-rofe with 

 ohkng, heart-ftmped, fmootb leaves, longer foot-ftalks, 



' /ifuU jhrubby ftalk. 



^'i- S'^Y^^^ [Monfp clicnfls) arborefcens exftipulatus, fo- 

 his lineari-bnceolatis, fcffdibus, utrinque villofis, tri- 

 wrvns. Hort. Cliff 205. Tree Rock-rofe with linear 

 fpcarfljaped leaves fitting clcfe to the branches, hairy on 

 both fides, having three nerves. Ciftus ladanifera Monf- 

 pehenfiim. C. B. P. 467. 



14- CiSTL's {Salicifoiiiis) arborefcens, foliis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis, fubtus incanis, trinerviis, pctalis fubrotundis. 

 Tree Rock-rofe ' 



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ith narrow fpcar-ftaped leaves, hoary 

 en their under fide, having" three nerves with roundiflo pe- 

 ^^'Is. Ciftus ladanifera llifpanica, falicis tbVio, florc 





viding into many branches, fo as to form a large 

 buftiy head ; garniftied with oval hairy leaves, placed 

 oppofite, and fit clofe to the branches, having feveral 

 fmaller leaves of the fame form, rifing from the fame 

 joint. The flowers are produced at the end of the 

 branches, four or five ftanding together, almoft in 

 form of an umbel, but rarely more than one is open 

 at the fame time ; thefe are compofed of five large 

 roundifti petals of a purple colour, which fpread open 

 like a Rofe, having a great number of ftamina, fur- 

 rounding the oval germen in the center, tenninated 

 by fmall, roundifti, yellow fummits; thefe flowers 

 are but of fliort duration, generally falling off the 

 fame day they expand ; but there is a fucceffion of 

 frefii flowers every day for a confiderable time. After 

 the flowers arc paft, the germen fwells to an oval 

 feed-veffel, fitting in the empalement, which is hairy> 

 thefe capfules hai'^e ten cells, which are full of fmall 

 roundifli feeds. This fort flowers in May and June, 

 and the feeds ripen in autumn-, and there is generally 

 more flowers produced in September and October, if 

 the autumn proves favourable, and where the plants 

 are protected from froft, they frequently produce fome 

 flowers all the winter feafon. 



The fecond fort differs from the firft in the fliapc of 

 the leaves, which are longer and whiter ; thofe on 

 the lower part of the branches are oval, and join at 

 their bafe, furrounding the ftalks, but the upper 

 leaves are Ipear-ftiaped and diftinft -, the flowers are 

 larger, and of a paler purple colour. This flowers 

 and ripens feeds at the fame time with the firft. 

 The third fort differs from both the former, in having 

 ftiortcr and greener leaves, which are joined at their 

 bafe, and are hairy. The foot-ftalks of the flowers 

 are much longer, and the flowers are fmalk'r, but of 

 a deeper purple. This flowers and feeds at the fame 

 time with the two former, and the flirubs grow as 



large as the firft fort. 



The fourth fort hath much larger and rounder leaves 

 than either of the former, which are hairy, and 

 fmooth on their upper fide, but rough, and full of 

 veins on their under ; the branches are white, hairy, 

 and the flowers arc very large, and of a light purple 

 colour. I'his flowers at the fame time with the 



former. 



The fifth fort doth not rife fo high as either of the 

 former, but fends out branches near the root, which 

 are hairy and ereft, garnifl^cd with fpear-fiiaped 

 leaves, of a dark green colour, which join at their 



