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_ €1stus Lapanirerus. Gum Cistus. 
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Clafs and Order. 
PotyANDRIA MonoGyYNIA: 
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Generic Charaéfer. 
Corolla g-petala. Calyx 5-phyllus: foliolis duobus minoribus 
Capfula. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
CISTUS /adaniferus arborefcens ex fRipulatus, foliis lanceo- 
latis fupra levibus, petiolis bafi coalitis vaginanti- 
—s rbus. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 497- 
CISTUS ladanifera Hifpanica incana. Baub. Pin. 467. 
-CISTUS Ledon. The Gum Cifius or Sweete Holly Rofe. — 
Park. Parad. p. 422. | 
pee ea ———— 
One of the moft ornamental hardy fhrubs we poffefs; at — 
once pleafing to the eye, ahd grateful to the fimell; for, a — 
Mivver obferves, the whole plant in warm weather exudes | 
a fweet glutinous fubftance, which has a very ftrong balfamic 
{cent, fo as to perfume the circumambient air to a great 
diftance. 
Its bloffoms, which appear in June and July in great pro- 
_ fufion, exhibit a remarkable inftance of quickly-fading beauty, 
- opening and expanding to the morning fun, and before night 
ftrewing the ground with their elegant remains: as cach fuc+ 
ceeding day produces new bloffoms, this deciduous difpofi- 
tion of the petals, common to the genus, is the lefs to be re- 
 gretted. : 
Is a native of Spain and Portugal, prefers a dry foil and 
warm fheltered fituation, and in very fevere feafons requires 
fome kind of covering. frie 
Cultivated 1656, by Mr. Joun Trapescanyt, jun. Atte 
Hort. Kew. Be 
Is readily increafed from cuttings; but MiLLeR remarks, — 
that the beft plants are raifed from feeds. se 
- Varies with waved leaves, and in having petals without soe 
fpot at the bafe. ee 
Is not the plant from whence the Ladanum of the fhops *_ 
produced, though affording in warmer countries than ours = 
fimilar gum, hence its name of /adanifera is not ftriftly prope 
