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Cistus Formosus. Beaurirun Cistus. — 
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Cla/s and Order. 
Potyanpria Monoeynia. 
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Generic Charaé&er. 
‘or. 5-petala, Cal. 5-phyllus, foliolis  duobus minoribus. : 
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ic red : 
_ Mr. Lez, Nurferyman of Hammerfmith, informs me, th 
in the year 1780, he raifed the Ciftus here figured from fe 
the produce of Portugal, and as its flowers were uncom 
beautiful, he was induced to name it Sormofus. 
It approaches fo near to the Cifus halimifolius in point of 
habit, in the form and colour of its leaves and flowers, that 
we are inclined rather to regard it as a variety of that plant, 
‘than as a diflin& {pecies ; at the fame time it muft be allowed - 
to be a very ftriking variety, the flowers being at leaft thrice 
as large as thofe of the halimifolius ufually are, and the whol 
plant more hairy: as an ornamental fhrub, it is highly de 
ferving a place in all curious colle@ions.. 
It will grow very well in the open border in warm fheltered 
‘fituations, it may be kept alfo in a pot, by which means ! 
may more readily be fheltered during the winter, either 1 
the greenhoufe or under a frame. 
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It flowers carly in May, and may be increafed by cuttings 
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