( 1782 ) 

 Cistus LiEViPES. Cluster-leaved Cistus. 



: C/«ss oTirf Order. 



POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. 5-petaIa. Cat. 5-phylIus : foliolis 2 minoribus. Capsula. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Cistus Icevipes ; suffruticosus adscendens exstipulatus, foliis 

 alternis fasciculatis filiformibus glabris, .pedunculis race- 

 mosis. Sp. PL 739. ed. mild. 2. p. 1190. Hort. Kew. 

 ed. alt. 3. p. 308. Jacq. Vindob. 2. p. 74. t. 158. Cavan. 

 Ic. 2. p. 56. t. 173. Mart. Mill. Diet. n. 15. 



Cistus suft'ruticosus, procumbens, foliis alternatim confertis 

 inaequalibus setaceis. Ger. Prov. 394. t. 14. 



Cistus humilis massiliotica, camphorata? tenuissimis foliis 

 glabris. Pluk. Aim. 107. t. 84. / 6. 



Helianthejvium levipes. Lam. et Dec. Fl. Franc. 4. p. 816. 



Cistus lavipes, calycina, and Fumana, have a very near 

 affinity to each other : Icevipes is a low under-shrub, which 

 when cultivated in pots, as it usually is with us, always rises 

 with straight stems, but so slender as to require support when 

 exposed to the weather. Native specimens have generally an 

 ascending stem. 



Prom its abundant, lively, yellow flowers, and uncommon 

 foliage, it makes an agreeable variety ; and it takes up very 

 little room. 



Native of the South of France, and too tender to endure 

 our winters, without the protection of a greenhouse. Flowers 

 from June to August. Cultivated, according to Mr. Aiton, 

 in 1690, in the royal garden at Hampton-Court. Communi- 

 cated by N. Hodson, Esq. of the War-Office. 



