Most Botanists of the present day, and even Willdenow, 

 in his Enumeration, have again separated the genus Heli- 

 anthemum from Cistus ; and indeed they appear at first sight 

 to be sufficiently distinct ; but as the fruit of not nearly all the 

 species has as yet been examined, and we have alreadv 

 given some that belong to Helianthemum, under the name 

 of Cistus, we think it right, for the present, to follow the 

 example of the Hortus Kewensis, and keep them under the 

 same genus. 



We have not dared to consider the fringed petals as a 

 specific character, suspecting that it is not constant, as the 

 same variation takes place in a degree in some other species. 



Our plant has great affinity with Cistus surrejanus ; the 

 roughness of the upper surface of the leaves being occasioned 

 by short hairs collected in fascicles, gives them likewise 

 something of a dotted appearance ; and should the extreme 

 narrowness of the petals in the latter be found to be not 

 constant, they might be considered as the same. 



It is quite hardy, and well-suited for ornamenting rock- 

 work. Communicated by N. Hodson, Esq. of the War- 

 Office, who informs us, that he received it from the Botanic 

 Garden at Cambridge. Native of the South of France, 



