> A. The Stamina. 
= gl. 
CISTUS HELIANTHEMUM, DWARF cisrus a 
"BRUCEA ROSE. 
> NE ho Hd 
Cat and Ond rj 
PoLYARDRA MoxoGYNIA: 
| Generic Charaéter. KE 
for. > -petala, Cal. 5-phyllus, foliolis duobus ES 
| Specific Character, 
CISTUS Helianthemum, faffruticofus procumbens, ftipulis - 
lanceolatis, foliis oblongis revolutis De Flo. Lon. 
— 44907 
Explanation of the 7 1 GURES, 
. B. The Piftil and Stamina. 
C. One of the Stamina, magnified. ` | 
D. The Seed Veffel. 
E. The fame, as it (when ripe) naturally Ee to dn. 
` fharge the Seeds. 
F. Form of the particles of Farina. 
A native of the fouth of France, Spain and Portugal, and ` 
of fome parts of England. There are three Varieties of this 
Specie, one bearing a pale red, the fecond a white, and the 
third a yellow Flower. They are all hardy Plants, and may be 
propagated by Cuttings or by Seeds---though Seeds, as of moft 
Plants, are by far the moft fuccefsful.- It moft ufually delights 
m a dry foil, or in fpringing up uL rocky fragments; its 
figures ie h not luxurigntly beautiful, is pana andmea, © — 
and de y is cultivated in many garderis 
The Flowers are of fhort duration, but are immediately ` 
fucceeded by others, fo that, if a favourable feafon, they may 
k = met with from June till the latter end of October or be: 
‘ginning of November, 
