24 POLYANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Cistus. 



* * Herbaceous^ isoithout stipulas. 



2. C. guttatus. Spotted Annual Cistus. 



Stem herbaceous. Stipulas and bracleas none. Leaves 

 opposite, lanceolate, three-ribbed. 



C. guttatus. Linn.Sp.Pl.74\. M'illd. v.2. l\98. Fl.Br.573. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 8. t. 544. R. Grcec. t. 498. Curt. Lond.fasc. G. 

 t. 33. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 9. 1 - Davies Welsh Botanol. 53. 



C. serratus. Cavan. Ic. v. 2. 57. t. 1 75./. 1 . MWd. v.2.]\ 98. 



C. flora pallido, punicante macula insignito. Raii Syn. 342. 



C. annuus, flore maculato. Ger.Em. 1281./. 



C. annuus, flore guttato. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 14./. 



Helianthemum flore maculoso. Column. Ecphr. v. 2. 78. t. 77. f. 1 . 



In sandy pastures, very uncommon. 



In Jersey. Sherard. In Anglesea, where it was found by Mr. 

 Brewer, and not in the isle of Man. Rev. H. Davies. 



Annual. June, July. 



Root small, tapering. Herb deep green, hairy, glutinous, and ra- 

 ther fragrant, in every part j the hairs spreading. Stem solitary, 

 not above a span high, except in a cultivated state, erect, slightly 

 branched, leafy. I.eoues opposite, sessile, 1^ or 2 inches long, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, with 3 strong ribs. Clusters one or more, 

 terminal, erect, simple, hairy, of several y/o«/;crs, without brac- 

 teas, though now and then leafy about the lower part. Fl. erect, 

 yellow, with a blood-red spot near the base of each petal. Cat. 

 very hairy. The petals are sometimes notched, as in Engl. Bot. 

 when the plant becomes C. serratus, a most trifling variety. 

 They expand very early in a morning and fall in 4 or 5 hours. 

 Style elongated after the flowering, bent downwards. Caps. 

 drooping, small, of 3 cells. 



*** Herbaceous, "joiik stijjulas. 

 3. C. ledifoUus. Ledum-leaved Cistus. 

 Herbaceous, downy, with stipulas. Leaves lanceolate. 



Flower-stalks solitary, erect, opposite to the leaves, 



shorter than the calyx. 

 C. ledifolius. Linn. Sp. PL 742. TVilld. ?;. 2. 11 99. Fl. Br. 574 



Engl. Bot. V. 34. t.24\4. 

 C. salicifolius. Huds.233. H'ith.49\. 

 C. ledi folio. Bauh, Pin. 465. 



C. annuus, folio ledi. Lob. Ic. v. 2. 118./ Obs. 552. f. 

 C. annuus longifolius Lobelii. Ger.Em. 1280./. 

 C. annuus, folio ledi, flore luteo. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 14./ 

 C. annuus alter Lobelii. Dalech. Hist. 229. f. 

 On sandy ground in the south, extremely rare. 

 On Brent downs, Somersetshire. Huds. Found there likewise 



by the Rev. Mr. Lightfoot, and the late Mr. Dickson. 

 Annual. June, July. 



