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ber, Haller, Willdenow, and even Lamarck, follow him. 

 If however the genus were allowed, which is a matter of 

 opinion, the name is altogether inadmissible. It is the 

 same as HeliantJms, in meaning and derivation, the ter- 

 mination only being varied. 



* Dwarf shrubs, isoithout stipulas. 



1. Qj. marifolius. Hoary Dwarf Cistus. 



Stem shrubby, dwarf. Stipulas none. Leaves opposite, 



stalked, oblong, flat ; downy and hoary beneath. 

 C. marifolius. Linn. Sp. PL 741. Willd.v.2.\\93. Fl.Br.572. 



Engl. Bot. V. 6. t. 396. Berk. Outl.v. 2. 150. Sytn. Syn. 126. 



Davies Welsh Botanol. 53. Hook.Lond. t. 171. 

 C. hirsutus. Huds. 232. 



C. anglicus. Linn. Mant. 245. With. 490. Berk. Syn. v. 2. 163. 

 C. canus. Jacg. Austr. t. 277 . 

 Helianthemum alpinum, folio Pilosellse minovis Fuchsii. Raii Syn. 



342. Bauh, Hist. V.2. 18. /.'> 

 H. sevpilli folio incano, flore minore luteo inodoro. Dill. Elth. 



v.\.\77.t.\45.f.\73. 

 Chamsecistus luteus, thymi durioris folio. Barrel. Ic. t.44l. 



On alpine rocks, but rare. 



On some rocks near Kendal, Westmoreland, and about Cartmel- 

 wells, Lancashire, plentifully. Ray. At Gloddaeth, near Con- 

 way, Carnarvonshire. Mr. Light/oofs herbarium. On Disevth 

 castle hill, Flintshire, plentifully. Bingleys Tour in North Wales, 

 ed. 2.V. 1.91. On the steeper sides of Arthur's Round Table, 

 Carnarvonshire. Rev. H. Davies. On Cronkley Fell, Yorkshire. 

 Mr. Wm. Robertson. 



Shrub. May, June. 



Root strong and woody. Stems woody ; subdivided and decumbent 

 at the base, with several hoary, round, leafy, ascending branches, 

 3 or 4 inches high, each terminating in 3 or 4 small, corymbose, 

 bright-yellow^oi^ers, sometimes formed of 4 petals only. Leaves 

 ovate, acute, entire, flat, varying from | to f of an inch in length, 

 on broadish hoary footstalks ; clothed on both sides with close 

 hairs; the upper green ; lower hoary with dense entangled pu- 

 bescence. Stipulas entirely wanting. Flower-stalks reddish, 

 downy. Bracteas lanceolate, fringed. Cal. hairy, of 5 leaves. 

 Pet. obovate, slightly waved. Germen ovate, smooth, with 3 

 or 4 hairy lines. Stijle bent in the middle. I have never seen 

 the capsule. 



The above synonyms are I believe correct ; but C. canus of Lin- 

 n?eus is a different plant ; and marifolius of Cavanilles, Ic, v. 2. 

 34. t. 143, does not well answer in its leaves to ours. 



