318 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III, 
§ i. Erythrocistus, Dec. i. p. 264. 
Derivation. From erythros, red, and cistus ; because the flowers of all the species in this section are 
red or purple. 
Sect. Char. Outer sepals narrowest, and usually smallest; inner ones concave 
at the base, with scarious margins. Petals rose-coloured, red, or purple, 
with a yellow spot at the base of each. Capsule 5-celled, from having 
5 seminiferous partitions, one in the middle of each valve. (Dec. Prod., i. 
p- 264.; Don’s Mill., i. p. 298.) Low shrubs, evergreen, sub-evergreen, 
or deciduous, generally with large showy flowers. 
A. Peduncles \-flowered, axillary or terminal, solitary or umbellate. Style cylin- 
drical, generally longer than the Stamens, Stigma capitate, 5-furrowed. ( Ibid.) 
» 1. Ci’stus puRPU‘REUs Lam. The purple-flowered Cistus, or Rock Rose. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 2. p. 14.; Ker, in Bot. Reg., t. 408. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 264.; Swt. Cist., 
t. 17.; Don’s Mill. 1. p. 298. 
Synonymes. C.créticus Hort. Kew. ; the purple Gum Cistus, the purple Shrubby Cistus ; Ciste 
pourpre, Fr.; purpurrothe Cisten Rose, Ger. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 408.; Swt. Cist., t. 17. ; and our fig. 64, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or 
acute, and more or less rugose; reticulately veined, 
with undulated margins. Petioles short, hairy, con- 
nected at the base, and sheathing the stem. Flowers 
terminal, from 1 to 6, on short peduncles. Bracteas 
sessile, leaf-like, pubescent, broad and concave at {} 
the base, where they are connected, and terminating 
in acute points. Pedicels short, and with the calyx 
hairy; calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 5 or 6, obovate or 
wedge-shaped ; very much imbricate, more or less 
crumpled. Stamens numerous, filaments smooth. 
Style very short; and stigma large, capitate, 5-lobed, 
papillose. (Swé. Cist., 17.) A shrub about 3 ft. or 
4.ft. high, and much branched ; the branches are erect, I 
and clothed with a brownish pubescence. The flowers are very large and 
handsome, of a bright reddish purple, with a yellow spot at the base, above 
which is a large dark velvet mark, surrounded with red, and slightly branched. 
The petals are imbricate, and much crumpled. It is a native of the Levant ; 
but when it was introduced into England is uncertain: it seems to have been 
cultivated by Gerard under the name of Cistus mas angustifolius, “ with 
flowers of a purple colour, in shape like unto a single-flower briar rose, 
having leaves very like those of sage, wrinkled somewhat like unto a cloth 
new dried before it be smooth.” It is rather tender; but, if planted near or 
against a wall, requires no other protection. It flowers abundantly in June 
and July, and is very ornamental. It grows very fast, and is easily propa- 
gated by cuttings. 
» 2. Ci/stus HETEROPHY’LLUs Desf. The various-leaved Cistus, or Rock 
Rose. 
Identification. Desf. Atl., 1. p. 411. t. 104.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 264.5 
Swt. Cist.,t.6.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 298. 
Synonymes. The Gum Cistus of Algiers ; Ciste hétérophylle, Fr. 
Engravings. Desf. Atl., 1. t. 104. ; Swt. Cist., t.6.; and our fig.65. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate ; petioles 
very short, hairy, and sheathing at the base; 
margins of the leaves revolute, green on both 
sides. Peduncles hairy, one-flowered, with two 
leafy bracteas about the middle of them. Flowers 
large, terminal. Calyx of 5 hairy sepals. Petals 5 
or 6, imbricate, obovate, with roundish points. R 
A stiff upright woody shrub, with short rigid 
branches, thickly clothed, as well as the other 
parts of the plant, with a hairy pubescence. The 
