CHAP. XI. CISTA‘CER, CI‘STUS. 319 
flowers are of a bluish rose colour, with a bright yellow spot at the base ; 
and the petals are imbricate, and much crumpled. The leaves are very 
small, and the whole plant has the appearance of a miniature tree. It is a 
native of uncultivated hills in Algiers; but by whom it was discovered, and 
when brought to the country, are unknown. It is rather tender, and requires 
protection during winter. It does best trained against a wall, where it 
has a very brilliant appearance in June and July, when it is covered with 
flowers. The seeds sometimes ripen in this country; and, when they do, 
they afford the best means of propagating the plant, as it does not strike 
freely from cuttings. It requires a light rich soil, and does best in a mix- 
ture of sandy loam and peat. (G. Don. Sweet.) 
# 3. C. pPARVIFLO‘RUs Lam. The small-flowered Cistus, or Rock Rose. 
Tdentification. Lam. Dict., 2. p. 14. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 264. ; Swt. Cist., t. 14.; and Don’s Mill., 1.p. 298. 
Engravings. Swt. Cist., t. 14. Smith’s Fl. Grec., t. 495. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, acute, somewhat tomentose, drawn out into 
the footstalks at the base, and somewhat connate. Peduncles 1-flowered, 
3 or 4 together, almost terminal. (Don's Mill., i. p. 298.) A shrab 
about 3 ft. in height; a native of Crete. Mr. Sweet thinks it was pro- 
bably introduced by Dr. Sibthorp, having been found in our collections ever 
since the doctor’s return from that country. The petals are small, purplish, 
or pale rose-coloured, and distinct or separated from each other. It 
flowers in June and July, and sometimes ripens seeds, from which, or from 
cuttings, it is readily propagated. Plants were in the Chelsea Botanic 
Garden, and in the Fulham Nursery, in 1826. (Sweet.) 
» 4. C. comptica‘tus Lam. The complicated Cistus, or Rock Rose. 
Identification. Lam, Dict., 2. p. 14. ; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 298. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves roundish-ovate, bluntish, approximate, clothed with white tomentum ; under 
surface reticulated ; footstalks dilated at the base, with pilose margins, channeled above, and 
sheathing at the base. Peduncles short, 1-flowered, three or four together, somewhat terminal. 
(Don’s MilZ., i. P. 298.) Acshrub, from the Levant, and from the mountains of Valencia, in Spain, 
growing to the height of 3 ft., and producing small rose-coloured or purplish flowers in June and 
July. Introduced into England in 1818, 
# 5. C. vitto‘sus Lam, The villous Cistus, or hairy Rock Rose, 
Identification. Lam, Dict., 2. p.12.; Lin, Sp., 736.; Willd. Sp., p. 1181.; Hort. Kew., 2d. edit., 3. 
p. 303.; Dec. Prod., 1 p. 264.; Don’s Mill. 1. p. 298. 
ymes. C. salvifdlius Hort.; C. undulatus Meench; Cistus mas major folio rotundidre Duh. ; 
C. créticus Hort. Lam.; the shrubby Cistus Mart. Mill. ; Ciste velu, Fr.; Raube Cisten Rose, Ger. 
Engravings. Duh. Ar., 1. t. 64; Swt., t.35,; Willd., p, 2. 1181, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves roundish-ovate, wrinkled, tomentose, and _ hairy, 
stalked; footstalks furrowed, connate at the base. Peduncles 1-flowered, 
lor3together. Sepals villous. (Don’s Mill.,i. p. 298.) A shrub 3 ft. high. 
A native of the south of Europe and the north of Africa, which has been in 
the English and French gardens for the last two hundred years, It is, as 
Mr. Sweet observes, one of the commonest species in all the nurseries 
about London, where it is sold under several names, and generally for 
C. salvizefolius ; which, however, is a white-flowered species, though it resem- 
bles the present plant in habit. This shrub forms a “ snug compact bush,” and 
continues in flower for a longtime. The flowers vary in colour from a pale 
lilac to a dark purple, and even very much on the same plant at different times. 
In severe winters it requires a little protection ; and it will generally be found 
“ safe to keep a reserve of young plants in pots, in a pit or cold-frame. 
ariety. 
m C. v. 2 rotundifolius. The round-leaved villous Cistus, or Rock Rose. 
C. rotundifolius Sweet; C. villdsus 6 viréscens Dec. (Swt. Cist. 
t. 75.)—Leaves more obtuse than in the species. 
# 6. C. cre’ticus L. The Cretan Cistus, or Rock Rose. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1. ay 738. ; Jacq. Icon. rar., 1. t. 95.; Smith’s F). Grec,, 495, ; Buxb. Cent. 
3. p. 34. t. 64. £ 1.; . Prod., 1. p. 264. ; Swt. Cist., t. 112. 
S mes. Ledon Diose,; Ciste de Créte, Fr,; Cretische Cisten Rose, Ger. 
ee. Jacq. Icon, rar., 1, t.95.; Fl. Gr., t. 495.; Buxb, Cent,, 3, p. 54,t. 64, £ 1.; Swt. Cist, 
112.; and our fig. 66 X = 
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