CHAP, XI. CISTA‘CER. HWELIA‘NTHEMUM. 335 
obovate, distinct, spreading. (Don’s Mill. i. 
p. 304.) A shrub about a foot high, a native 
of the south of Europe, producing its yellow 
flowers in July and August. Introduced in 
1809, by Mr. George Don, in whose father’s 
garden, at Forfar, it was cultivated for many 
years; but whence he obtained the seeds Mr. 
Don is uncertain. It is a very curious species, 
and merits a place in collections of the genus. 
§ iv. Eriocdrpum Dec. Prod., i. p. 273. 
Derivation, From erton, wool, and karpos, a fruit ; because the 
capsules are pilose. 
Sect. Char. Calyx of 5 sepals. Sepals beset with 
silky hairs on the outside, or rather tomentose, 
shining on the inside ; the 2 outer ones minute, 
linear, the 3 inner ones ovate, furnished with fi. i 
4—5 stripes. Petals a little longer than the calyx. Style erectish, bent 
at the base. Ovary pilose, or villous. Capsule pilose. Seeds numerous, 
rufescent, small. Subshrubs with round branches, younger ones clothed 
with cinereous pubescence. Leaves opposite and alternate, bluntish ; under 
surface cano-cinereous. Stipules linear, shorter than the footstalks. Ra- 
cemes secund, small, opposite the leaves. Flowers crowded, small, sessile, 
or larger on short pedicels, (Don’s Mill., i. p.306.) Erect and trailing 
undershrubs. 
» 20. H. Li’ppiz Pers. Lippi’s Helianthemum, or Sun Rose. 
Identification. Pers. Ench., 2. p. 78.; Vahl. Symb., 1. p. 89.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 306. 
Synonyme. Cistus Lippiz Lin. Mant., 245. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem erect, pubescent, whitish, somewhat bifid, or dichotomous. Leaves opposite 
and alternate, on short footstalks, elliptic-lanceolate, or linear, oblong, obtuse, rather scabrous, 
glaucescent ; under surface canescent; stipules narrow, erect, of the length of the footstalks. Racemes 
short. Flowers sessile, crowded, bracteate at the base. Bracteas very minute. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 
306.) A shrub, a native of Egypt, brought to England in 1820, growing to the height of 1 ft., and 
producing its yellow flowers in June or July, 
ow 21. H. sessizirito‘rum Pers. The sessile-flowered Helianthemum, or 
Sun Rose. 
Identification. Pers. Syn., 2. p. 78.; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 306. 
Synonymes. Cistus sessiliflorus Desf. Fl. Atl., 1. p. 427. t. 106. 
Engraving. Desf. Fl. Atl., 1. t. 106. 
Spec. Char., &c. Erect, much branched. Branches pubescent. Leaves opposite and alternate, linear, 
clothed with very short cinereous tomentum, with revolute margins. Stipules linear, small. Ra- 
cemes short. Flowers sessile, furnished with minute bracteas, (Don’s Mill., i. p. 806.) A shrub, 
growing from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, in the north of Africa, on arid hills. It produces its yellow flowers 
in July and August, but has not yet been introduced into England. 
22. H. kani’Ricum Del. The Cairo Helianthemum, or Sun Rose. 
Identification. Del. F). ZZgyp., t. 31. f. 2. ; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 307. 
aaa: Cistus aimee A forsk. figyp., 101. 
ngraving. Del. Fl. Egyp., 93. t. 31. f. 2. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem much branched, twisted at the base. Branches ascendant. Lower leaves op- 
poate, the rest alternate, obovate, with revolute margins, hoary, stipulate ; under surface nerved. 
cemes secund. Flowers on short pedicels. Pedicels and calyxes villous. Sepals acute. Cap 
sule oblong, villous. (Don’s Mill, i. p. 307.) A shrub] ft. high, brought from Egypt in 1820, and 
producing its yellow flowers in June and July. 
§ v. Fumana Dec. 
Derivation unknown. 
Sect. Char, Calyx twisted at the apex before expansion, 5-sepaled; 2 outer 
sepals narrow, small; 3 inner ones ovate, acuminated, 4—5-veined, with 
scarious margins. Petals yellow, small, almost twice the length of the 
sepals. Stamens few. Style straight, rather longer than the stamens; 
when in flower oblique, after flowering erectish. Stigma capitate, fringed, 
somewhat 3-lobed. Capsule 3-valved, open, spreading. Seeds few, 
blackish or rufescent, angular. Stems suffruticose. Leaves linear, sessile, 
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