68 BRITISH BOTANY, 



Stem shrubby, procumbent. Leaves oblong-linear^ revolutC;, 

 liairy on both sides^ but chiefly beneath^ on short stalks. Flowers 

 whitCj in bracteate racemes. Sepals hairy ; petals like those in 

 H. vulgare, but in this species they are smaller and white. — 

 There is little to distinguish it from the above but the colour 

 and smaller size of the flowers, and the hairiness of the upper 

 surface of the leaves. 



Torquay, Devon, and Brean Downs, Somersetshire. Per. ; 

 June- August. 



H. ledifolium, Willd. — H. niloticum et ledifolium, Dun. in 

 DC. Prodromus, vol. i. p. 373. Ledum-leaved Cistus, — e.b. 3414. 

 L.B.s. p. 16. Some error is conjectured to have occurred in refer- 

 ence to this plant, but an annual herbaceous species is not very 

 likely to be confounded with a perennial and shrubby one. 



Stem simple, hairy, leafy. Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, flat, 

 hairy, the lower ones oblong, the upper lanceolate. Sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, strongly acuminate. Capsule shorter than the calyx. 

 Petals obovate, entire, pale yellow, sometimes absent. Seeds 

 pale, smooth. 



Brean Downs or Brent Downas, Somersetshire. These loca- 

 lities are often confounded. In Smith's ' English Flora' only 

 Brent Downs are recorded as the locality for both H. polifoliwyi 

 and H. ledifolium, though we know that the former grows only 

 on Brean Downs in this county. Is it improbable that H. ledi- 

 folium was found on either one or on both of these stations? 

 Annual; June, July, 



Sect. II. Leaves without stipules. 



H. guttatum. Mill. Spotted Cistus. — e.b. 544. l.b.s, 131. 



Boot annual. Stem erect, herbaceous, branched, round, hairy, 

 leafy. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, three-nerved, hairy, sessile, op- 

 posite ; the upper alternate, with linear-elongate stipules. Petals 

 yellow, with a red spot at the base of each, in lax elongate 

 groups, ivitliout bracts. Pedicels spreading in fruit ; calyx erect. 

 Stigma nearly sessile. 



Dry sandy places ; Ireland and Jersey. Ann. ; July, August. 



H. Breweri, Planchon. 

 A. 1. C. 1. Lat. 53-54°. Alt. 0-? yds. Tern. 49 or 48°. 



The stem in this resembles the stem of the preceding species. 

 Leaves obovate-obtuse ; the upper leaves linear. Petals narrow, 

 yellow, not spotted. Pedicels of the fruit erect, patent, bracteate. 



