CHAP. XI. CISTA^CE^E. HELI a'nTHEMUM. 345 



*~ 63. H. tau'ricum Fisch. The Taurian Helianthemum, or Sun Rose. 



IdenHfication. Fisch. MSS. Swt Cist, t 105. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 312. 

 Engraving. Swt. Cist., 105. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem siiffruticose, much branched, procumbent. Branches 

 procumbent, beset with long hairs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, with rather 

 revolute margins, pilose on both surfaces, green above and paler beneath. 

 Stipules lanceolate-linear, ciliated, longer than the petiole. Flowers large. 

 Calyx shining, rather hairy. Petals in)bricate. (Don^s Alill., i. p. 312.) A 

 very ornamental species, from Tauria, with large pale yellow flowers, which 

 appear from May to October. Sweet says, " It has, most probably, been 

 confused with H. grandiflorum by many authors ; but, when the plants are 

 seen growing together, no two plants need appear more distinct : the pre- 

 sent spreading flat on the grounti, and extending its branches round to a 

 great distance, and these being only slightly sufl'rutescent at the base ; 

 whereas H. grandiflorum grows upright, or has its branches spreading and 

 ascendent, forming a neat little bushy shrub." Plants of this species were 

 in the Fulham Nursery in 1829. 



!U Gl. H. ll'cidum Horn. The shmmg-leaved Helianthemum, or Sun Hose. 



Identification. Horn. Cat. Hort. Hafn., p. 498. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Stem suffruticose, procumbent. Leaves stipulate, ovate, green, glossy, with revo. 

 lute margins. {Don's Mill., i. p. 312.) The native country of this sort is uncertain ; but it is said 

 to have been in cultivation in British gardens since 182ti. The flowers are yellow, and produced in 

 May and June. 



fU 65. H. nummula'^rium illlll. The Money-wort-leaved Helianthemum, or 



Suti Rose. 



Identification. Mill. Diet., Xo. 11. ; Swt. Cist, t 80. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 312. 



Synonymcs. Cistus nummularius a Lin. Sp.,~io., not of Desf. and Cav. ; H. obscOrum /3 num- 



mularium Dec. Flor. Fr., 6. p. 624. ; H. angustifbliura of many botanic gardens. 

 Engraving. Swt. Cist, t. 80. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Stem suffruticose. Branches procumbent, hairy. Lower 

 leaves orbicular, upper ones oblong-linear, hairy ; under surface greenish 

 cinereous. Stipules linear-oblong, twice the length of the footstalks of 

 the leaves. Racemes and calyxes hairy, (Do}i''s Alill., i. p. 312.) A na- 

 tive of the south of France and of Italy, and strongly resembling H. vul- 

 garej from which, according to Sweet, it is readily distinguished by its 

 broader and flatter leaves. It has been in cultivation since 1752, pro- 

 ducing its bright yellow flowers from June to August. 



<U 66. H. ANGUSTiFO^LiUM Pers. The narrow-leaved Helianthemum, or 



Sun Rose. 



Identification. Pers. Ench., 2. p. 79. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 312. 

 Synonyme. Cistus angustifolius Jncj. find., 3. t. 53. 

 Engraving. Jacq. Vind., 3. t 53. 



Spec. C/iar., SfC Stem suffruticose, diffuse. Branches rather tomentose, cinereous. Leaves on short 

 footstalks; upper ones linear-oblong, with revolute margins, acutish ; under surface clothed with 

 canescent tonientum, upper surface rather hispid. Stipules pilose, longer than the footstalks. 

 Racemes loose. Calyxes pubescent, rather hairy ; hairs deciduous. {Don's Mill., i. p. 312 ) In 

 cultivation since ISOO ; and, according to De Candolle, probably the same as H. nummularium. 



<u 67. H. hi'rtum Pei's. The hairy Helianthemum, or Sun Rose. 



Identification. Pers. Syn , 2. p. 79. ; Swt. Cist, t 109. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 281. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 312. 

 Synonymes. Cistus hirtus Lin. Sp., 744., Smith's FL. Greec, exclusive of synonyme of Barrelier, 



Cav. Icon., 2. p. 37. 

 Engravings. Swt. Cist., t 109. ; Smith's Fl. Grac., t 501. ; Cav. Icon., 2. t. 146. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem suffruticose, branched. Branches ascendent, nume- 

 rous, tomentosely hairy, cinereous. Leaves ovate or oblong, with revolute 

 margins ; under surface canescent, upper surface greenish cinereous. Sti- 

 pules narrow, rather longer than the footstalks of the leaves. Calyxes densely 

 covered with white hairs. Petals obcordate, imbricate. ( Don\'i jM'HI., i.p. 3 1 2.) 

 A native of Spain and of the south of France, and in cultivation in British 

 gardens since 1759. It is a very distinct sort, readily distinguished by its 

 large deep-yellow flowers, which appear in June and July, and by its very 

 hairy leaves. Plants of it were in the Chelsea Botanic Garden in 1829. 



