CISTINE^. (rock-rose FAMILY.) 116 



2. C iiicanu§, L. 5 .2 to .6 or more. Leaves oblong-spathu- 

 late, densely pannous with^ stellate icool, often wavy-margined, sessile, 

 somewluit connate at dase. Peduncles short, one-flowered ; sepals nearly 

 equal, ovate, cuspidate ; petals pinkish -purple, notched ; capsule op- 

 pressed hristhj, at length glabrescent — Summer — Amanus. Mt lefore 

 observed in the East. ^Differs markedly from Var. Creticus of last. 



3. C. §alviaefolin§, L. ^ Ghihrah. .3 to 1 or^ more, op- 

 pressed stellate-woolly. Leaves oblong-ovate, ovate, or elliptical, the 

 lower often retuse. Flowers solitary or in umbel-like cymes with long 

 peduncles ; sepals very unequal, tlie outer cordate, larger than the rest ; 

 petals t/'/^^Ye with yellow base ; stigma sessile — Spring — Rocky hill- 

 sides ; throughout. 



2. HELIAXTHEMUin, Pers. Sun-Rose. 



Sepals 5 rarely 3. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, all fertile. Capsule 

 1- or incompletely 3-celled, splitting down the valves ; seeds ortho- 

 tropous ; embryo folded , rarely spiral — Shrubs or herbs, with less 

 showy flowers than Cistus, yellow, white, or pink ; leaves with or 

 without stipules. 



* Sepals 3. Petals toTiite or yellow. Stamens in several rows. 



1. H. umbellatum, L. 5 -^ to .3, viscid. Leaves sessile, 

 linear, revolute-margined, woolly below. Flowers 1-4 in umbels or 

 whorls ; capsule enclosed in calyx, one-half to one-third as long as 

 pedicel — April to June — 



Var. Syriacum, IJoiss. More intricately branched than type. 

 Upper surface of leaf more or less hirsute. Petals yellow — Subalpine 

 regions of Lebanon. 



* * Sepals 5. 



t Annuals. Petals yelloio, equalling the sepals or shorter. Stamens 1 7'ow. 



2. H. g^uttatum, L. © .1 to .4, erect, sparingly hirsute. 

 Leaves sessile, oblong to linear-lanceolate. Stem branching into 1-2 

 loose, one-sided racemes. Sepals hairy, the outer smallar — Spring — 

 Sandy and bushy places on coast and in lower mountains. Moab. 



3. H. Mloticiim, L. .3 to .5, erect, crisply hirsute, branch- 

 ing above. Leaves oblong to linear, obtuse or acutish. Racemes .1 to 

 .2 long, loose ; pedicels thick, shorter than floral leaves, and of ten shorter 

 than caylx ; capsules ovate-globular, .01 broad, glabrous, ciliate at an- 

 gles — Spring — Dry and clayey soils ; coast and mountains. Moab. 



Var. microcarpum, Cosson. Branching from base. . Capsules 

 .006 long, shorter than calyx — Ehedin; Qaldun north of Damascus ; 

 Rasheiya ; lower Jordan valley. 



Var. la§iocarpiim, Boiss. Capsule woolly — Sarada. 



4. H. salicifolium, L. .1 to .3, hirsute, branching from 

 base. Leaves obovate to oblong, and lanceolate. Pedicels longer than 

 floral leaves and calyx; capsules ovate-globular, .005 long, glabrous, 

 as long as ovate, velvety sepals — Spring — Dry hills ; throughput. 



5. H. ^gyptiacum, L. .15 to .3, appressed hairy. Leaves 

 linear oblong, with somewhat revolute margin. Pedicels slender, at 



