xviii CISTINE^l. 



stipulate; leaves oval, green, glossy, revolute at the margins, f;. Flowers 

 yellow. This plant is also in the Botanic Garden at Chelsea, but it has 

 not yet flowered. 



65. H. angustifblium (Pers. syn. 2. p. 79.) Stem suffrutescent, diffusely 

 spreading : branches somewhat woolly, ash-coloured ; leaves on short foot- 

 stalks : upper ones linearly oblong, somewhat acute, margins revolute, un- 

 derneath clothed with a hairy tomentum ; upper side somewhat bristly ; sti 

 pules hairy, longer than the footstalks ; racemes loose ; calyx pubescen 

 and more or less hairy, the hairs deciduous. f?. Native not known. Cis 

 tus angustifolius. Jacq. vind.3. p. 53. Petals narrow at the base, not im- 

 bricate at the margins, yellow. 



66. H.obtusifolium (Dunal in DC. prodr. J. p. 281.) Stems suffru 

 tescent : branches tomentosely hoary ; leaves small, petiolate, linearly ob 

 long, obtuse, margins revolute : underneath clothed with a hoary tomen 

 turn : upper side green, covered with white scattered hairs ; stipules green 

 oblongly linear, flat, blunt, scarcely fringed, the length of the footstalks 

 calyx bristly. ^ . Native of the Island of Cyprus. 



67. H. Lagdscce (Dunal in DC. prodr. v. 1. p. 281.) Branches ascend 

 ing, tomentosely hairy, hoary ; leaves linear, blunt, very much revolute a 

 the margins, nearly round, somewhat hairy, green ; stipules flat, scarcel; 

 hairy, double the length of the footstalks ; footstalks bristly, white ; caly 



flossy, nerved and furrowed ; nerves fringed with white hairs, f?. Native c 

 pain. Leaves short; calyx small; petals yellow. 



68. H. violdceum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.) Stem erect or ascending, ver 

 much branched, the branches opposite : small branches slender, clothei 

 with white wool, and hairs intermixed; leaves small, linear, or spathulatel 

 linear, obtuse, margins revolute, more or less woolly on both sides, under 

 neath hoary ; stipules minute, hairy ; racemes loose, few-flowered ; caly: 

 smooth, violaceus, nervosely-furrowed.^2. Native of Spain. Cistus vio 

 laceus. Cavan. ic. 2. p. 38. 1. 147. Petals white. 



69. H. farinosum. Stem suffruticose, erect, branching : branches to 

 mentosely hoary ; leaves on short footstalks, linear or lanceolately lineai 

 margins revolute, hoary on both sides, powdered; stipules subulate, long 

 than the footstalks ; calyx powdered and clothed with very short hairs. ^ .- 

 Native of Spain. H. racembsum /3. farinosum. DC. prodr. 1. p. 281.- 

 Elowers white. 



70. H. strtctum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 79.) Stem suffrutescent, erect, ver 

 much branched ; branches straight, clothed with white tomentum ; leave 

 nearly sessile, very narrow, linearly subulate, hoary, the margins revolute 

 stipules linear, setose ; calyx nervosely striated, pale yellow, nearly smootl 

 ^Native of Spain. Cistus strictus. Cavan. ic. 3. p. 32. t. 263. f. 2.- 

 Petals white. 



71. H. hispidum (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 282.) Stem suflVutescem 

 branching : branches ascending, tomentosely hoary ; leaves on footstalks 

 oblong, obtuse, slightly mucronate, margins revolute, underneath hoarj 

 the upper side roughish,of a bluish green or glaucescent; calyx clothed wit 

 long spreading hairs. ^. Native of the South of France. Cistus hispidui 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 26. Petals white. 



72. tt.fcetidum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 79.) Stem suffrutescent, procumben 

 clothed with long hairs ; leaves oblong, green on both sides, roughish, hairy 

 stipules linear, hairy, longer than the footstalks ; flower-stalks and caly 

 somewhat hairy. 1j. Native not known.- Cistus foetidus. Jacq. ic. rar. ] 

 t. 98. Bryony-scented ; flowers white. 



