CISTINE^l. ix 



at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, several years ago ; but we 

 do not know any collection that possesses it at present. 



4. H. la&idnthum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 76.) Stem somewhat shrubby, very 

 much branched : branches hoary, tinged with black, the upper part clothed 

 with white wool, and spreading hairs intermixed; leaves nearly sessile, 

 ovately oblong, more or less bluntish, keeled, obscurely ash-coloured, and 

 clothed with short dense wool ; flower-stalks 1-2-flowered, very short, 

 hairy ; calyx varying, with 3 to 5 sepals, very hairy. ^. Native of Por- 

 tugal. Flower-stems, calyces, and young leaves, clothed with long white 

 hairs ; calyx sometimes with 5 sepals, the two outer ones very narrow, with 

 a smooth point ; petals yellow, sometimes with a dark spot near the base. 



5. H. involucrdtum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 76.) Stem somewhat shrubby, 

 erect, branching : branches clothed with short ash-coloured wool ; lower 

 leaves on footstalks, nearly ovate, small, clothed with short white tomen- 

 tum : upper ones oblongly lanceolate, sessile, greenish, somewhat rough ; 

 flower-stems very short, surrounded by the leaves ; calyx of 5 sepals : inner 

 ones clothed with white tomentum : outer ones linear, smoothish, greener, t? . 

 Native of Spain, and Portugal. 



Sect. II. LECHEOIDES. Supra folio 11. 



6. H. corymbbsum. Stem slightly frutescent, erect, branching : branches 

 forked, somewhat pubescent, the upper part clothed with short ash-coloured 

 wool ; stem-leaves alternate, lanceolately oblong, bluntish, underneath 

 clothed with grey tomentum : upper ones withrevolute margins; corymbs of 

 flowers closely crowded ; calyx clothed with white wool, and hairs inter- 

 mixed : outer sepals linear and obtuse : inner ones ovate, and acute, a little 

 shorter than the capsule ; style very short, tj. Native of North America, 

 from New Jersey to Georgia. Flowers pale yellow. 



7. H. rosmarinifblium (Pursh fl. amer. 2. p. 364.) Stem erect, forked, 

 branching : branches quite erect, pubescent ; leaves oblongly linear, mar-; 

 gins generally re volute, underneath clothed with white tomentum ; small 

 axillary branches very shortly pedunculate, 1-3-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves ; inner sepals ovate, acute, three times smaller than the petals. ^. 

 Native of various parts of North America, Georgia, Canada, and round 

 Boston, according to different authors. Flowers small, crowded ; capsule 

 glossy, 3-sided, brown ; petals pale yellow. 



8. H. ramuliflbrum (Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 308.) Stems erect, hairy, 

 powdered, upper part somewhat forked, branching : flowering branches 

 slender ; stem-leaves lanceolately elliptic, or oblong, acute, margin 

 scarcely re volute, underneath clothed with a white tomentum ; flowers pe- 

 dunculate, solitary; inner sepals broadly ovate, taper-pointed ; capsule glo- 

 bular, about the length of the calyx. 7J.. Native of Carolina. Flower- 

 stalks and calyx hairy ; style very short, erect ; flowers yellow. 



9 ? H. obcordatum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 284.) Stem erect, somewhat fru- 

 tescent ; leaves alternate, oblong, stipulate, somewhat crowded in bunches; 

 sepals 3 ; petals 5, obcordate.f?. Native of Mexico. Moc. et Sesse flor. 

 mex. icon. ined. 



10? H. tripetalum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 284.) Stems numerous, erect, 

 slender ; leaves alternate, linear, without stipules ; sepals 5, the 2 outer 

 ones small, linear ; petals 3. Native of Mexico. Moc. et Sess6 fl. mex. 

 ic. ined. 



11 ? H. asfylum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 284.) Stems dwarf, spreading, sub- 

 herbaceous ; leaves somewhat alternate, stipulate, oval-oblong ; sepals 5 : 



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