viii OISTINE^E. 



4. C. Lcdon (Lam. diet. 2. p. 17.) Leaves connected at the base, ob- 

 longly lanceolate, nerved; upper side smooth and glossy; underneath cloth- 

 ed with silky wool : flowers in a corymbed cyme : flower-stalks and calyx 

 clothed with silky wool, b . Native of the South of France. Flowers white. 

 Duham. arb. 1. p. 168. t. 66. This species was plentiful in collections 

 some years back, but we know not where to find it at present. 



5. C. Sideritis (Spreng. syst. v. 4. pars. 2. p. 205.) Stem decumbent ; 

 leaves petiolate, obovate, somewhat rugged, underneath clothed with a 

 white woolliness : flower-stalks solitary, elongated, 1 to 2-flowered, the 

 upper part jointed, and with the calyx woolly, flowers nodding before flower- 

 ing. J? . Native of Sicily. 



6. C. parvijblius. Stem erect, very much branched : branches erect, 

 rather crowded, densely woolly : leaves small, ovate, acute, rounded at the 

 base, undulate, rugged, netted-veined, slightly crenulate at the margins, 

 hairy on both sides, slightly hoary : flower-stalks axillary, 1 to 3-flowered, 

 nodding before expansion : sepals taper-pointed, and clothed with bunches 

 of hairs, b Native of the South of Europe. Flowers white. 



HELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 2. 



Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Supra fol. 4. * Stylo brevi recto. 



1. H. Libanbtis (Willd. enum. 570.) Stem shrubby, smoothish, branch- 

 ing : leaves sessile, linear, the margins rolled back, upper side of a brownish 

 green, underneath whitish : bractes oblongly linear, shorter than the 1- 

 flowered flower-stalks : calyx of three smooth, glossy, ovate, taper-pointed 

 sepals. T?. Native of Portugal, Italy, and Barbary. Barrel, ic. 294. 

 Ledon VIII. Clus. hist. 1. p. 80. ic. Petals straw-coloured ; style about 

 half the length of the stamens : stigma small. This species was frequent 

 in the collections a few years back, but we do not know that it is in any 

 at present; it is nearest related to Hi.umbellatum. 



** Stylo subnullo, stiymate magno. 



2. H. alyssoides (Vent, choix. t. 20.) Stem frutescent, very much 

 branched, diffusely spreading; upper part of the branches clothed with white 

 wool and hairs intermixed : leaves sessile, attenuated towards the base, ob- 

 longly ovate, bluntish, and clothed with short hairs ; while young whitish 

 turning green by age : flower-stalks terminal, solitary, or umbelled, 1-2- 

 flowered, longer than the leaves : calyx of 3 sepals, taper- pointed, hairy, b . 

 Native of Spain, and the West of France. Petals yellow, with a dark 

 spot at the base : flower-bud dark purple towards the point. The present 

 plant was not unfrequent at the Nurseries some years ago, where it was 

 considered a spreading variety of H. algarvense; and, from its habit, was 

 not so much esteemed. We believe it has now quite disappeared from 

 them ; but is most probably still cultivated in some of the gardens in the 

 neighbourhood of Paris. Ventenat's figure was from a plant cultivated in 

 the garden of M. Cels. 



3. H. atriplicifblium ( W. enum. 569.) Stem shrubby, erect : branches 

 covered with white patches, or spots : leaves on footstalks, broadly ovate, 

 bluntish, undulate towards the base, covered on both sides with silvery 

 spots : flower-stems racemose, hairy : calyx hairy, of 3 sepals, or rarely 

 5 sepals, the 2 outer ones very small, b. Native of Spain. Barrel, ic. 

 t. 292. Stem 4 to 6 feet high ; upper leaves sessile : hairs long, hairy, 

 brownish : petals large, yellow. We saw numerous plants of this species 



