CISTINE^E. 



Calycis sepala 5 cum pedicello continua persistentia saepius inaequalia, 

 2 exteriora ceteris saepius ininora intercom evanida, 3 interiora per aestiva- 

 tionem contorta. Petala 5 hypogyna, caduca, aequalia, per aestivationera 

 contorta, sed directione sepalis contraria. Stamina numero indefinita, sae- 

 pius numerosa, hypogyna, erecta. Filamenta libera. Antherce ovatae, bi- 

 loculares, birimosae, basi insertae. Ovarium liberum. Stylus 1 filiformis. 

 Stigma simplex. Capsula constans valvis 3-5, rarius 10, mine medio ner- 

 vum longitudinalem placentarium gerentibus et tune capsula 1-locularis, 

 nunc nervo medio in septum plus minusve completum abeunte et tune cap- 

 sula complete aut incomplete multilocularis. Semina ided semper vere pa- 

 rietalia, sed nunc placentae parieti contiguae nunc septi angulo interno adfixa 

 plurima, parvula. Albumen farinosum. Embryo spiralis aut curvus intra 

 albumen. -Suffrutices aut Herbae. Folia simplicia, penninervia, Integra 

 aut subdentata, primordialia semper opposita, cetera scepius opposita, inter- 

 dum alterna, basi nunc nuda? nunc stipulis binis foliaceis instructa. Racemi 

 scepe floribus unilateralibus pcdicellatis successive evolutis et idea fere scor- 

 pioidei. Flores rosacei, petalisfugacissimis, scepius ephemeri, semper diur- 

 ni,Jlavi albi aut purpurei, ungue scept discolore. Rami succo glutinoso scepti 

 obducti. Ordo affinis hinc Violarieis quibuscum olim confusus et a quibus 

 differt praecipue staminibus indefinitis, illinc Bixineis a quibus non differt 

 nisi petalis semper praesentibus nee interdum nullis, sepalorum aestivatione 

 subdiversa, albumine farinaceo, foliis nunquam pellucidis, etc. DC. prodr. 

 v. 1. p. 263. 



CISTUS. Supra folio 1. 



Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Sepala externa angustiora, saepe minora, 

 interna basi concava margin e scariosa. Petala rosea, rubra aut purpurea. 

 Capsula 5-loculares. 



1. C. complicdtus (Lam. diet. 2. p. 14.) Leaves petiolate, roundish 

 ovate, bluntish, clothed with a white woolliness, crowded, underneath net- 

 ted-veined : petioles dilated at the base, somewhat hollow and sheathing, 

 the margins hairy : flower-stalks short, 1-flowered, in threes or fours, ter- 

 minating the branches. T? . Native of the Levant, and the mountains of 

 Valencia, in Spain. Flowers small, rose-coloured. 



2. C. sericeus (Vahl symb. 1. p. 37.) Leaves ovate, woolly, three- 

 nerved ; lower ones on footstalks ; upper ones sessile : flower-stalks hairy. h> . 

 Native of Spain. Flower-stalks clothed with long purplish hairs : petals 

 and filaments purple. 



3. G.hy'bridus (Vahl symb. 1. p. 37.) Leaves on footstalks, ovate, 

 hoary: branches scaly: flower-stalks elongated, hairy. T?. Native of 

 Spain : petals purple. 



Sect. II. LEDONIA. Sepala 5, 2 externa majora valde acuminata 

 vel nulla ; petala alba aut albida ; stamina numerosa pistillo longiora ; stig- 

 ma subsessile magnum capitatum, capsulae 5-10-loculares.* Frutices aut 

 suffrutices, folia saepe glutinosa. 



