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CISTUS parviflorus. 



Small-flowered Rock-Rose. 



Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra,fol3. 



** Pedunculis subcymosis; stylo submtllo capitate slaminibus ire- 



nva 



viore. 



C. parviflorus, foliis ovatis acutis subtomentosis basi trinerviis rcti- 

 culato-venosis petiolatis : petiolis basi connatis subvaginantibus, 

 pedunculis subcymosis terminalibus, calycibus acutis villosis, 

 petalis distinctis obcordatis calyce duplo longioribus. 



Cistus parviflorus. Lam. diet. 2. p. 14. Pers. syn. 2. p. 75. DC. 

 prod. 1. p. 264. Swt. kort. brit. p. 34. n. 8. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 584. 



shrubby, much branched : branches spreading, 

 rather slender, densely clothed with a white tomentum. 

 Leaves ovate, acute, somewhat twisted, thinly clothed 

 with a white tomentum, 3-nerved at the base, rugose, 

 reticulately veined, petiolate. Petioles connected at 

 the base, and sheathing the stem, tomentosely hairy. 

 Flowers more or less cymose, terminal, of a pale rose 

 colour. Bractes ovate, acute, concave. Peduncles 

 1 to 3-flowered, villpsely hairy. Calyx of 5 sepals, 

 villous, acute, outer ones narrowest, ovately oblong, 

 inner ones ovate, concave, with membranaceous mar- 

 gins. Petals 5, more than double the length of the 

 calyx, obcordate, distinct, not imbricate, slender at 

 the base, pale rose-coloured. Stamens about 30, short, 

 but overtopping the stigma; filaments smooth, pale 

 yellow : pollen bright yellow. Germen tomentose. Style 

 very short. Stigma large, capitate, deeply 5-chan- 

 nelled, papillose. 



For the opportunity of giving a figure of this very 

 rare and handsome plant, we are obliged to Mr. Wil- 

 liam Anderson, Curator of the Apothecaries' Garden 

 at Chelsea, who kindly informed us when it was in 

 bloom ; we are certain that it is the species for which 



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