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CISTUS latifolius. 

 Broad-leaved Rock-Rose. 



Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra, fol. 1. 



1 . Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis, sepalis 5, extends 

 scepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus. 



** Pedunculis bracteatis, basi bracteolis caducis parvulis concavis 

 coriaceis subluteis decussatis, infra medium 2 oppositis majoribus. 



C. latifolius, foliis petiolatis lato cordatis acutis margine crispato- 

 undulatis denticulatis ciliatis, pedunculis bracteatis longis subcy- 

 mosis villoso-pilosis, sepalis lato-cordatis villosis, petalis imbri- 

 catis. 



Cistus latifolius. Swt. hort. brit. p. 34. w 4 23. Supra, foL 8. inobs. 



Cistus populifolius, a. major. DC. prodr. 1. p. 266. 



A large branching shrub, with brown glossy bark : 

 branches spreading, crooked, when young, clothed with 

 long white hairs, which drop off as the shoots advance 

 in age, they are then smooth and glossy. Leaves op- 

 posite, nearly as broad as long, cordate and overlap- 

 ping at the base, acute, the points reflexed, under- 

 neath strongly nerved, the nerves much branched, re- 

 ticulately veined, more or less hairy on both sides, 

 margins curled or much undulate, and toothed with 

 numerous small teeth, also ciliate, of a pale green co- 

 lour. Petioles stout, channelled on the upper side 

 and rounded on the lower, widened and sheathing the. 

 stem at the base, margins purple, fringed. Peduncles 

 long, axillary, bracteate at the base, subcymose, in 

 our specimens from 3 to 5-flowered, lower part glossy, 

 upper part villosely hairy. Bractes decussate, or cross- 

 ing each other, falling before the flowers expand ; 

 lower ones small, oblong, concave, keeled, hairy in- 

 side, fringed, bluntish, but terminated with a small 

 point : upper ones larger and more acute, also keeled, 

 villous inside and fringed with white hairs. Pedicles 



