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CISTUS hirsutus. 



Hairy Rock- Rose. 



Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra, fol. 8. 



. 1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis: sepalis 5, ex- 

 ternis s&pim cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus. 



* Pedunculis basi nudis, scepe infrd medium folia opposita geren- 

 tibus. 



C. kirsutus, foliis sessilibus oblongis obtusis hirsutis basi trincrviis, 

 pedunculis brevibus unifloris aut cymoso-multifloris, capsulis 

 parvis calyce maximo hirsute et pyramid ali tectis, petalis rotun- 

 dato-obcordatis imbricatis. 



Cistus hirsutus. DC. prodr. 1. p. 265. Lam. diet. 2. p. 17. Witlden. 

 enum. 2. p. 568. Link enum. 2 p. 74. Swt. hort. brit. p. 34. 

 n. 19. Sprtrtg. syst. 2. /). 586. Clus. hist. Ledon. 4. 



Stem shrubby, very much branched : branches spread- 

 ing, thickly clothed with unequal spreading hairs. 

 Leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, obtuse, more or less 

 undulate, 3-nerved at the base, rugose, strongly nerved 

 underneath, the nerves much branched, hairy on both 

 sides, the margins fringed : upper ones much broader 

 than the lower ones, particularly towards their base, 

 and more hairy, also more strongly 3-nerved. Flowers 

 terminal, generally cymose, seldom solitary. Pedicles 

 short, villosely hairy, slightly viscous, cylindrical. Ca- 

 lyx large, broad at the base, with a taper point, or py- 

 ramidal ; sepals 5, villosely hairy, the hairs white and 

 spreading : outer ones very broadly cordate, acute, 

 leafy, their margins recurved or revolute: inner ones 

 smaller, ovate, with taper points, their margins mem- 

 branaceous. Petals 5, obovate or obcordate, imbricate, 

 white, yellow at the base. Stamens about 100, unequal 

 in length, spreading, far overtopping the stigma: fila- 

 ments smooth, pale yellow : pollen bright yellow. Ger- 

 men rough, pubescent. Style very short, erect. Stigma 

 large, capitate. 



