CISTUS ladaniferus p. macuiatus. 



Spotted-flowered flat-leaved Gum Cistus. 



CISTUS. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis duplici serie dispositis, 2 ex- 

 ternis inaequalibns, interdum nullis. Petala 5, cequalia, subcuneata, 

 caduca. Stamina numerosa, saepe disco glanduloso exserta. 

 Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Capsuia calyce obtecta, 

 10-5-locularis, valvis 10-5, medio septiferis. Semina ovato-angu- 

 lata. Embryo filiformis spiralis. Folia opposita cxstipulata Integra 

 vel denticulata. Pedunculi axillares, uni aut multiflori. Semina 

 ex solo C. monspeliensi descripta. DC. prodr. 1. p. 263. 



Sect. II. LEDONIA. Sepala 5, 2 externa majora valde acumi- 

 nata vel nulla : petala alba aut albida ; stamina numerosa pistillo 

 longiora; stigma subsessile magnum capitatum ; capsulce 5-10-locu- 

 lares. Frutices aut suffrutices : folia scepe glutinosa. 



2. Pedunculis bracteatis, bracteis caducis decussatis, inferiori- 

 bus minoribus unifloris, axillaribus solitariis vel terminalibus umbella- 

 tis; calycibus 3-sepalis ; capsulis 5-lQ-locularibus. DC. p. 266. 



* Stigmate magno sessili. 



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C. ladaniferus, foliis planis subsessilibus basi connatis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis trinerviis supra glabris nitidis subtus tomentosis reticulato- 

 venosis, capsulis 10-locularibus. 



Cistus ladaniferus. Link enum. 2. p. 74. DC. prodr. 1. p. 266. 



Cistus ladaniferus. 0. planifolius. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 305. 



a. albiftorus, petalis omnino albis. Ledon. 1. Clus. hist. 1. p. 78. ic. 



@. macuiatus , petalis albis, basi macul& atrosanguinea notatis. Supra. 



Stem shrubby, erect, branching : branches slender, 

 thickly clothed with a shining glutinous substance. 

 Leaves slightly connected at the base, nearly sessile, 

 flat, linearly-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved from the base ; 

 upper side smooth and glossy, viscous; underneath 

 clothed with a dense white tomentum, reticulately 

 veined. Flowers terminal, solitary. Bractes 6, oppo- 

 site, crossing each other : the 4 lower ones leaf-like, 

 dilated and concave at the base, fringed ; 2 upper ones 

 membranaceous, obovate, taper-pointed, concave, cili- 

 ate. Calyx of 3 sepals, which are cordately ovate, 

 acute, concave, striated, fringed on one side, the other 



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