half as long as the inner ones, and more spreading : 

 filaments slender, smooth : pollen orange- coloured. 

 Germen densely tomentose. Style smooth, about the 

 length of the stamens. Stigma capitate, slightly 

 3-lobed, tuberculate. 



This handsome and very distinct species, is a native 

 of France, Spain, and Portugal, and is said to have 

 been cultivated in this country as far back as 1731 ; it 

 is a pretty plant for ornamenting rock- work, but is 

 liable to be injured in very severe winters, except co- 

 vered with mats or a little dry litter in severe frost ; 

 if there happen to be a sufficiency of snow on the 

 ground, that will answer the purpose ; but it is best 

 to have some plants of it in pots, that may be pro- 

 tected in a frame in severe weather ; those can be turned 

 out in the ground in Spring, where they will thrive 

 and flower well. 



The present plant is generally sold in the nurseries 

 by the name of Cistus Libanotis, which is a very dif- 

 ferent species, and appears to be much more rare than 

 this plant, as we have not been able to detect it this 

 Summer in any collection that we have examined ; this 

 species varies considerably in habit and pubescence, 

 according to the situation in which it is grown ; if 

 grown under glass, it is much more pubescent, and 

 the leaves are strongly fringed, as in our figure ; but 

 when grown in the open air, the leaves are quite smooth 

 and glossy, with scarcely a vestige of pubescence, ex- 

 cept on the under side, where they are clothed with a 

 dense tomentum ; we, therefore, believe the two varie- 

 ties of M. Decandolle to be occasioned only by differ- 

 ence of situation ; we have accordingly united them. 



Our drawing was taken from a plant lent us from 

 the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, in June 

 last ; it thrives well in small pots, in a mixture of 

 sandy loam and peat, and continues to bloom in suc- 

 cession from June to August. Young cuttings, planted 

 under hand-glasses, strike root readily ; it may also be 

 raised from seeds, which ripen plentifully. 



