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HELIANTHEMUM ellipticum. 



Elliptic-leaved Sun-Rose. 



Sect. VI. ERIOCARPUM. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis extus piloso- 

 sericeis seu tomentosiusculis intus nitidis, 2 externis minutis lineari- 

 bus, 3 internis ovatis 4-5-striatis. Petala calyce pau!6 longiora. 

 Stylus subrectus basi flexus. Ovarium pilosum seu villosum. Cap- 

 sula pilosa. Semina numerosa, rufescentia, minima. Suffrutices; 

 rami teretes, juniores cinereo-pubescentes. Folia opposita alternaque, 

 subtus cano-cinerea obtusiuscula. Stipulae petiolo breviores linear -es. 

 Racemi secundi parvi oppositifolii, floribus confertis parvulis sessili- 

 bus seu majoribus breviter pedicellatis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 273. 



H. ellipticum, caule suffruticoso ramoso erecto cinereo, foliis oppo- 

 sitis ellipticis leproso-tomentosis cinereo-candidis obtusis margine 

 revolutis, stipulis linearibus parvis, racemis paucifloris, floribus 

 sessilibus bracteis subalternis. DC. prodr. v. 1. p. 274. 



Helianthemum ellipticum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 78. Spreng. syst. v. 2. 

 p. 589. Swt. hort. brit. ed. 2. p. 42. n. 39. 



Cistus ellipticus. Desf.fi. atl. 1. p. 418. 1. 107. Smith fior. grac. 

 t. 502. 



Stem suffrutescent, producing numerous branches 

 from the base, which at first spread out a little, but 

 afterwards become erect : branches thickly clothed with 

 canescent hairs. Leaves opposite, elliptic, obtuse, the 

 upper ones sometimes alternate, densely clothed with 

 white woolly hairs, margin slightly revolute, attenuated 

 a little towards the base, sessile, or on very short foot- 

 stalks. Stipules very small, linear, very hairy, spreading. 

 Racemes several-flowered, secund. Flowers sessile, or 

 the lower ones on very short footstalks, all facing one 

 way, pale yellow or straw-coloured. Peduncles densely 

 clothed with woolly hairs. Bractes generally alternate 

 with the flowers, deciduous. Pedicles very short, and 

 only on the lower flowers. Calyx of 5 sepals, large, in- 



