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HELIANTHEMUM arabicum 



Arabian Sun- Rose. 



Sect. VII. FUMANA. Supra fol. 16. 



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H. arabicum, caule suffruticoso hirsute adscendente, ramis virgatis, 

 foliis alternis lineari-oblongis hirsutis subsessilibus, pedunculis so- 

 litariis unifloris suboppositifoliis ramealibus terminalibusve, caly- 

 cibus hirsutis. DC. prodr. ] . p. 275. 



Helianthemum arabicum. Pers. synops. 2. p. 80. n. 80. Sprenq. syst. 



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2. p. 591. n. 61. 

 Cistus arabicus. Linn. spec. 745. Willd. spec. pi. 2. p. 1211. n. 79. 



FaM. sym6. 2. p. 62. . 35. Sibthorp Flor. grcec. t. 503. 

 Cistus ferrugineus. Lamarck diet. 2. />. 25. 



Suffrutescent, very much branched : branches slender, 

 hairy, ascending, growing in a close compact tuft. 

 Leaves alternate, linearly oblong, taper-pointed, attenu- 

 ated to the base, nearly sessile, hairy. Petioles very short, 

 or scarcely any. Stipules ovate, taper-pointed, hairy, and 

 fringed. Peduncles solitary, opposite to a leaf, or termi- 

 nating the branches, twice the length of the calyx, slen- 

 der, and clothed with short hairs. Flowers saffron-co- 

 loured, more or less tinged with purple at the back and 

 margins. Calyx of 5 sepals, thickly clothed with short 

 hairs; the two outer ones smallest, lanceolate, broad- 

 est towards the base, taper-pointed, spreading, or the 

 points sometimes reflexed : inner ones ovate, acute, con- 

 cave inwards, 2 or 3-nerved. Petals^, broadly obovate, 

 terminating in a sort of point, very much imbricate at 

 the margins. Stamens numerous : filaments smooth, yel- 

 low, unequal in length. Germen pubescent. Style smooth, 

 longer than the stamens. Stigma small, capitate, papil- 



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