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HELIANTHEMUM tauricum. 



Taurian Sun- Rose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7. 

 * Petalis luteis. 



H. tauricum, caule suiFruticoso rainosissimo procumbente ; ramis 

 procumbentibus piloso-hirsutis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis margine 

 subrevolutis utrinque pilosis supra viridibus subtus pallidioribus, 

 stipulis lanceolato-linearibus ciliatis petiolo longioribus, floribus 

 magnis, calycibus nitidis subhirsutis, petalis imbricatis. 



Helianthemum tauricum. Fischer Mss. Swt. hort. brit. edit. 2. p. 42. 

 n. 79. 



Stem suffruticose, very much branched, trailing flat 

 on the ground : branches lengthening out to a consi- 

 derable distance, spreading flat on the ground, thickly 

 clothed with entangled hairs, which gives them a rough 

 appearance. Leaves opposite, oblong, or oblongly lan- 

 ceolate, blunt, hairy on both sides, the margins slightly 

 revolute, of a dark brownish green on the upper side, 

 and rather paler underneath, but not hoary. Stipules 

 very long, lanceolately linear, acute, hairy and fringed, 

 more than twice the length of the petioles. Racemes 

 terminal, many-flowered, nodding before the flowers 

 expand, afterwards becoming erect. Peduncles very 

 hairy, with short tomentum underneath. Bractes simi- 

 lar to the stipules. Pedicles tomentosely hairy, nodding 

 before the flowers expansion, erect when in bloom, af- 

 terwards reflexed. Flowers large, pale yellow. Calyx 

 of 5 sepals ; the two outer ones small, very hairy, spread- 

 ing : the three inner ones ovate, strongly veined, hairy, 

 but glossy, the nerves of a reddish purple. Petals 5, 

 broad, imbricate, broadly obovate, uneven at the edges, 

 of a pale yellow. Stamens numerous, spreading :jilaments 



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