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HELIANTHEMUM barbatum 



Bearded Sun- Rose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 7. 

 * Petalis luteis. 



H. barbatum, caule sufFruticoso erecto ramosissimo : ramis fascicu- 

 lato-pilosis, foliis hirsutis utrinque viridibus : iuferioribus subro- 

 tundo-ovatis ; superioribus ellipticis, stipulis oblongis ciliato-hir- 

 sutis petiolo longioribus, racemis longis hirsuto-barbatis multiflo- 

 ris, calycibus verrucosis hirsutis, pstalis cremilalis basi imbrica- 

 tis. 



Helianthemum barbatum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 79. Willd. enum. supp. 

 p. 39. Link enum. 2. p. 16. 



Cistus barbatus. Lam. diet. 2. p. 24. 



Stem suffruticose, erect or ascending, very much 

 branched : branches erect, thickly clothed with bunches 

 of spreading shaggy hairs, as is every other part of the 

 plant, except the corolla. Leaves opposite, crossing 

 each other, rather crowded, underneath strongly nerved, 

 bluntish : lower ones nearly round or ovate : upper 

 ones elliptic, all hairy on both sides, the hairs in stel- 

 late bunches ; of a pale green colour on both sides, but 

 palest underneath. Petioles rather long, a little flat- 

 tened on the upper side, and rounded on the lower. 

 Stipules leaf-like, oblong, bluntish, fringed, a little 

 longer than the petioles. Racemes terminal, many- 

 flowered, densely hairy or bearded with long hairs, 

 much lengthened after flowering, curved inwards be- 

 fore the flowers expansion, afterwards erect. Bractes 

 oblong or ovate, obtuse, fringed. Pedicles of a brown- 

 ish purple, nodding before flowering, erect when in 

 flower, afterwards recurved. Calyx of 5 sepals, the 2 

 outer ones small, ovate or oblong, obtuse, inner ones 



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