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HELIANTHEMUM nummularium. 



Money -wort-leaved Sun-Rose. 



Sect. IX. Eu HELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol 7. * Petalis luteis. 



H. nummularium, caule suffruticoso : ramis procumbentibus hirsu- 

 tis, foliis inferioribns orbiculatis ; superioribus oblongo-linearibiis 

 hirsutis subtus viridi-cinereis, stipulis lineari-oblongis pctiolo 

 dup!6 longioribus, racemis catycibusque hirsutis, petalis subiin- 

 bricatis. 



Helianthemum nummularium. DC.prodr. 1. p. 280. Milidict. w.ll. 

 Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. n. 67. 



Helianthemum obscurum nummularium. DC.Jl.fr. 6. p. 624. 



Cistus nummularius. a. Lin. spec. 743. nee Desf. et. Cav. 



iSVewssuffruticose, procumbent: branches long, spread- 

 ing in all directions, thickly clothed with rigid hairs. 

 Leaves variable, hairy on both sides, rough, flat, or the 

 upper ones very slightly revolute, of a dull green on the 

 upper side, and paler underneath : lower ones nearly 

 orbicular or rounded, others ovate or elliptic, obtuse ; 

 upper ones oblongly linear, acute, all hairy on both 

 sides and ciliate. Petioles very short and very hairy. 

 Stipules linearly oblong, hairy and fringed, double the 

 length of the footstalks. Racemes several-flowered, 

 curved inward before the flowers expand, afterwards 

 lengthening out, and remaining erect. Bractes oblongly 

 linear, hairy and ciliate. Peduncles brown, thickly clo- 

 thed with hispid hairs, nodding before the flowers ex- 

 pansion, nearly erect when expanded, after flowering 

 reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, which are hispidly hairy : 

 2 outer ones small, oblong, bluntish : inner ones con- 

 cave, membranaceous, bluntish, 4-angled, middle an- 

 gles of a brownish purple, outer ones green. Petals 5, 

 slightly imbricate, obcordate, slender and distinct at 



