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HELIANTHEMUM hirtum. 



Bristly-calyxed Sun- Rose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 17. 

 * Petalis luteis. 



H. hirtum, caule suffruticoso ramoso, ramis adscendentibus nume- 

 rosis tomentoso-hirtis cinereis, foliis ovatis seu oblongis margine 

 revolutis tomentoso-hirtis subtus canescentibus supra viridi-cine- 

 reis, stipulis angustis petiolo sublongioribus, calycibus hirsutissi- 

 mis albidis, petalis obcordatis imbricatis. 



Helianthemum hirtum. Pers.syn.Z. p. 79. DC. prodr.I. p. 281. 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 593. Sivt. hort. brit. ed. 2. p. 42. n. 85. 



Cistus hirtus. Linn. spec. 744. Cavan. icon. 2. p. 37. 1. 146. Smith 

 flor.gr &c. t. 501. 



suffrutescent, producing numerous branches 

 from the base : branches ascending, clothed with a hoary 

 canescence, and innumerable spreading hairs. Leaves 

 opposite, the lower ones ovate, the others oblong, obtuse, 

 revolute at the margins, thickly covered with spreading 

 hairs : upper side of a pale green ; underneath clothed 

 with a close white tomentum. Petioles short, hairy. 

 Stipules rather small, but longer than the petioles, those 

 at the upper leaves largest, very hairy. Racemes terminal, 

 several-flowered, at first nodding, but becoming erect 

 as the flowers expand. Bractes similar to the stipules, 

 but rather larger. Pedicles slender, nodding before the 

 flowers expansion, erect when in bloom, afterwards re- 

 flexed, densely hairy. Calyx of 5 sepals, densely covered 

 with spreading white hairs ; the two outer ones narrow, 

 linear, spreading, of a brightish green : the inner ones 

 ovate, acute, concave, strongly veined, of a pale whitish 

 green colour. Petals 5, imbricate, obcordate, veined 

 from the base, where they terminate in a saffron-coloured 

 spot. Stamens numerous, of various lengths : jilaments 



