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HELIANTHEMUM Anderson! 



Mr. Andersons Sun- Rose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supmfol.l. 



* Petalis luteis. 



H. Andersoni, caule suffruticoso procumbente ramoso ; ramis ad- 

 scendentibus tomentoso-canescentibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acutiusculis tomentosiusculis supra cinereis subtus canescentibus 

 margine parum revolutis, stipulis lineari-subulatis ciliatis petiolis 

 paulo longioribus, calycibus tomentosis, petalis imbricatis. 



Suffruticose, procumbent, very much branched, soon 

 forming a large spreading dense tuft : branches ascend- 

 ing, rather slender, densely clothed with a close-pressed 

 white tomentum, as are the petioles, peduncles, pedi- 

 cles, and calyx. Leaves opposite, oblongly lanceolate, 

 bluntish or scarcely acute, the margins slightly rolled 

 back, the upper side clothed with a thinnish loose 

 wool, and of a greyish hoary colour, underneath clo- 

 thed with a dense white tomentum. Stipules linearly 

 subulate, fringed and terminated with longish hairs, 

 rather longer than the petioles. Racemes terminal, long, 

 many-flowered, nodding before the flowers expand, 

 afterwards becoming erect. Bractes linear, acute, flat, 

 of a green colour, broader than the stipules, their mar- 

 gins tomentose. Pedicles densely clothed with a close- 

 pressed white tomentum, nodding before the flowers 

 expansion, then becoming erect, afterwards becoming 

 reflexed, and twisted when in fruit. Calyx persistent, 

 clothed with a white tomentum, also with woolly spread- 

 ing hairs ; two outer sepals very small, ovately lanceo- 

 late, bluntish : the three inner ones broadly ovate, 

 concave inwards, scarcely acute, strongly 3 or4-nerved, 



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