HELIANTHEMUM cupreum 



Copper- coloured Sun- H ose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l. 

 ** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris veldilutd sulphureis. 



H. cupreum, caule suffruticoso procumbente; ramis adscendentibus 

 tomentosiusculis adultis glabris, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis canali- 

 culatis : supra viridibus hirsutis; subtus toinentoso-incanis, sti- 

 pulis lanceolatis acutis ciliatis apice setosis petiolo duplo longi- 

 oribus, calycibus tomentoso-pilosis, petalis imbricatis. 



Stem suffruticose, procumbent, branching in all di- 

 rections : branches ascending, purple, when young clo- 

 thed with a thin tomentum, which wears off by age, 

 they then become smooth and glossy, but are thinly 

 warted. Leaves oblongly-lanceolate, scarcely acute, 

 rather concave and channelled on the upper side, which 

 is green and hairy ; underneath clothed with a close 

 dense white tomentum, the margins slightly rolled 

 back : upper leaves narrowest and more acute. Peti- 

 oles short, pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, acute, about 

 twice the length of the petioles, fringed with long hairs, 

 the ends of which bend inwards, the points setose, or 

 tipped with little bristle-like hairs. Racemes terminal, 

 several-flowered, nodding before expansion, afterwards 

 becoming erect. Bractes lanceolate, fringed, more than 

 half the length of the pedicles, sometimes full the 

 length. Pedicles downy, nodding before the expansion 

 of the flowers, erect when in bloom, afterwards re- 

 flexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, the two outer ones very 

 small, oblong, obtuse, hairy, the three inner ones ovate, 

 scarcely acute, concave, strongly 3 or 4-nerved, very 

 hairy on the nerves, the hairs in bunches, which are 



