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HELIANTHEMUM hyssopifolium a crocatum. 

 Saffron-coloured Hyssop-leaved Sun-Rose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 7. 

 ** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis. 



H. hyssopifolium, caule sufFruticoso adscendente, ramis hirsuto-to- 

 mentosiusculis, foliis inferioribus ovalibus ; superioribus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis ; utrinque viridibus planis hirsutis, calycibus hirsutis, 

 petalis imbricatis. Supra fol. 58. cum synonym. 



a, crocatum, floribus ferrugineo-croceis. Supra 92. 



|3 cupreum, floribus cupreis. Supra fol. 58. 



y multiplex, floribus cupreis plenis. Supra fol. 72. 



Stem suffrutescent, much branched : branches ascend- 

 ing, tomentosely hairy, becoming nearly smooth by age. 

 Leaves opposite, flat, green on both sides, the upper 

 side glossy, hairy on both sides, the hairs curved in- 

 wards, varying in size and shape, according to the 

 strength of the plant : lower ones nearly round, or of 

 a roundish oval, others oblong, oblongly ovate, or the 

 upper ones lanceolate and more acute. Petioles short, 

 flattened on the upper side, hairy. Stipules lanceolate, 

 acute, hairy and fringed, bristle-pointed, about twice 

 the length of the petioles. Racemes terminal, many- 

 flowered, nodding before expansion, and becoming 

 erect as the flowers expand. Bractes lanceolate, acute, 

 hairy, and fringed, shorter than the pedicles. Pedicles 

 downy, nodding before the flowers expansion, erect 

 when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, 

 very hairy, the two outer ones small ; inner ones ovate, 

 acute, concave inwards, strongly nerved, the nerves 

 tinged with red or purple. Petals 5, imbricate, very 



