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HELIANTHEMUM hyssopifolium p cupreum. 

 Copper-coloured Hyssop-leaved Sun- Rose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7. 

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



H. hyssopifolium, caule suffruticoso adscendente, ramis hirsnto-to- 

 mentosiusculis, foliis inferioribus ovalibus ; superioribus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis; utrinque viridibus planis hirsutis, catycibus hirsutis, 

 petalis imbricatis. 



Helianthemum hyssopifolium. Ten. synops. flor. neap. p. 48. DC. 

 prodr. 1.^.284. 



a crocalum, floribus ferrugineo-croceis. 



/3 cupreum, floribus cupreis. Supra. 



y multiplex, floribus cupreis plenis. 



Stem suffruticose, much branched : branches ascend- 

 ing, when young densely tomentosely hairy, becoming 

 nearly smooth by age, when they are more or less tin- 

 ged with purple. Leaves flat, green on both sides, the 

 upper side glossy, hairy on both sides, the hairs curved 

 inwards, varying in size according to the strength of the 

 plant : lower ones roundly oval, upper ones narrower, 

 oblongly lanceolate or linearly lanceolate. Petioles 

 short, pubescent, slightly furrowed on the upper side, 

 and rounded on the lower. Stipules lanceolate, acute, 

 hairy and bristle pointed, about double the length of the 

 petioles. Racemes terminal, nodding before expansion, 

 becoming erect when in bloom. Bractes lanceolate, 

 acute, pubescent, shorter than the stipules. Pedicles 

 downy, nodding before the flowers expansion, erect 

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

 very hairy, bearded at the base, the two outer ones very 

 small, lanceolate, acute, erect : inner ones ovate, acute, 

 concave, strongly nerved. Petals 5, broadly obovate or 



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