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HELIANTHEMUM hyssopifolium ^ multiplex. 

 Double-flowered Hyssop-leaved Sun-Rose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7. 



* Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis. 



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

 mentosiusculis, foliis inferioribus ovalibus; superioribusoblongo- 

 lanceolatis; utrinque viridibus planis hirsutis, catycibus hirsutis, 

 petalis imbricatis. Supra fol. 58. 



y multiplex, floribus cupreis plenis. 



Stem suffruticose, much branched; branches as- 

 cending, very much knotted or rugged, when young 

 tomentosely hairy, but this wears off by age. Leaves 

 flat, very hairy, shorter and smaller than in the single 

 varieties : lower ones ovate, bluntish ; upper ones nar- 

 rower, oblongly lanceolate, acute, dark green on the 

 upper side and paler underneath. Petioles short, pu- 

 bescent. Stipules about half the length of the leaves, 

 lanceolate, acute, very hairy, fringed and bristle- pointed . 

 Racemes terminal, many-flowered, nodding before ex- 

 pansion, afterwards becoming erect. Uractes lanceo- 

 late, acute, very hairy, shorter than the stipules. Pe- 

 dicles downy, nodding before the flowers expansion, 

 erect or spreading when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. 

 Calyx of 5 sepals, very hairy, the two outer ones very 

 small, lanceolate, acute ; inner ones ovate, acute, con- 

 cave, strongly nerved. Flowers more or less double or 

 full of petals, copper-coloured, darkest at the base, some- 

 times making an attempt at another flower in its centre. 

 Stamens, many perfect, others are changed into petals. 

 Germen and Style generally monstrous. 



