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HELIANTHEMUM roseum 0. multiplex. 

 Double-flowered Rose-coloured Sun- Rose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l. 

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



H. roseum, caule suffruticoso subprocumbente tomentosiusculo, foliis 

 ovato-lanceolatis utrinque tomentosiusculis : subtus pallide ciriereis, 

 stipulis linearibus, pedicellis calycibusque piloso-subhirsutis. DC. 

 prodr. 1. p. 283. 



Helianthemum roseum. DC.flor.fr. 4. p. 822. Supra fol. 55. 



#. multiplex, foliis latioribus obtusioribus, floribus plenis. Supra. 



Stems suffruticose, branching, more or less procum- 

 bent, ascending, the young branches tomentose. Leaves 

 opposite or in threes, ovate or ovately lanceolate, 

 bluntly rounded, the upper ones more acute, clothed 

 with a short tomentum on both sides, the upper side 

 of a greyish hoary colour, underneath more canescent, 

 the margins slightly revolute when young, but becom- 

 ing flat by age. Petioles short, tomentosely hairy. Sti- 

 pules linear, acute, tomentosely hairy, and terminated 

 with a tuft of shortish hairs. Racemes terminal, many- 

 flowered, nodding before expansion, afterwards length- 

 ening out and becoming erect. Bractes short, lanceo- 

 late. Pedicles clothed with a short canescent tomentum, 

 nodding. Calyx inflated, roundly ovate, tomentose, 

 of 5 sepals : 2 outer ones very small, close pressed to 

 the others: inner ones ovate, bluntish, concave in- 

 wards, strongly 4-nerved. Flowers monstrous, more 

 or less double, pale rose coloured ; when grown in rich 

 soil very large, consisting of many petals. Stamens 

 perfect, and numerous in most flowers. Style and 

 Stigma sometimes perfect, but often imperfect. 



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