HELIANTHEMUM rhodanthum 



Dark rose-coloured Sun-rose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Calyx ante anthesin apice sub- 

 tortus, 5-sepalus, sepalis externis saep patulis multo minoribus, 

 internis 2 saepiiis 4-costatis sulcatis margine scariosis intus nitidis, 

 angulis ssepe pilosis. Petala calycibus 2-3-4-plo longiora. Sta- 

 mina numerosa. Stylus basi flexus, apice subclavatus. Stigma 

 simplex. Capsula calyce obtecta trivalvis unilocularis apice dehis- 

 cens. Semina pauca extiis convexa, intus angulosa. Suffrutices; 

 caules basi ramosi, ramis numerosis ercctis vel procumbentibus, 

 scepius adscendentibus. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, inferior a 

 minora, scepd margine revoluta stipulata, stipulis lineari-lanceolatis. 

 Racemi terminates secundi simplices, ante anthesin incurvi, post 

 anthesin erecti elongati. Pedicelli basi lateraliter bracteati, ante 

 anthesin cernui, per anthesin erecti, post anthesin recurvi reflexi. 

 DC. prodr. 1. p. 278. 



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



H. rhodanthum, caule suffruticoso procumbente ; ramis tomentosi- 

 usculis subincanis adscendentibus, foliis oblongis margine revo- 

 lutis; subtus tomentoso-incanis ; supra viridi-glaucescentibus, 

 stipulis subulatis pilosis apice setosis, calycibus breviter tomen- 

 tosis albidis, petalis imbricatis. 



Helianthemum rhodanthum. Dunal. ined. ex DC. prodr. 1. p. 282. 

 Swt. hort. brit. p. 36. n. 76. 



Stems numerous, procumbent, very much branched : 

 branches ascending, densely clothed with a short white 

 mealy tomentum, that wears off by age. Leaves oppo- 

 site, crossing each other, with short footstalks, oblong 

 or oblongly linear, bluntish, but terminated in a point, 

 margins revolute, of a glaucous green, and slightly 

 pubescent on the upper side ; and clothed with a dense 

 white tomentum on the lower. Petioles short, canes- 

 cently pubescent. Stipules, one on each side of the 

 leaf, longer than the petioles, subulate, hairy, with 

 bristly points. Racemes terminal, several flowered, 

 before flowering curved inwards, after flowering, elon- 

 gated and erect. jBractes short, acute, canescent. 



