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HELIANTHEMUM macranthon multiplex 

 Double great-flowered Sun- Rose. 



Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l. 

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



H. macranthon, caule suffruticoso, ramis procumbentibus tomentosi- 

 usculis, foliis planis ovato-oblongis acutiusculis supra glabris sub- 

 tus levissime tomentosis pallide cinereis, stipulis pilosiusculis pe- 

 tiolo subaequalibus vel longioribus, calycibus striatis pilosis, petalis 

 distinctis. Supra fol. 103. 



a simplex, foliis majoribus, floribus simplicibus. Supra 1. 103. 



@ multiplex, foliis inferioribus subrotundis, floribus plenis. Supra. 



Stem suffrutescent, much branched : branches pro- 

 cumbent, clothed with a thin tomentum, which in time 

 wears off, they then become smooth. Leaves flat ; lower 

 ones nearly round, or of a roundish oval, obtuse; the 

 upper ones ovately oblong, more acute, the upper side 

 green and glossy, but hairy ; underneath clothed with 

 a thin white tomentum, besides some bunches of hairs, 

 which give a greyish appearance; the hairs fixed on 

 minute tubercles, which occasions a roughness. Petioles 

 short, hairy, furrowed on the upper side and rounded 

 on the lower. Stipules linearly lanceolate, acute, fringed 

 with long hairs, lower ones about the length of the pe- 

 tioles, upper ones about twice their length. Racemes 

 terminal, several-flowered, nodding before expansion, 

 afterwards lengthening out and becoming erect. Brac- 

 tes lanceolate, somewhat falcate, fringed with long hairs. 

 Pedicles clothed with a thin tomentum and longer hairs 

 intermixed, nodding before the flowers expand, nearly 

 erect when in bloom. Calyx of 5 sepals ; the two outer 



