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pubescence ; petals obovate, distinct. Tj . F. Native of the 

 south of Europe. Petals crenulated, of a darkish-purple, tinged 

 with blue and with a yellow spot at the base of each. Cistus. Mas. 

 Clus. hist. p. C9. icon. C. incanus ft, D. C. prod. 1. p. 264. 

 Canescent-\e&ved Rock-Rose. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? Sh. 2 ft. 



10 C. UNDULA V TUS (Dun. ined. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 264.) 

 leaves sessile, linear-oblong, acute, with waved margins, 3- 

 nerved at the base ; peduncles solitary, each furnished with a 

 bractea ; sepals taper-pointed, villous. ^ . F. Native ? Flowers 

 purple, with a yellow mark at the base of each petal. Perhaps 

 only a cultivated variety of Cistus crispus. 



Waved-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Shrub 2 ft. 



11 C. CRI'SPUS (Lin. spec. 738.) leaves sessile, linear-lanceo- 

 late, undulately-curled, 3-nerved, wrinkled, pubescent ; flowers 

 almost sessile, 3 or 4 together, somewhat umbellate. Jj. F. 

 Native of the south of France, Spain, and Portugal. Cav. icon. 

 2. p. 57. t. 174. Sweet, cist. 22. Petals purple. 



Curled-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 1656. Shrub 2 ft. 



12 C. A'LBIDUS (Lin. spec. 737.) leaves sessile, oblong- 

 elliptical, hoary-tomentose, somewhat 3-nerved ; flowers 3 or 8, 

 terminal, somewhat umbellate ; outer sepals largest. fj . F. 

 Native of France about Narbonne, Spain, and Portugal. Petals 

 pale-purple, yellow at the base, imbricate. 



White-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1640. Shrub 2 ft. 



13 C. CANDIDI'SSIMUS (Dun. ined. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 264.) 

 leaves ovate-elliptical, acute, densely clothed with hoary tomen- 

 tum, 3-nerved ; footstalks short and sheathing at the base, with 

 pilose margins ; peduncles solitary, 1 -flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves ; outer sepals one-half shorter than the rest. T? F 

 Native of the Grand Canary Island in elevated pine forests. 

 Flowers pale rose-coloured. Petals distinct. Sweet, cist. t. 3. 



Whitest-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 1817. Sh. 4 ft. 



14 C. VAGINA'TUS (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 304.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, 3-nerved, hairy, under surface reticulated ; footstalks fur- 

 rowed, dilated, and sheathing at the base, with pilose margins ; 

 peduncles 3-flowered, axillary or terminal, long, bracteate at 

 the base. Tj . F. Native of the island of Tenerifie. Jacq. hort. 

 Schcenbr. 3. p. 17. t. 282. Sweet, cist. 9. Cistus symphyti- 

 folius, Lam. diet. 2. p. 15. Corolla yellowish at the base, the 

 rest pale-purple. Petals imbricate. 



Sheathed-petioled Rock-Rose. Fl. April. June. Clt. 1779. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



15 C. SEBI'CEUS (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 37.) leaves ovate, tomen- 

 tose, 3-nerved, lower ones on footstalks, upper ones sessile ; 

 peduncles hairy. Tj . F. Native of Spain. Barrel, icon. 1315. 

 Hairs of the peduncles long, purplish. Petals and filaments 

 purple. Anthers yellow. 



-S'z%-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt. 1826. Shrub 3 ft. 



16 C. HY'BRIDUS (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 37.) leaves ovate, hoary, 

 on footstalks ; branches beset with yellow scales ; peduncles 

 elongated, subracemose, hairy ; outer sepals caducous. ^ . F. 

 Native of Spain. Petals purple. 



Hybrid Rock-Rose. Fl. June, July. Shrub 3 feet. 



2. Peduncles cymose. Style almost wanting. Stigma capi- 

 tate, shorter than the stamens. 



17 C. CYMOSUS (Dunal, ined. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 265.) leaves 

 broad-ovate, twisted at the top, acutish, under surface wrinkled 

 and hoary ; footstalks dilated at the base, and somewhat sheath- 

 ing, furrowed above ; peduncles cymose, 5-10-flowered, hoary, 

 axillary or terminal. Tj . F. Native of ? formerly cultivated 

 in the garden of Cels, under the name of Cistus incanus. Petals 

 purple, with a yellow mark at the base of each. 



Cymose-ficmered Rock-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Shrub 3 feet. 



SECT. II. LEDONIA (\ncov, ledon, a name given by Dioscorides 



to a tree that produces a substance like ladanum, which is sup- 

 posed to be Cistus Ledon.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 265. Sepals 5, 

 2 outer ones largest, and very much pointed, or wanting. Petals 

 white or whitish, with a yellow or purple mark at the base of each. 

 Stamens numerous, longer than the pistil. Stigma almost sessile, 

 large, capitate. Capsules 5 or 10-celled, from being furnished 

 with 5 or 10 seminiferous partitions, one in the middle of each 

 valve. Shrubs or sub-shrubs. Leaves usually covered with 

 clammy gluten. 



1. Peduncles \-flomered, or many-flowered, cymose. Sepals 

 5, outer ones usually cordate at the base, and pointed at the apex. 

 Capsules 5 -celled. 



* Peduncles naked at the base, usually bearing beneath their 

 middle two opposite small leaves. 



18 C. SALVIFOLIUS (Lin. spec. FIG. 60. 



738.) leaves stalked, ovate, obtuse, 

 wrinkled, under surface tomen- 

 tose ; peduncles long, white from 

 tomentum, 1 -flowered, articulated 

 above, solitary or tern. >j . H. Na- 

 tive of Switzerland,south of France, 

 Italy, Greece, Spain, and Portugal. 

 Cav. icon. 2. p. 31. t. 137. Jacq. 

 coll. 2. p. 120. t. 8. Sweet, cist. 

 54. Smith, fl. grsec. t. 497. Cistus 

 femina, Clus. hist. 1. p. 70. icon. 

 Flowers middle-sized, white, (f.60.) 



Var. a, erectiusculus (D.C. prod. 

 1. p. 265.) stem erectish. 



Var. ft, ochroleucus (D.C. prod. 

 1. c.) flowers cream-coloured. 



Sage-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. 

 Aug. Clt. 1548. Shrub 2 feet. 



19 C. OBTUSIFOLIUS (Sweet, cist. t. 42.) leaves almost sessile, 

 tapering to the base, ovate-oblong, obtuse, wrinkled, clothed 

 with starry pubescence ; margins somewhat denticulated ; pe- 

 duncles terminal, cymose, many-flowered ; outer sepals broadly- 

 cordate, acute ; petals obcordate, imbricated. fj . F. Native 

 of Crete. Petals white, with a yellow spot at the base of each. 



Obtuse-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt.? Sh.ltoljft. 



20 C. CUPANIA'NUS (Presl. ex Spreng. syst. append, p. 206.) 

 stem erect ; leaves stalked, cordate-ovate, acute, wrinkled, 

 reticulately-veined, upper surface scabrous, under surface co- 

 vered with fascicled hairs, margin fringed ; peduncles pilose, 2- 

 3-flowered ; sepals villous, acuminated ; petals imbricated. fy . 

 F. Native of Sicily. Flowers white, with a spot of yellow at 

 the base of each petal. Sweet, cist. t. 70. . 



Cujjani's Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. ? Shrub 2 feet. 



21 C. ACUTIFOLIUS (Sweet, cist. t. 78.) leaves cordate-ovate, 

 3-nerved, reticulately-veined, pubescent on both surfaces ; 

 branches twiggy, diffuse, rather prostrate ; peduncles tomentose, 

 generally 3-flowered ; sepals cordate, acute, shining, rather 

 pilose, ciliated ; petals obcordate, imbricated at the base. Jj . H. 

 Native ? Petals white, yellow at the bottom. C. salvifo- 

 lius ft, humifusus, D. C. prod. 1. p. 265. 



Acute-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1548. Sh. 

 rather procumbent. 



22 C. CORBARIE'NSIS (Pourr. in herb. D. C. prod. 1. p. 265.) 

 leaves stalked, somewhat cordate, ovate, acuminated, with 

 fringed margins, wrinkled on both surfaces and very glutinous ; 

 peduncles long, 1-5-flowered. Ij . H. Native of the south of 

 France on the mountains called Les Corbieres, and in Spain. 

 Sweet, cist. 8. C. hybridus, Pourr. chlor. narb. p. 36. not of Vahl. 

 C. salvifolius ft, D.C. fl. fr. 4. p. 813. Petals white, imbricate. 



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