300 



CISTINE.E. I. CISTUS. 



Corbiere Rock-Rose. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1656. Shrub 2 ft. 



23 C. FIORENTI'NUS (Lam. diet. 2. p. 17.) leaves narrow-lan- 

 ceolate, wrinkled, reticulated on the under surface, almost ses- 

 sile; peduncles villous, generally 3-flowered. Jj . H. Native 

 of Italy. Sweet, cist. t. 59. Petals white, yellow at the base, 

 imbricate. Sepals acuminate. 



Florentine Rock-Rose. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1825. Shrub 3 ft. 



24 C. MONSPELIE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 737.) leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, sessile, 3-nerved, clammy, villous on both surfaces ; pedun- 

 cles pilose cymose, somewhat secund. I? . H. Native of the south 

 of France, Spain, and Portugal. Lam. ill. t. 477. f. 4. Cav. icon. 

 2. t. 137. Jacq. coll. 2.t. 8. Sweet, cist. t. 27. Smith, fl. grsec. 

 t. 493. Flowers middle-sized, white. Petals imbricate, crenate. 



Montpelier Rock-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1656. Shrub 4 ft. 



25 C. PLATYSE'PALUS (Sweet, cist. t. 47.) leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, sessile, wrinkled, 3-nerved, villous on both surfaces ; 

 peduncles cymose, and are as well as the calyxes villous ; sepals 

 acuminated, outer ones broadly-cordate ; petals obcordate, dis- 

 tinct. ^2 . F. Native of Crete. Petals white, with a yellow 

 spot at the base of each. 



Broad-sepalled Rock-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Shrub 

 3 or 4 feet. 



26 C. LE'DON (Lam. diet. 2. p. 17.) leaves connate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, nerved, upper surface smooth shining, under surface 

 silky villous ; flowers corymbosely-cymose ; peduncles and 

 calyx clothed with silky villi. ^ . H. Native of the south of 

 France. Duh. arb. 1. p. 168. t. 66. Petals white, with a 

 yellow mark at the base of each. C. undulatus, Link? 



Ledon Rock-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1730. Shrub 1 foot. 



27 C. HIRSU'TUS (Lam. diet. 2. p. 17.) leaves sessile, oblong, 

 blunt, hairy ; peduncles short, 1 -flowered, or cymose many- 

 flowered ; capsules small, covered by the large, hairy, pyramidal 

 calyx. Ij . H. Native of France near Landerneau, and on 

 the mountains of Spain. Sweet, cist. 19. Ledon IV. Clus. 

 hist. 1. p. 78. Petals white, with a yellow mark at the base of 

 each, imbricate. 



Hairy Rock-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1656. Shrub 2 feet. 



28 C. SIDERI'TIS (Presl. ex Spreng. syst. append, p. 204.) 

 decumbent ; leaves stalked, obovate, a little wrinkled, covered 

 with hoary tomentum on the under surface ; peduncles elongated, 

 1-2-flowered, articulated above, and are as well as the calyx 

 tomentose ; flowers nodding before expansion. J? . H. Native 

 of Sicily. Flowers white. 



Sideritis-like Rock-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Shrub decumbent. 



29 C. LA'XUS (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 305.) leaves on short 

 footstalks, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, with wavy, somewhat 

 toothed margins, smoothish, upper ones hairy ; flowers cymose ; 

 peduncles and calyx hairy. Jj . H. Native of Spain and Por- 

 tugal. Sweet, cist. 12. Cistus Capensis, Lin. spec. 736.? from 

 Burm. herb. Flowers white, with a yellow spot at the base of 

 each petal. Petals imbricate. 



Lax-fiowered Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1656. Sh. 3 feet. 



30 C. PARVIFO'LIUS (Sweet, cist. p. 8.) stem erect, much 

 branched ; branches rather crowded, erect, densely woolly ; 

 leaves small, ovate, acute, rounded at the base, waved, wrinkled, 

 netted with veins, slightly crenulated on the margins, hairy on 

 both surfaces, rather hoary; peduncles axillary, 1 -3-flowered, 

 nodding before expansion ; sepals acuminated, and clothed with 

 stellate hairs. Tj . H. Native of the south of Europe. Flowers 

 white. 



Small-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. ? Sh. 2 feet. 



31 C. OBLONGIFO'LIUS (Sweet, cist. t. 67.) erect; branches 

 hispid-villous ; leaves on short footstalks, oblong-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, pubescent and waved at the margins, under surface veiny ; 

 peduncles cymose ; petals concave, imbricated. Jj . H. Native 

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



Oblong-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. ? Sh. 4 feet. 



32 C. ASPERIFO'LIUS (Sweet, cist. t. 87.) leaves almost sessile, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, wrinkled, smoothish, with 

 wavy margins, somewhat denticulated, ciliated, netted with veins 

 beneath, with the nerves and veins rough ; flowers cymose ; pe- 

 duncles and calyxes hairy ; petals imbricate. Jj . H. Native of? 

 Petals white, yellow at the base, and tinged with red at the top. 



Rough-leaved Rock- Rose. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. ? Sh. 2 feet. 



33 C. PSILOSE'PALUS (Sweet, cist. t. 33.) leaves on short foot- 

 stalks, oblong-lanceolate, 3-nerved, acute, with undulated mar- 

 gins, which are somewhat denticulated and ciliated, rather hairy ; 

 flowers somewhat cymose ; peduncles hairy-tomentose ; sepals 

 with long points, glabrous, shining, with ciliated edges ; petals 

 broad-cuneated, imbricated. Tj . H. Native ? Petals white, 

 with a yellow mark at the base of each. 



Smooth-sepalled Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. ? Sh. 2 or 3 ft. 



* * Peduncles with small, concave, coriaceous, yellumish, de- 

 cussate, caducous bracteoles at the base ; and with two larger 

 opposite ones beneath the middle. 



34 C. LONGIFO' LIUS (Lam. diet. 2. p. 16.) leaves on short 

 footstalks, oblong-lanceolate, with waved and pubescent mar- 

 gins, under surface veiny ; peduncles cymose. Tj . H. Native 

 of Spain and south of France, about Narbonne. Cistus nigri- 

 cans, Pourr. act. toul. 3. p. 311. Flowers white, with a yellow 

 mark at the base of each petal. 



Long-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. ? Shrub 4 feet. 



35 C, POPULIFO' LIUS (Lin. spec. 736.) leaves stalked, cor- 

 date, acuminate, wrinkled, smooth ; flowers cymose ; peduncles 

 bracteate ; bracteas oblong ; sepals acuminate, clammy, fj . H. 

 Flowers white. Petals distinct. 



Var. j3, minor (D. C. prod. 1. c.) peduncles and calyx smooth- 

 ish, shining, clammy. J? . H. Native of the south of France, 

 Spain, and Portugal. Ledon latifolium, 2 Clus. hist. 1. p. 78. 

 Cistus populifolius, Cav. icon. 3. t. 215. Sweet, cist. t. 23. 



Poplar-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1656. Sh. 3 ft. 



36 C. LATIFO'LIUS (Sweet, cist. 15.) leaves stalked, broad, 

 cordate, acute, with curled, waved, denticulated, ciliated mar- 

 gins ; peduncles bracteate, long, somewhat cymose, pilose ; sepals 

 broad-cordate, villous ; petals imbricated. T? . F. Native of 

 Barbary. Cistus populifolius, var. a, major, D. C. prod. 1. p. 

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



Broad-leaved Rock-Rose. Fl. May.Ju. Clt. 1656. Sh. 3 ft. 



. 2. Peduncles bracteate ; bracteas caducous, decussate, lower 

 ones smaller, \-Jlowered, axillary solitary, or terminal umbel- 

 late. Calyx of 3-sepals. Capsules 5-lO-j;elled. 



* Stigma large, sessile. 



37 C. LAURIFO'LIUS (Lin. spec. 736.) leaves stalked, ovate- 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved, upper surface glabrous, under surface to- 

 mentose ; footstalks dilated and connate at the base ; capsules 

 5-celled. ^. H. Native of the south of France and Spain. 

 Sweet, cist. t. 52. Clus. hist. 1. p. 78. f. 1. Flowers white, 

 with a yellow mark at the base of each petal. 



Laurel-leaved Gum-Cistus. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1 731 . Sh. 4 ft. 



38 C. CY'PRIUS (Lam. diet. 2. p. 16.) leaves stalked, oblong- 

 lanceolate, upper surface glabrous, under surface clothed with 

 hoary tomentum ; peduncles generally many-flowered ; petals 

 spotted ; capsules 5-celled. Tj . H. Native of the island of 

 Cyprus. Sweet, cist. 39. C. ladaniferus, Sims, bot. mag. t. 1 1 2. 

 Perhaps Cistus stenophyllus, Link enum. 2. p. 74. ? Flowers 

 white, with a dark spot at the base of each petal. Petals im- 

 bricate. 



Cyprus Gum-Cistus or Rock-Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub 4 feet. 



