304 



CISTINEjE. II. HELJANTHEMUM. 



2 outer ones linear, small ; style none ; stigma somewhat 3-lobed. 

 Native of New Spain. 



Styleless Sun-Rose. Shrub. 



25 H. IKIPE'TALUM (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. et 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 284.) stems numerous, erect, slender; leaves 

 alternate, linear, without stipulas ; sepals 5, outer 2 linear, small ; 

 petals 3. Native of Mexico. 



Three-petalled Sun-Rose. Shrub. 



26 H. OBCORDA V TUM (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. and 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 284.) erect, suffruticose ; leaves alternate, 

 oblong, stipulate, somewhat fascicled ; sepals 3 ; petals 5, ob- 

 cordate. ^ G- Native of Mexico. 



Obcordale-petalled Sun-Rose. Shrub. 



SECT. III. TUBERA'RIA (meaning unknown). D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 270. Calyx 5-sepalled, 2 outer sepals smaller or larger, 

 usually spreading. Petals yellow, often marked with a dark- 

 purple spot at the base of each, entire, denticulated, or ser- 

 rated. Stamens numerous, much longer than the pistil. Style 

 straight, almost wanting. Stigma capitate. Capsule 3-valved. 

 Seeds minute, yellowish. Roots perennial woody, or herbaceous, 

 annual or biennial. Stems herbaceous, erect, or adscendant. 

 Leaves 3-nerved, opposite, without stipulas, upper ones some- 

 times alternate, and usually furnished with stipulas ; stipulas 

 long, linear, acute. Flowers somewhat panicled or racemose, 

 secund, with or without bracteas. 



* Perennia. Leaves without slipulas. Stems pilose at the base 

 and smooth at the top. Flowers few, bracteate, disposed in some- 

 thing like panicles. 



27 H. GLOBULARIJEFOLIUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 77.) perennial ; 

 stems ascendant, simple, rather naked at the top ; radical leaves 

 on long footstalks, obtuse, rather spatulate ; cauline leaves ses- 

 sile, acute, all hairy ; pedicels few, furnished with bracteas at 

 the base, disposed in something like a cyme ; calyx glabrous. 

 7; . F. Native of the north of Portugal. Cistus globulariae- 

 f olius, Lam. diet. 2. p. 22. Petals spotted or spotless. Stamens 

 violet-coloured. 



Globularia-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl.July. Clt. 1826. PL 4 ft. 



28 H. TUBERA'RIA (Mill. diet. no. 10.) perennial; stems 

 ascendant, almost simple ; radical leaves ending in the footstalk, 

 ovate-oblong, 3-nerved, tomentosely-hairy, canescent, under sur- 

 face nerved, upper surface furrowed ; cauline leaves sessile, 

 almost smooth, lanceolate, upper ones alternate ; pedicels few, 

 furnished with bracteas at the base, disposed in something like 

 a panicle ; calyx smooth, shining. I/ . F. Native of Provence, 

 Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Sweet, cist. t. 18. Cistus Tuberaria, 

 Lin. spec. 741. Cav. icon. 1. p. 65. t. 67. Petals distinct. 



Tuberaria or Plantain-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1752. PI. I foot. 



29 H. LIGNOSUM (Sweet, cist. t. 46.) stem tetragonal, shrubby, 

 clothed with rough scaly bark ; branches ascending, covered 

 with hispid hairs ; leaves ovate-oblong, ending in the petiole, 

 3-nerved, also beset with hispid hairs, canescent, under surface 

 nerved, upper surface furrowed ; floral leaves sessile, glabrous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, uppermost ones alternate ; pedicels few, fur- 

 nished with bracteas at the base, rather panicled, about the length 

 of the calyx ; petals obovate, distinct, spreading. >j . F. Native 

 of the south of Europe. 



Woody Sun-Rose. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1809. Shrub 1 foot. 



* Annua? Superior leaves usually furnished with stipulas. 

 Racemes secund, terminal. 



SO H. BUPLEURIFOLIUM (Dunal. ined. and. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 270.) perennial? stem erect, pubescent at the base, upper 

 part glabrous, rather shining ; leaves oblong, acute, smooth, 

 long, ending in the footstalk ; cauline leaves opposite, uppermost 



ones alternate, stipulate ; peduncles long, pilosely-pubescent ; 

 pedicels and calyx hairy. I/ ? F. Native of Spain and Por- 

 tugal. Cistus bupleurifolius, Lam. diet. 2. p. 22. Pedicels 

 bractless. Outer sepals ovate, obtuse, one-half shorter than the 

 inner ones, which are acute. Stipulas long, almost linear. 

 Bupleurum-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. July, Aug. PI. f foot. 



31 H. HETERODOXUM (Dunal, ined. in herb. Banks and B.C. 

 prod. 1. p. 270.) erect, hairy ; hairs long, whitish; leaves sessile, 

 oblong-lanceolate, tomentosely-scabrous, with the nerves on the 

 upper surface, hairy ; lower leaves opposite, upper ones alternate, 

 stipulate; racemes secund, hairy, bractless; flowers on very 

 short pedicels, approximate, somewhat imbricate ; outer sepals 

 largest, covering the inner ones, appearing like bracteas. Q? H. 

 Native of the north of Africa near Valle, also in Spain. H. 

 imbricatum, Lag. in litt. Outer sepals hairy on both sur- 

 faces ; inner ones smooth and shining on the inner surface, with 

 membranous margins. Capsules acutish. Seeds numerous, 

 somewhat globose, of an obscure yellow-glaucous colour, mi- 

 nutely muricated. 



Heterodox Sun-Rose. Fl. Jul. Aug. PI. j foot. 



32 H. PLANTAGI'NEUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 77.) erect, hairy ; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate, opposite, sessile, 3-nerved, under sur- 

 face villously-tomentose, and hairy on the nerves ; upper surface 

 beset with simple appressed hairs ; uppermost leaves oblong- 

 linear, stipulate, somewhat alternate ; racemes short, without 

 bracteas ; outer sepals smoothish, narrow-linear, nearly equal in 

 length with the inner ones which are hoary-villous ; petals den- 

 ticulated. O- H. Native of Crete, Corsica, Spain, and north 

 of Africa. Cistus plantagineus, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1197. Cistus 

 serratus, Desf. atl. 1. p. 416. exclusive of the synonym of Cav. 

 Cistus guttatus 7, Lam. diet. 2. p. 23. Plant covered with white 

 hairs. Petals yellow, without spots. 



Plantain-like Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl.|ft. 



33 H. GUTTA'TUM (Mill. diet. no. 18.) rather hairy; leaves 

 opposite, sessile, oblong-linear, 3-nerved, villously-hairy, upper- 

 most ones alternate ; racemes loose, bractless ; pedicels filiform, 

 almost naked ; outer sepals one half shorter than the inner ones. 

 O- H. Native of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Turkey 

 in dry places. In Anglesea and Jersey in sandy pastures, rare. 

 Cistus guttatus, Lin. spec. 2. p. 742. Smith, engl. bot. 544. 

 Fl. grsec. t. 498. Curt. lond. fasc. 6. t. 33. Cistus acuminatus, 

 Viv. fragm. 13. t. 14. f. 1? 



Far. a, Columnce (B. C. prod. 1. p. 71.) petals entire and 

 spotted at the base. Hel. flore maculoso, Column, ecphr. 2. p. 

 78. t. 77. Cistus guttatus, Smith, fl. graec. t. 498. 



Var. ft, Cavanellesii (D. C. prod. 1. c.) petals spotted at the 

 base and jagged at the top. Cistus serratus, Cav. icon. 2. p. 57. 

 f. 1. but not of Desf. 



Var. y, Lamdrckii (B.C. prod. 1. c.) petals - marked with a 

 small spot at the base of each, or almost without the spot. Cistus 

 guttatus, /3, punctatus. Lam. diet. 2. p. 23. Perhaps H. punc- 

 tatum, no. 36. 



Var. $, exstipulatum (B. C. prod. 1. c.) stem almost simple ; 

 leaves without stipulas. 



Var. e, fulcraceum (B. C. prod. 1. c.) stem branched, 2-3- 

 forked ; upper leaves furnished with long stipulas. 



<Spoerf-petalled Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Britain. PI. \ ft. 



34 H. ERIOCAU'LON (Bunal, ined. and B. C. prod. 1. p. 271.) 

 branched, di-trichotomous, very hairy ; leaves oblong-linear, 

 narrow, hairy, opposite, upper ones stipulate, extreme ones 

 alternate ; racemes simple, bractless ; pedicels long, filiform, 

 pilose ; outer sepals narrow. Q. H. Native of Spain and 

 France. Sweet, cist. t. 30. Cistus serratiflorus, herb. Lamb. 

 H. semistipulatum, Lag. in litt. Hairs on the stem whitish, 

 slender, spreading. Hairs on the leaves pressed. Petals yellow, 

 with a dark spot at the base of each, serrated, distinct. 



