CISTINE^. II. HELIANTHEMUM. 



305 



Hairy-stemmed Sun-Rose. Fl.Ju.Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 4 to 1 ft. 



35 H. INCONSPI'CUUM (Thib. ined. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 77.) 

 branched, di-trichotomous, rather hairy, slender ; leaves oblong- 

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

 ones alternate ; racemes long, filiform ; pedicels short, secund ; 

 flowers minute ; petals oblong-linear, smaller than the calyx, 

 outer ones with pilose edges. O> H. Native of Spain and Cor- 

 sica. H. prae'cox, Saltzm. exsic. 



Inconspicuous Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. J ft. 



36 H. PUNCTA'TUM (Willd. enum. 570.) branched, dichoto- 

 mous, rather tomentosely pubescent, somewhat cinereous ; leaves 

 oblong, feather-nerved, rather cinereous, covered with short, 

 roughish, stellate hairs ; lower leaves opposite, obtuse, upper 

 ones alternate, acutish, stipulate ; racemes long, pubescent, cine- 

 reous, few-flowered. O.H. Native of the west of France. Sweet, 

 cist. t. 61. Cistus punctatus, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1199. Pedun- 

 cles rarely bearing a large bract or small leaf in the middle. 

 Pedicels filiform, long. Petals serrulated, small, yellow, with a 

 darker spot on the base of each, distinct. 



Z)oed-petalled Sun-Rose. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1816. PI. j ft. 



SECT. IV. MACULA'RIA (from macula, a spot, in allusion to 

 the petals having a dark spot at the base of each). D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 271. Calyx 5-sepalled, 2 outer sepals narrow, 3 inner 

 ones striated. Petals yellow, with a dark spot at the base of 

 each. Style straight and erect, twice the length of the ovary, 

 almost equal in length to the stamens. Stigma small, somewhat 

 3-lobed. Capsule smooth. Subshrubs or herbs. Leaves on 

 footstalks, feather-nerved, narrow, without stipulas. Flowers 

 terminal, solitary, or racemose. Racemes few-flowered ; pedi- 

 cels secund, bracteate at their base ; bracteas small, awl-shaped. 



37 H. LUNULA'TUM (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 816.) stem suffruticose, 

 twisted, branched ; branchlets pubescent, filiform ; leaves flat, 

 oblong, acuminated at the base, with the margins usually ciliated ; 

 flowers solitary, or from 2-4 flowers in a sort of racemed umbel, 

 terminal, on short pedicels, fj . H. Native of the Alps of 

 Piedmont. Cistus lunulatus, All. auct. p. 30. t. 2. f. 3. Calyx 

 when in flower reflexed. Petals yellow, almost entire or much 

 crenulated, each marked with a copper-coloured moon-shaped 

 spot towards the claw. 



Var. a; upper surface of leaves green, under surface whitish. 

 Var, j3 ; leaves smaller, and hoary on both surfaces. 

 ZtmM/rtte-marked-petalled Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 

 1826. PI. ^ foot. 



38 H. PETIOLA'TUM (Thib. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 77.) stem 

 twisted at the base ; branches generally dichotomous, ascendant, 

 slender, leprously-tomentose, cinereous ; leaves oblong-linear, 

 acute, drawn out at the base into the long footstalk, leprously- 

 tomentose on both surfaces, under surface hoary, upper surface 

 greenish-glaucous ; racemes small, few-flowered ; pedicels and 

 calyx pubescent. () H. Native of Spain. Petals, stamens, 

 and pistil unknown. 



Long-stal/ced-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ foot. 



SECT. V. BRACHYPE'TALUM (from /3paxe> brachys, short, 

 and TTcraXoy, petalon, a petal ; because the petals are shorter 

 than the sepals). D. C. prod. 1. p. 271. Calyx 5-sepalled, 

 outer sepals minute, inner sepals 3-nerved, acuminated. Petals 

 yellow, sometimes with a small dark spot at the base of each, 

 usually shorter than the calyx. Stamens few, 10-20, surround- 

 ing the ovary. Style straight, erect, thickened at the top. 

 Stigma simple. Ovary triquetrous, with the angles usually pilose. 

 Capsule triquetrous, rather shining. Seeds numerous, minute, 

 pale, angular. Annual herbs, with stalked, stipulate, feather- 

 nerved, somewhat denticulate, opposite leaves, floral ones alter- 

 nate. Stipulas oblong-linear, upper ones longest. Peduncles 

 VOL. i. PART iv. 



1 -flowered, short, solitary, rarely axillary, usually almost oppo- 

 site the leaves or opposite the bracteas, somewhat erect, hori- 

 zontal, or bent backwaids. 



* Peduncles erectish, shorter than the leaves. Inner sepals 

 3-nerved. 



39 H. VILLOSUM (Thib. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) stem tomen- 

 tose, hairy, somewhat cinereous ; leaves stalked, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, somewhat denticulated, villously tomentose on both 

 surfaces, but much more so on the under surface, stipulate ; 

 racemes long, secund, revolute at the top before flowering, 

 axillary and terminal ; peduncles erect, villously-cinereous, gene- 

 rally opposite the bracteas ; calyx oblong, acuminated, villous. 

 O.H. Native of Spain. Cistus villosus, Thib. herb. Lag in 

 litt. not of Lam. Cistus annuus, Lamb. herb. Bracteas sessile, 

 ovate-oblong, sometimes sparingly toothed. Petals lanceolate, nar- 

 row, for the most part denticulated, shorter than the sepals. 



Far. a ; stem very simple, erect. 



Var. $ ; stem branched at the base ; branches long, simple, 

 ascendant. 



Kllous Sun- Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. $ foot. 



40 H. NILO'TICUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) branches erect or 

 ascendant, rather tomentose or villous, cinereous ; leaves on 

 short footstalks, opposite, oblong-elliptical, tomentosely-villous, 

 upper ones alternate, opposite the flowers, all stipulate ; peduncles 

 erect, and are as well as the pointed calyx tomentosely-hairy. 

 O- H. Native of Egypt, Barbary, Spain and South of France. 

 Cistus Nil6ticus, Lin. mant. 246. 



Var. a, erectum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 272.) stem erect, simple, or 

 branched ; branches ascendant ; peduncles and calyxes villously- 

 hairy. 



Var. /3, majus (D. C. prod. 1. c.) stem erect, branched ; 

 branches ascendant, and are as well as the leaves and peduncles 

 rather tomentose. This variety has, from high cultivation, 

 become larger in all its parts than the other varieties. 



Var. y, proeumbens (D. C. prod. 1. c.) stems procumbent, as- 

 cendant, tomentosely-hairy, rather hoary ; leaves tomentose on 

 both surfaces, but especially on the- under surface. Cistus ledi- 

 folius, Gouan. fl. monsp. p. 264? Ger. gallo-prov. p. 392. 

 no. 2. Perhaps a distinct species. 



Nilotic Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. J to 1 ft. 



41 H. LEDIFOLIUM (Willd. enum. 571.) erect, puberulous ; 

 leaves stalked, oblong-elliptic, opposite, somewhat denticulated, 

 smoothish, stipulate ; peduncles erect, smoothish, shorter than 

 the calyx ; calyx pointed, rather pubescent. O- H. Native of 

 the south of France and Spain. In England on Brent downs, 

 Somersetshire. . Sweet, cist. 41. Cistus ledifolius, Lin. spec. 

 742. Smith, engl. bot. t. 2414. Cistus annuus, folio ledi. 

 Lob. icon. 2. p. 118. Very like H. Niloticum. Flowers pale- 

 yellow. Petals distinct. 



Ledum-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. -J- 

 to 1 foot. ^ 



* * Peduncles horizontal, longer than the leaves or bracteas. 

 Flowers erect ; inner sepals 3-nerved. 



42 H. INTERMEDIUM (Thib. ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 272.) 

 erect, branched ; branches slender, erect, or spreading, ascend- 

 ant, somewhat cinereously-villous ; leaves stalked, obovate- 

 oblong, bluntish, rather denticulated, veiny, tomentose, stipulate ; 

 stipulas linear-oblong, upper ones scarcely twice the length of 

 the footstalks ; peduncles and calyxes cinereously-villous, gene- 

 rally opposite the leaves; calyx oblong. O- H. Native of 

 Spain near Aranjuez. Cistus salicifolius, Cav. icon. no. 156. 

 t. 144. Plant somewhat cinereous. Floral leaves or bracteas, 

 alternate, linear-oblong, usually stalked, furnished with 1-2 sti- 

 pulas, sometimes solitary, entire, or cut, generally shorter than 

 the peduncles. Flowers slender. 



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