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CISTINEJE. II. HELIANTHEMUM. 



Intermediate Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1759. PI. -| foot. 



43 H. DENTICULA'TUM (Thib. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) branched, 

 erect, or spreading ; branches erect or ascendant, tomentosely- 

 pubescent, somewhat cinereous at the top ; leaves on short 

 footstalks, obovate-oblong, acutish, somewhat denticulated, to- 

 mentose, upper surface greenish, under surface hoary ; stipulas 

 linear, upper ones one-half shorter than the leaves ; peduncles 

 opposite the bracteas ; bracteas alternate, a little cut. Q.H. 

 Native of the south of France. Cistus salicifolius, Gouan. herb, 

 p. 34 ? Bracteas rather ovate, often cut, sessile, without stipulas. 

 Calyxes hoary on the outside before expansion. 



Denticulated-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 ft. 



44 H. SALICIFOLIUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) branched ; branches 

 erect or ascendant, rather hairy ; leaves on short footstalks, 

 obovate-oblong, acutish, denticulated, rather tomentose, greenish 

 on the upper surface ; stipulas linear-oblong, upper ones one- 

 half shorter than the leaves ; peduncles and calyxes hairy, gene- 

 rally opposite the bracteas ; bracteas ovate, acuminated, sessile, 

 entire. O-H. Native of Spain and Italy. Sweet, cist. t. 71. 

 Cistus salicifolius, Lin. spec. 742. Cav. icon. 2. p. 35. t. 144. 

 Smith, fl. graec. t. 499. H. annuum, etc. Seg. ver. 3. p. 297. 

 t. 6. f. 3 ? Branches, peduncles, and calyxes beset with slender 

 white hairs. Petals imbricate at the base. 



far. /3, latifblium (D. C. prod. 1. p. 273.) the whole plant is 

 larger, leaves and bracteas tomentose, greenish. O-H. Native 

 of the Levant. 



Willow-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl.Ju.July. Clt. 1759. PL ft. 



* Peduncles drooping before .the expansion of the floners, 

 but erect when in flower, and retrqflexed after flowering. Inner 

 sepals 4--nerved. 



45 H. SANGUI'NEUM (Lag. in litt. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 273.) 

 stem red, dwarf, clothed with clammy pubescence ; leaves stalked, 

 opposite, ovate, blunt, roughish, lower ones without stipulas, 

 blood-coloured on the under surface, upper ones stipulate ; 

 stipulas oblong-linear, blunt, stalked, scarcely shorter than the 

 leaves ; peduncles beset with, clammy hairs, axillary, and oppo- 

 site the leaves ; fructiferous peduncles bent backwards. H. 

 Native of Spain near Chamartin. Cistus sanguineus, Lag. gen. 

 et spec. nov. p. 17. varied, ann. 2. no. 19. p. 40. H. retrofrac- 

 tum, Pers. ench. 2. p. 78. Cistus pusillus, herb. Lamb. Leaves 

 all opposite. Peduncles always axillary or opposite the leaves. 

 Inner sepals striated. 



Bloody-stemmed Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1826. PL 

 to | foot. 



46 H. .SGYPTI'ACUM (Mill. diet. no. 23.) stem pubescent, 

 erect, or ascendant ; leaves on short footstalks, linear-oblong, 

 opposite, narrow, with revolute margins, bluntish, cinereous 

 beneath, opposite, upper ones alternate ; stipulas linear, awl- 

 shaped ; peduncles filiform, pubescent ; calyxes ovate-oblong, 

 inflated, inclosing the petals. Q. H. Native of Egypt, Bar- 

 bary, and Spain. Cistus JEgyptiacus, Lin. spec. ?42. Jacq. 

 obs. 3. p. 17. t. 68. Peduncles thickened, sometimes opposite 

 to the short linear bracteas. Outer sepals narrow, short, inner 

 ones with 4 ciliated nerves. Petals lanceolate, very short. 



Egyptian Sun-Rose. FL Ju. Jul. Clt. 1764. PL | foot. 



SECT. VI. ERIOCA'RPUM (from epiov, erion, wool, Kapiroe, 

 karpos, a fruit; because the capsules are pilose). D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 273. Calyx of 5 sepals; sepals beset with silky 

 hairs on the outside, or rather tomentose, shining on the in- 

 side, the two outer ones minute, linear, the three inner 

 ones ovate, furnished with 4-5-stripes. Petals a little longer 

 than the calyx. Style erectish, bent at the base. Ovary 

 pilose or villous. Capsule pilose. Seeds numerous, rufes- 

 cent, small. Subshrubs with round branches, younger ones 



clothed with cinereous pubescence. Leaves opposite and alter- 

 nate, bluntish, under surface cano-cinereous. Stipulas linear, 

 shorter than the footstalks. Racemes secund, small, opposite 

 the leaves ; flowers crowded, small, sessile, or larger on short 

 pedicels. 



47 H. LIPPII (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) stem erect, pubescent, 

 whitish, somewhat bifid or rather dichotomous ; leaves opposite 

 and alternate, on short footstalks, elliptic-lanceolate or linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, rather scabrous, glaucescent, under surface ca- 

 nescent ; stipulas narrow, erect, length of the footstalks ; racemes 

 short ; flowers sessile, crowded, bracteate at the base ; bracteas 

 very minute. Jj . F. Native of Egypt. Cistus Lippii, Lin. 

 mant. 245. Vahl. symb. 1. p. 39. Sepals pubescent, inner ones 

 obtuse, furnished with 4-5 ribs. Petals ovate, yellow, scarcely 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens usually 10, shorter than the petals. 



Lipp's Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 foot. 



48 H. SESSIIIFLO'RUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) erect, much 

 branched ; branches pubescent ; leaves opposite and alternate, 

 linear, clothed with very short cinereous tomentum, with revolute 

 margins ; stipulas linear, small ; racemes short ; flowers sessile, 

 furnished with minute bracteas. \i . F. Native of the North 

 of Africa, on arid hills. Cistus sessiliflorus, Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 

 427. t. 106. Sepals pubescent, inner ones blunt. Petals yel- 

 low, a little longer than the calyx. 



Sessile-flowered Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



49 H. RUFICO'MUM (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 589.) stem densely 

 clothed with canescent starry fascicles of hairs ; leaves on short 

 footstalks, lower ones elliptical, obtvise, flat, upper ones narrow, 

 linear, stipulate, and all clothed with starry hairs beneath ; with 

 the margins somewhat revolute ; flowers approximate, racemose ; 

 calyx beset with brownish bristles. J? . F. Native of the 

 North of Africa, in Libya. Flowers yellow. Cistus ruficomus, 

 Viv. fl. lib. spec. p. 27. t. 14. f. 5. 



Brown-haired Sun-Rose. Shrub 1 foot. 



50 H. LANUGINO'SUM (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 589-) branched ; 

 clothed all over with soft canescent hairs ; leaves opposite, on 

 short footstalks, elliptical, densely clothed with wool ; floral 

 leaves sessile, lanceolate, alternate, stipulate ; flowers distant in 

 a secund raceme, reflexed before expansion ; inner sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved, outer sepals linear-lanceolate, about equal 

 in length to the inner ones ; petals about the length of the calyx. 



Tj . F. Native of the North of Africa, in Libya. Cistus lanu- 

 ginosus, Viv. fl. lib. spec. p. 28. t. 14. f. 1. Flowers yellow. 

 Woolly Sun-Rose. Shrub 1 foot. 



51 H. ELLIPTICUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) stem branched, 

 erect, cinereous ; leaves opposite, elliptical, clothed with whitish 

 leprous-tomentum, obtuse, with revolute margins ; stipulas li- 

 near, small ; racemes few-flowered ; flowers sessile, somewhat 

 alternating with the bracteas. fj . F. Native of Barbary and 

 Egypt. Sweet, cist. t. 108. Cistus ellipticus, Desf. fl. atl. 1. 

 p. 418. t. 107. H. Lippii, Delile, segyp. 93. Cistus stipularis 

 a, Forsk. aegyp. p. 101. Sepals villously-tomentose, inner ones 

 ovate, bluntish. Petals pale yellow, a little longer than the ca- 

 lyx, imbricate. Upper leaves alternate. 



Elliptical-leaved Sun-Rose. FL Ju. Jul. Shrub f foot. 



52 H. MICRA'NTHUM (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 588.) plant clothed 

 with starry hairs ; leaves linear, obtuse, lower ones on short 

 stalks, opposite, nearly all flat, upper ones alternate, with revo- 

 lute margins, floral ones sessile, linear, acute ; stipulas linear- 

 lanceolate, a little longer than the footstalks of the leaves ; 

 flowers racemose, distant ; sepals large, 3-5-nerved, ovate, acute, 

 longer than the petals ; petals elliptical, length of the stamens. 

 Jj . F. Native of the North of Africa, in Libya. Cistus mi- 

 cranthus, Viv. fl. lib. p. 28. t. 14. f. 4. Petals like those of H. 

 Surrejanum, yellow. 



Small-flowered Sun-Rose. Shrub | foot. 



