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53 H. KAHIBICUM (Del. fl. gyp. 93. t. 31. f. 2.) stem much 

 branched, twisted at the base ; branches ascendant ; lower leaves 

 opposite, the rest alternate, obovate, with revolute margins, 

 hoary, stipulate, under surface nerved ; racemes secund ; flowers 

 on short pedicels ; pedicels and calyxes villous ; sepals acute ; 

 capsule oblong, villous. Tj . F. Native of Egypt. Cistus sti- 

 pulatus ft, Forsk, segyp- 101. Petals approximate at the top. 



Cairo Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 foot. 



54 H. CONFE'RTUM (Dunal, ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 274.) 

 stem naked at the base, branched ; branches clothed with very 

 short cinereous tomentum ; leaves lanceolate elliptical, bluntish, 

 minutely tomentose on both surfaces, upper surface green, under 

 surface caneseent ; stipulas linear, small ; racemes small, secund, 

 opposite the leaves and terminal ; flowers crowded, almost ses- 

 sile ; calyxes pilose ; inner sepals acute. 1? . F. Native of 

 Teneriffe. Petals yellow. 



Crowded-flowered Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. ? Sh. 1 foot. 



55 H. CANARIE'NSE (Willd. enum. 571.) stem procumbent ; 

 branches rather tomentose, hoary ; leaves stalked, opposite and 

 alternate, somewhat ovate-elliptic, obtuse, covered with very 

 short glaucous tomentum on both surfaces, under surface hoary- 

 cinereous ; stipulas awl-shaped, shorter than the footstalks ; ra- 

 cemes terminal erect, furnished with minute bracteas ; flowers on 

 short pedicels ; pedicels hoary-tomentose. Tj . F. Native of 

 Grand Canary and Lancerotta Island, in arid places. Cistus 

 Canariensis, Jacq. icon. 1. p. 97. misc. 2. p. 339. H. canes- 

 cens, Mcench. Calyx glaucous ; inner sepals ovate, bluntish. 

 Petals yellow. 



Canary-Island Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 trailing. 



56 H. MUCRONA V TUM (Dunal. ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 274.) stem erectish, spreading ; branches tomentosely-hairy, 

 hoary ; leaves stalked ; ovate-elliptical, ventricose, mucronate, 

 upper surface green and roughish from stellate hairs, under surface 

 tomentose, hoary ; stipulas awl-shaped, pilose, shorter than the 

 footstalks ; racemes generally terminal ; flowers on short pedi- 

 cels ; pedicels tomentosely-hairy. T; F- Native of Teneriffe. 

 Calyx clothed with silky hairs; sepals broad-ovate, bluntish. 

 Petals yellow. 



Mucronate-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Sh. 1 to 1 J foot. 



57 H. DISTA'CHIUM (Roth, in arm. bot. 2. p. 34. under Cistus.} 

 stem suffruticose, stipulate, erect ; leaves opposite, oval-oblong, 

 hoary ; racemes terminal, leafy, 2-parted ; flowers opposite the 

 leaves. Tj . F. Native of Portugal. 



Two-spiked Sun-Rose. Shrub 1 foot. 



SECT. VII. FUMA'NA (meaning unknown.) D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 274. Calyx twisted at the apex before expansion, 5-sepalled ; 

 2 outer sepals narrow, small, 3 inner ones ovate, acuminated, 

 4-5-veined, with scarious margins. Petals yellow, small, almost 

 twice the length of the sepals. Stamens few. Style straight, 

 rather longer than the stamens, when in flower oblique, after 

 flowering erectish. Stigma capitate, fringed, somewhat 3-lobed. 

 Capsule 3-valved, open, spreading ; seeds few, blackish or ru 

 fescent, angular. Stems suffruticose. Leaves linear, sessile or 

 sub-sessile, narrow. Pedicels 1 -flowered, drooping before the 

 expansion of the flower ; when in flower erect, but afterwards 

 reflexed. 



* Leaves alternate, without stipulas^. 



58 H. ERICOIDES (Dunal, ined. et D. C. prod. 1. p. 274.) 

 stem erect ; leaves alternate, umbricate, semi-cylindrical, short, 

 smoothish ; peduncles solitary, 1 -flowered, opposite the leaves 

 or terminal, longer than the leaves ; capsules open, naked ? Jj . 

 F. Cistus ericoides, Cav. icon. 2. p. 56. t. 172. Cistus caly- 



cinus, of many authors, not as is seen in Lin. mant. 565. Leaves 

 with rather revolute margins. 



Var. a, glabrum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 174.) branches and pe- 

 duncles glabrous. fj . F. Native of Spain. 



Var. ft, pubescens (D. C. 1. c.) summits of the branches 

 pubescent as well as peduncles. Tj . F. Native of the King- 

 dom of Naples. 



Heath-like Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt.? Sh. 1 to 14 foot. 



59 H. FUMA'NA (Mill. diet. no. 6.) stem branched, twisted, 

 rather diffuse, erectish ; lower branches procumbent ; leaves al- 

 ternate, linear, with pilose, roughish, rather involute margins ; 

 lower leaves short, crowded, upper ones scattered and longer ; 

 peduncles solitary, 1 -flowered, rarely rameal, usually almost op- 

 posite the leaves or terminal, longer than the leaves ; capsules 

 open, naked, fj . F. Native of the south of France, Spain, 

 Portugal, Switzerland, Gothland and Italy. Sweet, cist. t. 16. 

 Cistus Fumana, Lin. spec. 740. Jacq. aust. t. 252. Cistus hu- 

 milis, seu chamaecistus ericae folio, luteus erectior, Bauh. pin. 

 466. Magn. bot. 69. Pedicels and calyxes sparingly pilose. 



Var. a, majus (D. C. prod. 1. p. 275.) leaves larger. Cistus 

 Fumana A. Desf. all. 1. p. 414. t. 105, exclusive of the synonym 

 of Lin. and Barrel. Petals of all the varieties imbricate. 



Var. ft, minus (D. C. 1. c.) leaves somewhat filiform. Bar- 

 rel, icon. 286. and 446. 



Var. y, virgatum (D. C. 1. c.) branches twiggy. H. fuma- 

 noides, formerly in the Paris garden. 



Fumana Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. Shrub 1 foot. 



60 H. PROCU'MBENS (Dun. ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 275.) 

 stem procumbent, branched ; branches elongated, younger ones 

 hoary ; leaves alternate, linear, rather lax, with the margins 

 pilose, as well as under surface ; pili strigose ; peduncles almost 

 axillary, shorter than the leaves ; capsules open, bearing the 

 seeds, fy . F. Native of the south of France, Italy, and 

 Tauria. Sweet, Cist. t. 68. Barrel, icon. t. 445. Cistus humi- 

 lis sive chamsecistus ericae folio humilior, Magn. bot. p. 69. 

 Capsules larger. Nerves of calyx strigose. Petals imbricate. 



Procumbent heath-like Sun- Rose. Fl. June, August. Clt.? 

 Shrub procumbent. 



* Leaves alternate, stipulate. 



61 H. ARA'BICUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 80.) stem hairy, ascen- 

 dant ; branches twiggy ; leaves alternate, linear-oblong, hairy, 

 almost sessile ; peduncles solitary, 1 -flowered, almost opposite 

 the leaves, rameal or terminal ; calyxes hairy. Tj . F. Native 

 of Arabia, Italy, and Spain. Sweet, cist. t. 97. Cistus Arabi- 

 cus, Lin. spec. 745. Smith, fl. grsec. t. 503. Cistus ferrugineus, 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 25. Cistus Savi, Bertol. H. viscidulum, Stev. 

 Upper leaves largest. Stipulas ovate acuminated. Petals distinct. 



Arabian Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1826. Shrub \ foot. 



62 H. UEViPES (Willd. enum. 570.) stem ascendant ; leaves 

 stipulate, setaceous, glaucous, smoothish ; buds leafy, axillary ; 

 stipulas long, filiform ; peduncles long, disposed in secund ra- 

 cemes ; pedicels glabrous, and bracteate at the base ; calyxes 

 hairy. tj . F. Native of the south of Provence, Spain, and 

 Dalmatia, on rocks exposed to the sun. Sweet, cist. t. 24. 

 Cistus laevipes, Lin. spec. 739. Jacq. hort. Schosnb. t. 

 158. Cav. icon. 2. p. 56. t. 173. Ger. gallo-prov. p. 394. no. 

 6. t. 14. 



Var. a, peduncles pubescent. 

 Var. ft, peduncles almost glabrous. 



(Smooi/i-peduncled Sun-Rose. Fl. June, August. Clt. 1690. 

 Shrub li foot. 



* Leaves opposite and alternate, furnished mith stipulas. 



63 H. L.E VE (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) stem erectish, glabrous, 

 branched ; branches erect ; leaves linear, sessile, glabrous, with 



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