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CISTINE^i. II. HELIANTHEMUM. 



revolute margins, keeled, opposite, upper ones alternate, stipu- 

 late ; stipulas long, awl-shaped; peduncles solitary, 1 -flowered, 

 sub-terminal ; calyxes smooth. Jj . F. Native of Spain, on 

 hills. Cistus lae vis, Cav. icon. 2. p. 35. t. 145. f. 1. exclusive 

 of the synonym of Barrel. 



Smooth Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1826. Shrub 1 foot. 



64 H. VI'RIDE (Tenor, prod. fl. neap. p. 31.) stem ascendant, 

 glabrous ; leaves opposite, linear, with revolute margins, gla- 

 brous, green, somewhat mucronate, stipulate ; stipulas awl- 

 shaped, much smaller than the leaves ; peduncles racemose, 

 beset with clammy villi, as well as the calyx. Tj . F. Native 

 of Sicily. Leaves pale-green. 



Green-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



65 H. JUNIPERI'NUM (Lag. in litt. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 275.) 

 stem ascendant, branched ; leaves linear-awl-shaped, ciliated, 

 mucronate, flat, with rather revolute margins, opposite ; upper 

 leaves alternate ; stipulas awl-shaped, upper ones longest ; pe- 

 duncles racemose, and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with 

 clammy hairs, fj . F. Native of the south of France, Italy, 

 and the kingdom of Tunis. Cistus lae vipes, Durand ! Gouan. 

 fl. monsp. 263 ? Cistus Mauritanicus, Thib. ! ined. Barrel, 

 icon. t. 443. Bracteas solitary, linear. 



Juniper-like Sun- Rose. Fl. June, August. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



66 H. BARRELIK'RI (Tenor, prod. fl. neap. p. 31.) stem erect; 

 branches villously pubescent ; leaves linear-oblong, narrowed at 

 the base, pubescent, with revolute and ciliated margins, oppo- 

 site ; upper leaves alternate ; stipulas linear-awl-shaped, mu- 

 cronate, erect ; peduncles racemose, few-flowered, and are, as 

 well as the calyxes, beset with clammy villi. Tj . F. Native of 

 Italy and Spain. Barrel, rar. icon. 416. Sims, bot. mag. 2371. 



Barretter's Sun- Rose. Fl. June, August. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



67 H. SY'RTICUM (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 593.) hairy ; branches 

 spreading, clothed with appressed white hairs ; leaves almost 

 sessile, opposite, flatfish, linear-elliptical, beset with scattered 

 hairs, hoary underneath, with revolute margins ; upper leaves 

 linear, and more acute ; stipulas leaf-like, but not above half 

 the size of the leaves, but the upper ones are about equal in size 

 to the leaves ; flowers disposed in a short secund raceme. Sepals 

 5, densely beset with bristles, inner ones roundish-ovate, 5- 

 nerved, outer ones round and very short. Tj . F. Native of 

 the North of Africa, in the Great Syrtis. Cistus Syrticus, Viv. 

 fl. lib. p. 27. t. 14. f. 2. Flowers violet ? 



Syrtic Sun-Rose. Shrub 1 foot. 



68 H. THYMIFOLIUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) stems procum- 

 bent ; branches pubescent ; leaves almost linear, very short, 

 pubescent, opposite, upper ones alternate ; stipulas mucronate, 

 erect ; peduncles few-flowered, clothed with clammy villi. Tj . F. 

 Native of Spain. Sweet, cist. t. 1 02. Cistus thymif olius, Lin. 

 spec. 743. Smith, fl. grace, t. 500 Barrel, icon. rar. t. 444. H. 

 glutinosum, ft. fl. fr. 4. p. 821. Young leafy shoots in the axils 

 of the leaves. Petals imbricate. 



Thyme-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1658. Shrub 

 procumbent. 



69 H. GLUTINOSUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) stem ascendant ; 

 branches clothed with clammy hairs, somewhat cinereous ; leaves 

 almost linear, with revolute margins, villous, clammy, somewhat 

 cinereous, opposite, upper ones alternate ; lower stipulas minute, 

 the rest long, loose ; peduncles and calyxes villous, clammy ; 

 petals distinct. Tj . F. Native of the south of France, and 

 Spain. Sweet, cist. t. 83. Cistus glutinosus, Lin. mant. 246. 

 Barrel, icon. rar. 512. t. 415 ? Cav. icon. 2. t. 145. f. 2. Pe- 

 tals pale yellow, crenulated at the top. 



Clammy Sun-Rose. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1790. Shrub 1 ft. 



SECT. VIII. PSEUDOCI'STUS (from 4/wjc, pseudes, false, and 

 Kiarof, cistos ; False Cistus.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 276. Calyx of 

 5 sepals, outer sepals narrow, minute, inner ones 4-veined. Petals 

 yellow, small, scarcely twice the length of the sepals. Style 

 twisted at the base, and bent inwards at the apex, usually shorter 

 than the stamens, rarely longer. Stigma capitate, 3-lobed. Cap- 

 sule small. Seeds few, rather rufescent. Perennial herbs, or 

 subshrubs. Leaves stalked, feather-nerved, opposite, usually 

 without stipulas, rarely with stipulas at the summits of branches. 

 Flowers secund, racemose, or panicled. Pedicels bracteate 

 at the base, recurved before flowering, when in flower erect, 

 but afterwards reflexed. Bracteas sessile, linear-lanceolate. 



70 H. MOLLE (Pers. ench. 2. p. 76.) suffruticose ; branches 

 almost simple, pilose ; leaves roundish-ovate, obtuse, stalked, 

 hairy-tomentose on both surfaces, soft ; racemes simple, and are, 

 as well as calyxes, hairy-tomentose, cinereous. Tj . F. Native 

 of Spain. Cistus mollis, Cav. icon. 3. p. 31. t. 262. f. 2. Brac- 

 teas awl-shaped, minute, pilosely-tomentose, cinereous. 



Soft-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, August. Clt. 1817. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



71 H. ORIGANIFOLIUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 76.) stem suffruti- 

 cose, di-trichotomous ; leaves stalked, ovate, pilose on both sur- 

 faces ; racemes short, terminal ; petals scarcely longer than the 

 calyx, fj . F. Native of Spain. Cistus origanifdlius, Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 20. Cav. icon. 3. p. 31. t. 262. f. 1. Calyx oblong. 

 Petals one-half smaller than those of H. molle. 



Marjoram-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub I foot. 



72 H. DICHOTOMUM (Dunal, ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 276.) 

 suffruticose ; branches dichotomous, smoothish ; leaves minute, 

 ovate, acute, glabrous, with revolute margins, on short foot-stalks ; 

 racemes slender, few-flowered. Fj . F. Native of Spain. Cis- 

 tus dichotomus, Cav. icon. 3. p. 32. t. 263. f. 1. Flowers small, 

 deep yellow, hardly the size of those of Spergula nodosa. Leaves 

 small, having the appearance of those of Thymus piperella. 



Dichotomous-branched. Sun-Rose. Fl. June, August. Clt. 

 1826. Shrub 1 foot, prostrate. 



73 H. (ELA'NDICUM (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 817.) stem suffruticose, 

 procumbent, branched ; leaves lanceolate-elliptical, bluntish, 

 green on both surfaces, usually glabrous, sometimes ciliated, 

 stalked, upper leaves sessile ; racemes simple, few-flowered ; 

 calyx somewhat globose-ovate. Tj . H. Native of the Alps of 

 Europe, especially the north of France, CEland, Switzerland, and 

 Austria. Sweet, cist. t. 85. Cistus CElandicus, Lin. spec. 741. 

 Chamaecistus, 2. Clus. hist. p. 73. icon. Bracteas minute, 

 sessile, linear-oblong. Flowers few, approximate. Petals dis- 

 tinct. 



CEland Sun-Rose. Fl. June, August. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 trailing. 



74 H. PULCHE'LLUM (Sweet, cist. t. 74.) stem suffruticose, 

 procumbent, branched ; branches clothed with hoary tomentum ; 

 leaves roundish or ovate, obtuse, upper surface green, beset with 

 hispid hairs, under surface clothed with hoary tomentum, with 

 the margins a little revolute ; racemes simple ; calyxes pilose, 

 hoary ; petals imbricate, fj . H. Native of Germany ? H. al- 

 pestre, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 590. but not of others. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Neat Sun-Rose. Fl. June, August. Clt. 1820. Shrub pro- 

 cumbent. 



75 H. ALPE'STRE (Dunal, ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 276.) 

 stem suffruticose, procumbent, branched ; branches pilosely- 

 hairy ; leaves greenish on both surfaces, oblong-elliptical, rather 

 glabrous, or with hairs in fascicles, stalked, upper leaves almost 

 sessile ; pedicels and calyxes pilosely-hairy ; hairs cinereous. 

 Jj . H. Native of Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, on 

 rocks. Cistus alpestris, Crantz. austr. p. 103. t. 6. f. 1. Wahl. 



