CISTINE^E. II. HELIANTHEMUM. 



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helv. p. 103. Cistus CElandicus, Jacq. austr. t. 399. Petals 

 twice the length of calyx, imbricate. 



Var. a, glabratum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 277.) leaves smoothish, 

 oblong-elliptical, bluntish, with pilose footstalks. 



Var. /3, elongatum (D. C. prod. 1. c.) branches elongated ; 

 leaves acute, pilose on both surfaces. Cistus Seguieri, Pourr. 

 ined. 



Var. y, canescens (D. C. prod. 1. c.) younger leaves, peduncles, 

 and calyxes pilose, cinereously-canescent. Cistus CElandicus, 

 Gouan. fl. monsp. p. 263 ? 



Alp Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub procumbent. 



76 H. PENICILLA TUM (Thib. ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 277.) 

 suffruticose ; branches procumbent, long, hispid ; leaves green, 

 with the nerves on both surfaces hispid, as well as the 'margins, 

 lower leaves stalked, ovate, smaller, upper ones linear-oblong, 

 almost sessile ; racemes simple, and are as well as the calyxes his- 

 pid ; flowers minute. ^ H. Native of Spain, as well as the 

 south of France. Cistus echioides, Lam. diet. 2. p. 21 ? Cistus 

 A'nglicus, Lin. mant. 245 ? Plant with the habit of Myosbtis 

 Ldppula. 



Pencilled-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1826. Shrub 

 trailing. 



77 H. OBOVA TUM (Dunal, ined. and D. C: prod. 1. p. 277.) 

 suffruticose ; branches spreading, somewhat dichotomous, clothed 

 with cinereous tomentum towards the apex ; leaves obovate or ob- 

 long, obtuse, green on both surfaces, ciliated, pilosely-strigose, 

 lower leaves minute ; racemes simple, 3-flowered ; bracteas 

 green ; calyxes pilose, cinereous. T; . F. Native of Spain near 

 Aranjuez. Cistus Italicus, Lin. spec. 740. exclusive of the 

 synonyms. Leaves ending in the short footstalks. 



Obovate-lezved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. Shrub 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



78 H. ITA'LICUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 76.) suffruticose ; branches 

 simple, erect, long, pilosely-tomentose ; leaves pilosely-hispid ; 

 hairs strigose, appressed, lower leaves ovate, smaller, upper ones 

 lanceolate, oblong or oblong-linear ; racemes simple, and are as 

 well as calyxes pilosely-hispid, canescent. 1j . H. Native of 

 the Mediterranean in dry regions. Cistus Italicus, Lin. spec. 

 740. Cistus marifolius, Bieb. fl. taur. cauc. 2. p. 8. Barrel, 

 icon. rar. 510. t. 366. 



Var. a, strigosum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 277.) leaves greenish on 

 both surfaces, strigosely-pilose ; peduncles and calyxes pilosely- 

 tomentose, hoary. H. strigosum, Fisch. in litt. 



Var. ft, candidissimum (D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves, peduncles, 

 and calyxes clothed with white tomentum. 



Var. y, albidum (D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves whitish-tomentose 

 on the under surface. 



Italian Sun-Rose. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1799. Shrub | to 1 ft. 



79 H. VINEA'LE (Pers. ench. 2. p. 77.) suffruticose, procum- 

 bent ; branches ascendant, pilosely-tomentose, canescent ; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, upper surface green, strigosely-pilose, under sur- 

 face tomentose, hoary ; racemes simple, few-flowered, and are as 

 well as the calyxes pilosely-tomentose, canescent. Tj . H. Na- 

 tive of the south of Germany, Switzerland, France, and Spain. 

 Sweet, cist. t. 77. Cistus vinealis, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1195. 

 Perhaps a variety of H. canum. Petals distinct. 



Vineyard Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1817. Trailing shrub. 



80 H. CA'NUM (Dunal, ined. -D. C. prod. 1 . p. 277.) stem 

 suffruticose, procumbent, branched, ascendant, pilosely-tomen- 

 tose, hoary ; leaves obovate, ovate, ovate-oblong or elliptical, 

 pilose, upper surface green, under surface somewhat tomentose, 

 hoary ; racemes simple ; pedicels and calyxes pilose, canescent ; 

 petals distinct, fj . F. Native of the south of France and Ger- 

 many. Sweet, cist. 56. Cistus canus, Lin. spec. 740. Jacq. aus. 

 t. 277. All. pedm. no. 1664. t. 45. Chamaecistus 3, Clus. hist. 

 p. 74. Leaves variable, on the margin and middle nerve, on the 



under surface, as well as every where over the upper surface' 

 covered with strigose pili. Ovary triquetrous, with marginate 

 pilose angles. Perhaps Cistus marifolius, Smith, eng. bot. 396. 

 Hoary Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1772. Shrub pro- 

 cumbent. 



81 H. MARIFOLIUM (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 817.) suffruticose, pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves without stipulas, stalked, ovate-cordate or 

 ovate, acutish, upper surface green, pilose, under surface hoary ; 

 racemes solitary, simple, few-flowered, terminal. Tj . H. Na- 

 tive of Italy, Spain, and south of France. Cistus marifblius, Lin. 

 spec. 741. but not of Bieb. fl. taur. cauc. Barrel, icon. rar. 

 521. t. 441. Calyxes ovate-oblong. 



Marum-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. Shrub 

 trailing 2 foot. 



82 H. SE'KR^: (Cambess. in mem. mus. 14. p. 216. t. 11.) 

 stem humble, erect, suffruticose, branched ; leaves opposite, 

 without stipulas, on short footstalks, somewhat cordate-ovate, 

 fleshy, glaucous ; flowers in racemose-corymbs ; ovary 3-celled ; 

 style jointed at the base ; stigma thickened. T^ . F. Native of 

 the larger islands between Palma and a place called Prat in the 

 sand by the sea-side. Leaves glabrous, rather hairy on the 

 margins. Flowers yellow. 



Serra's Sun-Rose. Fl. March, April. Shrub 4 foot. 



83 H. ROBE'LLUM (Presl. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 591.) leaves 

 ovate-rpundish or oblong, acute, upper surface dark-red and 

 smooth, under surface hoary, tomentose ; flowers racemose, pen- 

 dulous ; calyx hairy. Tj . F. Native of Sicily. 



Red-leaved Sun-Rose. Shrub -^ foot. 



84 H. ROTUHDIFOLIUM (Dunal, ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 277.) stem suffruticose, branched at the base ; branches simple, 

 tomentose, hoary, for the most part decumbent at the base ; 

 leaves on short footstalks, upper surface greenish-glaucous, un- 

 der surface clothed with white tomentum, lower leaves almost 

 round, the rest ovate, uppermost ones stipulate ; stipulas small, 

 oblong, deciduous ; racemes solitary in twos or threes, somewhat 

 panicled, crowded, terminal ; calyxes hairy. T? . F. Native of 

 Spain and Barbary. Cistus nummularius, Cav. icon. 2. p. 34. 

 t. 142. Desf. atl. 1. p. 423. exclusive of the synonyms of Lin- 

 naeus and Magnol. 



Round-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Shrub decumbent. 



85 H. CRASSIFOLIUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 77.) stem suffruticose, 

 erect, rather glabrous ; leaves somewhat fleshy, on short foot- 

 stalks ; lower leaves ovate, acute, without stipulas, upper ones 

 oblong-linear, stipulate ; racemes short, rather umbellate ; calyxes 

 pilose at the base. Jj. F. Native of Barbary and Spain. 

 Cistus glaucus, Desf. atl. 1. p. 418. but not of Cav. H. Setxe, 

 Lag. in litt. on account of the plant being called Setxe in the 

 kingdom of Valentia in Spain. Leaves rather pilose on the 

 upper surface at the margins, as well as on the under surface on 

 the middle nerve. Footstalks with a few long white hairs. 



Thick-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1818. Shrub 1 ft. 



86 H. PANICULA'TUM (Dunal, ined. and D.C. prod. 1. p. 278.) 

 suffruticose, procumbent ; branches ascendant and erect, flori- 

 ferous branches long, upper part stipulate ; leaves stalked, ovate, 

 bluntish, rarely roundish, upper surface green, under surface 

 hoary ; racemes opposite and tern, panicled. J? . F. Native 

 of Spain and Sicily on mountains. Cistus marifolius herb. Thib. 

 Cistus nummularius var. Lag. in litt. H. sp. nova Schouw. in 

 litt. Stipulas minute, linear, acute. Flowers small. 



Panicled- flowered Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1826. 

 Shrub procumbent. 



87 H. POLYA'NTHOS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) stem suffruticose, 

 erect, hairy ; leaves stalked, lower ones ovate, obtuse, smaller, 

 under surface hoary, tomentose, stem ones ovate-oblong or lan- 

 ceolate, greenish on both surfaces, with ciliated margins, stipu- 

 late ; stipulas longer than the footstalks ; racemes hairy, pani- 



