310 



CISTINE.E. II. HEUANTHEMUM. 



cled ; pedicels filiform, and are as well as calyxes hairy. Jj . F. 

 Native of the North of Africa. Cistus polyanthos, Desf. fl. all. 

 1. p. 420. t. 108. 

 Many-jknvered Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 foot. 



88 H. CINE'REUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 76.) stem suffruticose, 

 erect, branched ; branches opposite, hoary ; leaves ovate, acute, 

 tapering into the footstalk, densely-tomentose, and cinereously- 

 hoary, without stipulas ; upper leaves stipulate ; racemes pani- 

 cled, axillary opposite, or terminal in threes ; calyxes hispid. 



Ij . F. Native of Spain. Cistus cinereus, Cav. icon. 2. p. 33. 

 t. 141. Flowers small. Petals entire. 



Var. ft, Lagascanum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 278.) stems slender; 

 calyxes less hairy than in var. a. Lag. in litt. 



Grey-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Sh. 1 foot. 



89 H. PILOSELLOI DBS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 284.) suffruticose, 

 without stipulas ; leaves elongately-elliptic, obtuse on long 

 footstalks, upper surface green, under surface hoary-tomentose, 

 both sides hairy; flowers in panicles. >j . H. Native of the 

 Pyrenees on rocks exposed to the sun. Cistus piloselloides, 

 Lapeyr. abr. 301. Flowers yellow. 



Pilosclla-like Sun-Rose. Shrub. 



90 H. sauAMMA'iuM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) stem suffruticose ; 

 branches long, erect, rather woody, silvery, leprous ; leaves 

 stalked, oblong, obtuse, leprously-silvery, stipulate ; stipulas 

 small, sessile, acute, marcescent ; racemes axillary, solitary, and in 

 threes terminal ; pedicels approximate, secund, bracteate at the 

 base ; bracteas marcescent ; calyxes leprous. Jj . F. Native 

 of Spain and Barbary. Cistus squammatus, Lin. spec. 743. 

 Cav. icon. 2. t. 139. Desf. fl.atl. 1. p. 416. Barrel, icon. rar. t. 

 328. bad. Branches 4-angled at the base. Plant covered with 

 leprous round scales, which are depressed in the centre. Style 

 twkted at the base, bent, longer than the stamens. Leafy branch- 

 es axillary. 



Scaly Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1815. Shrub | foot. 



SECT. IX. EUHELIA'NTHEMUM (from ive, eus, genuine, )Xtoc, 

 helios, the sun, and ai>$os, anthos, a flower ; that is to say, genuine 

 species of Sun-Rose.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 278. Calyx of 5 sepals, 

 rather twisted at the top, before expansion ; outer sepals usually 

 spreading, much smaller than the inner ones, which are usually 

 2 or 4 ribbed, furrowed, with scarious margins, with the inner 

 surface shining,, and with the angles generally pilose. Petals 2, 

 3, or 4 times longer than the calyx. Stamens numerous. Style 

 bent at the base, but somewhat club-shaped at the apex. Stig- 

 ma simple. Capsule covered by the calyx, 3-valved, 1 -celled, 

 opening at the apex. Seeds few, convex on the outside, and 

 angular on the inside. Subshrubs, with the stems branched 

 from the base ; branches numerous, erect or procumbent, but 

 generally ascendant. Leaves opposite, on short footstalks, lower 

 ones smallest, usually with revolute margins, stipulate ; stipulas 

 linear-lanceolate. Racemes terminal, secund, simple, curved 

 backwards before flowering, after flowering erect, elongated. 

 Pedicels laterally bracteate at the base, drooping before flowering, 

 when in flower erect, after flowering recurved or reflexed. 



* Petals yellow. 



91 H. LAVANDULSIFOLIOM (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 820.) stem suf- 

 fruticose, erect, branched; branches long, terete, canescent; 

 leaves oblong-linear, with revolute margins, under surface tomen- 

 tose, hoary, younger leaves canescent on both surfaces ; stipulas 

 and bracteas linear, acute, ciliated ; racemes 1-3 terminal ; flow- 

 ers crowded ; calyxes glaucous ; sepals ciliated, outer ones mi- 

 nute, these become reflexed after flowering, inner sepals 2- 

 nerved, oblique, acute, tj . H. Native of the south of France, 

 Barbary, Spain, and Syria, in dry places. Cistus lavandulaefblius, 



Lam. diet. 2. p. 25. Barrel, icon. t. 288. Furnished with ax- 

 illary leafy branches. 



Var. /3, Syrlacum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 279.) leaves rather flat, 

 upper surface greenish-grey. Cistus Syriacus, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 96. 



/ ~ar. y, Thibaudi (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) racemes long, erect. 

 Cistus racemosus. Cav. icon. 2. p. 33. t. 140. Perhaps the 

 same plant after flowering. 



Lavender-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



92 H. BROUSSONETII (Dunal, ined. etD. C. prod. 1. p. 279.) 

 stem shrubby, branched ; branches opposite ; leaves flat, on 

 short footstalks, oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, tomentose on both 

 surfaces, under surface hoary, upper surface greenish-grey; 

 stipulas and bracteas caducous, linear, rather tomentose ; racemes 

 short, branched ; flowers secund ; calyxes oblong, acute ; inner 

 sepals 4-nerved, rather tomentose, yellowish. Tj. F. Native of 

 the island of Teneriffe. Style twice the length of stamens, al- 

 most erect. Stipulas somewhat falcate. 



Broussonet's Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 foot. 



93 H. STCECHADIFOLIUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) stem erect ; 

 branches hoary, tomentose ; leaves oblong-linear, bluntish, some- 

 what tomentose on both surfaces, under surface hoary, upper 

 surface greenish-grey, with revolute margins ; stipulas rather 

 villous, linear-lanceolate ; racemes revolute before flowering ; 

 flowers crowded ; calyxes villous ; outer sepals ciliated, green, 

 inner ones acuminated, hoary. Tj . H. Native of Spain and 

 Corsica. Sweet, cist. icon. ind. Cistus stoechadifolius, Brot. 

 fl. lus. 2. p. 270. 



French-Lavender-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1816 

 Sh. 1 ft. 



94 H. CROCECM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) stem shrubby, some- 

 what procumbent, branched ; branches simple, erect, hoary, 

 tomentose ; leaves rather tomentose, under surface canescent, 

 upper surface glaucous, with revolute margins ; lower leaves 

 almost round, middle ones elliptic, obtuse, upper ones lanceolate, 

 acutish ; stipulas and bracteas erect, linear-oblong, villous, rather 

 greenish ; calyxes yellowish-glaucous, minutely pubescent. Tj . 

 H. Native of Spain and Barbary. Sweet, cist. t. 53. Cistus 

 croceus, Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 422. t. 110. Lower stipulas minute. 

 Petals yellow, very much imbricated. 



Var. a, stipulas longer than the footstalks of the leaves. 



Var. j(3, stipulas setaceous, shorter than the footstalks of the 

 leaves. 



Var. y, branches procumbent ; leaves smaller ; racemes few- 

 flowered. 



(S'a^ron-coloured-flowered Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? 

 Shrub procumbent. 



95 H. ANDERSONI (Sweet, cist. t. 89.) stem suffruticose, pro- 

 cumbent, branched ; branches ascending, canescently tomentose ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acutish, rather tomentose, grey above, 

 and canescent beneath, witli the margins a little revolute ; stipulas 

 linear, awl-shaped, ciliated, a little longer than the petioles ; 

 calyx tomentose ; petals imbricate. J?. H. Flowers yellow. 

 This is a hybrid from H. crbceum, fertilized by the pollen of //. 

 pulverulentum. 



Anderson's San-Rose. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1827. Sh. ascendant. 



96 H. NUDICAU'LE (Dunal, ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 279.) 

 stem shrubby, branched ; branches smooth at bottom, but hoary- 

 villous at the top ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, with revolute mar- 

 gins, tomentose on both surfaces, under surface hoary, upper 

 surface yellowish-green ; stipulas linear, longer than the petioles ; 

 calyxes profoundly silicate, hardly pubescent, with elevated pilose 

 nerves, ^ . H. Native of Spain, on mountains in the kingdom 

 of Valentia. Petals yellow. Perhaps a variety of H. croceum ? 



Naked-stemmed Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. 

 Shrub procumbent. 



