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CISTINE.&. II. HELIANTHEMUM. 



108 H. TAU'RICUM (Fisch. mss. Sweet, cist. t. 105.) stem 

 suffruticose, much branched, procumbent, branches procumbent, 

 beset with long hairs ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, with rather 

 revolute margins, pilose on both surfaces, green above and paler 

 beneath ; stipulas lanceolate-linear, ciliated, longer than the 

 petiole ; flowers large ; calyx shining, rather hairy ; petals im- 

 bricate. Jj . H. Native of Tauria. Petals pale-yellow. 



Taurian Sun-Rose. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1820. Shrub pro- 

 cumbent. 



109 H. LU'CIDUM (Horn. cat. hort. hafn. 498.) stem suffruti- 

 cose, procumbent ; leaves stipulate, ovate, green, glossy, with 

 revolute margins. Jj . H. Native of ? Flowers yellow. 



Shining-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1826. Shrub 

 procumbent. 



110 H. NUMMULA'RIUM (Mill. diet. no. 11.) stem suffruticose; 

 branches procumbent, hairy ; lower leaves orbicular, upper ones 

 oblong-linear, hairy, under surface greenish-cinereous ; stipulas 

 linear-oblong, twice the length of the footstalks of the leaves ; 

 racemes and calyxes hairy. Tj . H. Native of the south of 

 France and in Italy. Sweet, cist. t. 80. Cistus nummularius a, 

 Lin. spec. 743. not of Desf. and Cav. H. obscuruni ft, num- 

 mularium, D. C. fl. fr. 6. p. 624. H. angustifolium of many 

 botanic gardens. Petals slightly imbricate. 



Money-ivort-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1752. 

 Shrub procumbent. 



111 H. ANOusTipbuuM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) stem suffruti- 

 cose, diffuse ; branches rather tomentose, cinereous ; leaves on 

 short footstalks, upper ones linear-oblong, with revolute margins, 

 acutish, under surface clothed with canescent tomentum, upper 

 surface rather hispid ; stipulas pilose, longer than the footstalks ; 

 racemes loose ; calyxes pubescent, rather hairy ; hairs deciduous. 

 Tj . H. Native of ? Probably the same as the preceding 

 species. Cistus angustifolius, Jacq. vind. 3. t. 53. Petals nar- 

 row at the base, rather unguiculate, distinct from each other. 



Narrow-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub 1ft. 



112 H. OBTUSIFOLIUM (Dunal. ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 281.) stem suffruticose, branched; branches tomentose, hoary ; 

 leaves small, stalked, linear-oblong, obtuse, with revolute mar- 

 gins, under surface hoary-tomentose, upper surface green and 

 beset with long scattered white hairs ; stipulas green, oblong- 

 linear, flat, obtuse, scarcely ciliated, length of footstalks ; calyxes 

 hispid. l;.H. Native of the island of Cyprus. Cistus ciliatus, 

 Cas. Rostung in litt. not of Desf. Petals yellow. 



Blunt-leaved Sun-Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Shrub 1 foot. 



113 H. HI'RTUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) stem suffruticose, 

 branched ; branches ascendant, numerous, tomentosely-hairy, 

 cinereous ; leaves ovate or oblong, with revolute margins, under 

 surface canescent, upper surface greenish-cinereous ; stipulas 

 narrow, rather longer than the footstalks of the leaves ; calyxes 

 densely covered with white hairs ; petals obcordate, imbricate. 

 Tj . F. Native of Spain and south of France. Sweet, cist. t. 

 109. Cistus hirtus, Lin. spec. 744. Smith, fl. greec. t. 501. ex- 

 clusive of synonym of Barrelleir, Cav. icon. 2. p. 37. t. 146. 

 Calyxes small. Flowers large, deep yellow. 



Far. a, Bafticum (D.C. prod. l.p. 281.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 upper surface green. H. Bae'ticum, Hort. madr. 



Far. ft, aureum (D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves linear-oblong, with 

 revolute margins, canescent on both surfaces. H. aureum, 

 Thib. ined. Pers. ench. 2. p. 78. 



Var. y, teretifolium (D. C. prod. 1. c.) branches hoary-tomen- 

 tose ; leaves revolute on the under surface, almost terete, 

 tliickish, obtuse, hoary. Cistus aureum ft teretifolium, Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 78. 



Hairy Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1759. Shrub 1 foot. 



114 H. LAGA'SCJE (Dunal, ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 281.) 

 branches ascendant, tomentosely-hairy, hoary ; leaves linear, 



obtuse, with very revolute margins, almost terete, rather hairy, 

 greenish ; stipulas flat, scarcely pilose, twice the length of the 

 footstalks of the leaves ; pedicels hispid, whitish ; calyxes shining, 

 furrowed ; nerves ciliated with white hairs. Jj . F. Native of 

 Spain. H. hirtum var. ? Lag. in litt. Calyxes small. Leaves 

 short. 



Lagasca's Sun-Rose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1826. Sh. f to 1 ft. 



* Petals white, rose-coloured, red, pale-sulphur coloured, or 

 variegated with these colours. 



115 H. VIOLA' CEUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) stem erect or 

 ascendant, much branched ; branches opposite ; branchlets slen- 

 der, tomentosely-hairy, hoary ; leaves small, almost Linear, 

 obtuse, with revolute margins, somewhat tomentose on both sur- 

 faces, under surface canescent ; stipulas minute, pilose, racemes 

 few-flowered, loose ; calyxes smooth, violaceous, nervedly fur- 

 rowed. Jj . F. Native of Spain. Cistus violaceus, Cav. icon. 

 2. p. 38. t. 147. Petals white. 



Viola.ceous-ca\yxed Sun-Rose. Fl.Ju. July. Clt. 1826. Shrub 

 | to 1 foot. , 



116 H. RACEMOSUM (Dunal, ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 281.) 

 stem shrubby, branched ; branches erect, terete, hoary-tomen- 

 tose ; leaves on short footstalks, narrow-linear or linear-lanceo- 

 late, with revolute margins, under surface hoary, upper surface 

 greenish, shining ; stipulas awl-shaped, longer than the foot- 

 stalks of the leaves ; pedicels hoary ; calyxes nervosely-fur- 

 rowed, brownish-violet. Tj . F. Native of Spain, Barbary, 

 Teneriffe. Sweet, cist. t. 82. Cistus racemosus, Lin. mant. 

 76? Lam. diet. 2. p. 25. Vahl. symb. 1. p. 39. Willd. spec. 

 2. p. 1208. exclusive of synonyms of Cav. and Barrel. Petals 

 white, yellow at the base, imbricate. 



ftacemose-fiovtered Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 foot. 



117 H. FARINOSUM (Sweet, cist. p. 18.) stem shrubby, erect, 

 branched, tomentosely-hoary ; leaves on short footstalks, linear 

 or lanceolate-linear, with revolute margins, hoary, and powdered 

 on both surfaces ; stipulas awl-shaped, longer than the footstalks 

 of the leaves ; calyx powdery, as well as beset with very short 

 hairs. Jj. F. Native of Spain. H. racemosum /3, farinosum, 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 281. Flowers white. 



Mealy Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Shrub 1 foot. 



118 H. STRI'CTUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) stem suffruticose, 

 erect, branched ; branches straight, hoary-tomentose ; leaves 

 almost sessile, very narrow, linear-awl-shaped, with revolute 

 margins, canescent ; stipulas linear, setaceous ; calyxes pilose, ner- 

 vously-striated, yellowish, smoothish. Tj.F. Native of Spain. 

 Cistus strictus, Cav. icon. 3. p. 3?. t. 263. f. 2. Petals white. 



Straight-branched Sun-Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub J to 1 foot. 



119 H. MLOSUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 79.) stem suffruticose, 

 branched ; branches erectish ; leaves linear or linear-oblong, 

 hoary on both surfaces, and bristly at the apex ; stipulas awl- 

 shaped ; calyxes rather pilose, nervously-striated. Jj . F. Na- 

 tive of Spain and the south of France. Sweet, cist. t. 49. 

 Cistus pifosus, Lin. spec. 744. a. ? Chamsecistus 4. Clus. hist. 

 1. p. 74. Petals white. 



Var. a ; leaves linear, hoary ; calyxes pilose, some what glaucous. 

 Var. ft ; leaves linear-oblong ; calyxes shining, smoothish, 

 acutish, with hairy nerves. 



Pilose Sun- Rose. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1731. Shrub IJ foot. 



120 H. LINEA'RE (Pers. ench. 2. p. 78.) stem suffruticose ; 

 branches elongated, ascendant, rather hoary, tomentose ; leaves 

 linear, greenish-hoary, with revolute margins ; stipulas linear- 

 awl-shaped ; racemes loose, twiggy, few-flowered ; calyxes 

 striated, glabrous, with the nerves somewhat violaceous ; sepals 

 acute. Jj . F. Native of Spain and the south of France. 

 Sweet, cist. 48. Cistus linearis, Cav. icon. 3. p. 8. t. 216. 



