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tals narrow, lanceolate, jagged. (Don's Mill.) A procumbent, sub-ever- 

 green, suffruticose, undershrub. Britain, in Surrey, near Croydon. Height 

 6 in. to 1 ft. Flowers yellow, with the petals distinct, and the calyxes pilose ; 

 July to October. 



^ 3. H. (v.) 5ERPYLLIFO V LIUM Mill. The Wild-Thynie-leaved Helianthe- 

 mum, or Sun Rose. 



Identification. Mill. Diet. No. 8. ; Don's Mill., l.'p. 311. 

 Synwyme. Cistus i-erpyllifclius Lin. Sp. 743. 

 Engravings. Swt. Cist"., t. 60. ; and OUT fig. 86. 



Spec. Charge. Stem suffruticose. Branches ascend- 

 ent, glabrous at the base, and pilose at the apex. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptical, with re volute margins ; under 

 surface hoary-tomentose ; upper surface intensely 

 green, shining, at first rather pilose, afterwards almost 

 smooth. Stipules and bracteas green, ciliated. Ca- 

 lyxes canescent, with inconspicuous down, and with 

 the nerves sparingly pilose. {Don's Mill) A trailing, 86. H. erp y mf6iium. 

 sub-evergreen, suffruticose undershrub. Alps of Styria and Austria, and in 

 Britain, in Somersetshire. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1731 ; dis- 

 covered in England in 1826. Flowers large, yellow, with the petals distinct; 

 May to September. 



!U 4. H. (v.) GRANDIFLO N RUM Dec. The large-flowered Helianthemum, or 



Sun Rose. 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 821. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 311. 

 Synonyme. Cistus grandiflbrus Scop. Cam. ed. 2. No. 648. t. 25. 

 Engravings. Swt. Cist., t. 69. ; Scop. Cam., ed. 2. t. 25. ; and our fig. 87. 



Spec. Char.,, tyc. Stem suffruticose, ascending. Branches hairy. 

 Upper leaves flattish, oblong, rather pilose; upper surface 

 green, under surface sometimes pale cinereous. Stipules 

 ciliated, rather longer than the footstalks of the leaves. 

 Flowers large. Calyxes rather hairy. (Don's Mill.) A neat, 

 little, bushy, sub-evergreen, suffruticose undershrub, bearing a 

 close resemblance to H. vulgare, but larger in all its parts. 

 Pyrenees. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1800. 

 Flowers large, pale yellow ; June to August. 



87. H. grandiflbru 



t* 5. H. (v.) TAU'RICUM Fisch. The Taurian Helianthemum, or Sun Rose. 



Identification. Fisch. MSS.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 312. 

 Engravings. Swt. Cist., 105.; and our fig. 88. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem suffruticose, much branched, pro- 

 cumbent. Branches procumbent, beset with long hairs. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, with rather re volute margins, 

 pilose on both surfaces, green above, and paler beneath. 

 Stipules lanceolate-linear, ciliated, longer than the petiole. 

 Flowers large. Calyx shining, rather hairy. Petals imbri- 

 cate. (Don's Mill.) A procumbent, sub-evergreen, suflfruti- 

 cose undershrub. Tauria. Height Gin. 

 to 1 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 

 large, pale yellow; May to October. 

 Resembles H. grandiflorum ; but differs 



from it in the branches spreading flat on the ground, and 



extending to a great distance. 



*>. 6. H. (v.) APENNI'NUM Dec. The Apennine Helianthe- 

 mum, or Sun Rose. 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 824 ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 313. 



Synonymes. Cistus apennlnus Lin. Sp. 744.?, Dill. Ellh. 170. ; Cistus his- 



pidus /3 Lam. Diet. 2. p. 26. ; Erba bottoncina, Ital. 

 Engravings. Swt. Cist., t. 62.; and our fig. 89. 



