CISTUS CLADRASTIS 349 



(?.v.), differing in the stalked leaves, the one- to three-flowered inflorescence, 

 and in the dense, starry down on the upper surface of the leaves and calyx. 

 C. salvifolius has none of the large white hairs so conspicuous in hirsutus. 



C. VILLOSUS, Linnaus. 

 (Sweet's Cistineae, t. 35.) 



A much-branched, compact bush, 3 or 4 ft. high ; young stems shaggy with 

 whitish hairs. Leaves ovate-oblong, oval to obovate, blunt or rounded at the 

 apex, tapered at the base to a short, flat, broad stalk; I to 2^ ins. long, \ 

 to | in. wide ; covered on both surfaces with a dense coating of starry down. 

 Flowers variable in colour, but of some shade between purple and rose, 

 yellowish at the base of the petals ; 2 to 2^ ins. across, with a space between 

 the petals ; the flowers are borne in a cymose cluster of three to five flowers 

 at the end of the shoots. Flower-stalks varying from closely downy to 

 densely hairy. Sepals broadly ovate with fine points, hairy. 



Native of the Mediterranean region, varying considerably in different 

 localities, on account of which and the number of hybrids between it and 

 other species that have appeared in cultivation, there is considerable confusion 

 in gardens as to its identity. As it is killed off in moderately severe winters, 

 a new stock (often untrue' to name) has to be obtained from S. Europe. Its 

 two nearest cultivated allies are albidus and crispus, both with red-purple 

 flowers ; from these it differs in its pinnately veined leaves, whilst they are 

 marked by three longitudinal veins. (See Fig. p. 344.) 



CLADOTHAMNUS PYROL^FLORUS, Bongard. ERICACEAE. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8353.) 



A deciduous shrub, 2 to 4 ft. (sometimes more) high, with erect stems 

 and smooth young shoots. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate or narrowly 

 oval, i to if ins. long, \ to J in._wide; tapered 'gradually to a stalkless 

 base, abruptly narrowed to a point at the apex, entire, perfectly smooth on 

 both surfaces. Flowers produced in June, mostly solitary from the axils 

 of the uppermost leaves and the end of the shoot, f to i in. across. 

 Sepals five, narrow oblong, persistent, green; petals five, spreading, 

 broader and rather longer than the sepals, rosy in the centre, yellowish 

 at the margins ; stamens ten, spreading, the stalks flattened towards the 

 base : style f in. long, decurved, persistent ; flower-stalk \ to \ in. long. 



Native of Alaska, British Columbia, etc. ; discovered in Sitka Island 

 in 1828, but only introduced a few years ago by Mr T. Smith, of Newry. 

 It is a neat shrub, suitable for a peaty situation in the rock garden. It 

 is allied to Ledum, and is interesting among the Ericaceae through the 

 segments of the corolla being divided almost to the base. 



CLADRASTIS. LEGUMINOS^E. 



Two species of deciduous trees ; one found in the United States, the 

 other in China. The leaves are alternate, pinnate ; the pea-shaped flowers 

 in loose panicles; pods flattened. The shrub or small tree sometimes 

 called C. amurensis is now usually placed in a separate genus Maackia. 



