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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUiM. 



M- 3. C. corbarie'nsis Pourr. T!ie Corbieres Cistus, or Rock Rose. 



Idrntification. Dec. Proil., 1. p. 2G5. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 299. 



Si/twnt/mcs. C. xalviaefolius /3 Dec. Frud. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 813. ; C. populif&lius 



minor, in some nurseries ; C. hjbridus Pourr., not of Vaiil. 

 Engravings. Swt. Cist., t. 8. ; and our Jig 79. 



Spec. CViai: Sfc. Leaves stalked, somewhat cordate, ovate, 

 acuininuted, with fringed margins, wrinkled on both surfaces, 

 and very glutinous. Peduncles long, 1 3-flovvered. (Don's 

 Mill-,) A sub-evergreen shrub. South of France, on the 

 mountains of Corbieres ; and also in Spain. Height 2 ft. to ^S^ 

 8ft. Introduced in 1636. Flowers white; May and June. 

 Capsule brown ; ripe in August. 



A handsome plant, and, according to Sweet, one of the 

 hardiest species of the genus, thriving well in common garden 

 soil, and in any situation where it is not too moist. It conti- 

 nues in bloom for about two months ; and every day during 

 that period the plant is covered with a profusion of hand- "^- ^- '<"^'w""is- 

 some white flowers, the margins of which arc tinged with rose colour. 

 The rose-coloured buds are also very pretty before the flovvers expand. 



4. C. POPULiFOLius L. The Poplar-leaved Cistus, or Rock Rose. 



Idcniifwation. Lin. Sp 736. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 300. 



Synonymes. Cistus populifbliiis Cav. I:un. ; Ciste 5 Feuilles de Peuplier, 



Fr. ; Pappel-blattrige Cisten Rose, Gcr. 

 Engravings. Swt. Cist. 23. ; and oar Jig. 80. 



Spec. Char., S;-c. Leaves stalked, cordate, acuminate, 

 wrinkled, smooth. Flowers cymose. Peduncles bracteate. 

 Bracteas oblong. Sepals acuminate, clammy. {Don's Mill.) 

 A sub-evergreen shrub of vigorous growth, France and 

 Spain. Height 5 ft. to 7 ft. Introduced in 1656. Flowers 

 wiiite, with distinct petals; May to July. Capsule brown; 

 ripe in September. 



Leaves dark green, cordate, clammy, with undulate margins. 

 One of the most robust species of the genus, and also one of 

 the hardiest. A plant 7 ft. high, in the grounds at Syon, 

 stootl through the winter of 1837-8 uninjured, without the 

 slightest protection. so. ostus popuuftims. 



5. C. iAURiFo^Lius L. The Laurel-leaved Cistus, or Rock Rose. 



Identijication. Lin. Sp. 7.36. ; Clus. Hist. 1. p. 78. f. 1. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 300. 

 Synonymes. Ciste a Feuilles de Laurier, Fr. ; Lorbeer-blattrige Cisten Rose, Ger. 

 Engravings. Clus. Hist., 1. p. 78. f. 1. ; Swt. Cist., t. 52. ; and our Jig. 81. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves stalked, ovate- ' 



lanceolate, 3-nerved, upper surface gla- 

 brous, under surface tomentose. Foot- 

 stalks dilated, and connate at the base. 

 Capsules 5-celled. {Don's Mill.) A 

 sub-evergreen bush. South of France, 

 and Spain. Height 4ft. to oft. In- 

 troduced in 177 1. Flowers large, white, 

 with light red bracteas ; July and Aug. 

 Capsule brown ; ripe in October. 

 A very robust species, with large 



green laurel-like leaves. It produces an 



abumlance of flowers, which, with their 



light red bracteas, are very ornamental 



before they expand, resembling, at a distance, the bursting buds of roses. It 



requires no protection ; and may be raised from seeds, which it rij^ens in 



abundance ; and also by cuttings, which, however, do not strike so freely as in 



some of the other species. 



Cfstus /aurif6Uus. 



