VIII. cistaVejE : helia'nthemum. 



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H. jerpyUifolium. 



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. 



t~ 3. H. (v.) SERPYLLiFO^LiuM Mill. The Wild-Thyme-leaved Helianthe- 



mum, or Sun Rose. 



Identification. Mill. Diet. No. 8. ; Don's Mil!., 1. p. 311. 

 Synanyme. Cistus serpylliftilius Lin. Sp. 743. 

 Engravings. Swt. Cist., t. 60. ; and our fig. 86. 



Spec. Char. ,S^c. Stem sufFruticose. Branches ascend- 

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

 Leaves oblong-elliptical, with revolute 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, (Dons Mill.) A trailing, 

 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. 



fu 4. H. (v.) grandiflo'rum Dec. The large-flowered Helianthemunt, or 



Sun Rose. 



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

 Synonyme. Cistus grandifl&rus Scop. Cam. ed. 2. No. C48. t. 25. 

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



Sj>ec. Char., Sfc. Stem sufFruticose, ascending. Branches hair\ . 

 Upper leaves flattish, oblong, rather pilose; upjjer surface 

 green, under surface sometimes pale cinereous. Stijjules 

 ciliated, rather longer than the footstalks of the leaves. 

 Flowers large. Calyxes rather hairy. (Don's Alill.) 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. 



H, grandiflbnim . 



s~ 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 revolute 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 Ami.) A procumbent, sub-evergreen, suffruti- 

 cose undershrub. Tauria. Height 6 in. 

 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. 



!U 6. H. (v ) APENNiNUM Dec. The Apennine Helianthe- 

 mum, or Sun Rose. 



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



Synonymes. Cistus apenninus Lin. Sp. 744.?, Dill. Elth. 170.; Cistus hls- 



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

 Engravings. Swt. Cist., t. 62.; and out fig. 89. 8'j. it. a^r^-iiium 



H. tadricum. 



