TREES AND SHRUBS 



Flotoers white, .'3 ins. diam., in a terminal, long-stalked umbellate cyme; 

 sometimes distant pairs lower down ; peduncles tomentose ; bracts light red ; 

 Calyx hairy, lobes acute, often tinted with purple; Petals with yellow mark 

 at base; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves, opposite, large, Laurel-like, broadly ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 petioles long, dilated, connate at base, margins undulated, three-nerved, 

 coriaceous, upper surface viscid and glabrous, deep green, underside 

 tomentose with pale brownish felt. 



A sub-evergreen shrub, 5-6 ft. 



Native of S. France and Spain ; introduced 1731. 



PORTUGUESE GUM CISTUS, Cistus lusitanicus. 



Gardens. June, July. 



Flowers white ; Calyx 4-5 lobed, thickly covered with long, silky white 

 hairs ; Petals 5, yellow at base, above which is a feather-edged, reddish- 

 crimson spot ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, entire, acute, glabrous, deep green, 

 three-nerved, reticulate on under side, sessile. 



A deciduous shrub, 2-5 ft. ; much branched. 



Native of Portugal ; possibly a garden hybrid. 



MONTPELIER GUM CISTUS, Cistus monspeliensis. 



Gardens. This is a handsome species, with clammy foliage. June, July. 



Flowers white, 1 in. diam., in a terminal close cyme ; peduncles pilose ; 

 Petals broadly cuneate, crenate, imbricate, yellow blotch at base ; Fruit a 

 capsule. 



Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, sessile, obtuse or acute, three-nerved, 

 clammy, villous both surfaces. 



A deciduous shrub, 2-6 ft. 



Introduced from S.W. Europe, 1656. 



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