HeUanthemum.l POLYANDKIA— MONOGYNIA. 213 



■with membranous dissepiments, leaves tripinnatifid, the segments 

 linear scabrous, stem glabrous. Chelidonhim hyhridum, L. — E. 



Bot. ^. 20 1 Roemeria, DC. 



Corn-fields, rare. Norfolk and Cambridg-eshlre. 7^/. May, June. 0,. 



4. Chelidonium. Linn. Celandine. 



1. C. majus, L. (commo7i Celandine). E. Bot. t. 1581. — ;S. leaf- 

 lets and petals jagged. — C. laciniutum, DC. 



Waste places, especially near towns and villages. Fl. May, June.7/ . 

 — About 2 feet high, slightly hairy, brittle, full of a yellow fetid juice. 

 Leaves pinnated, with about 5 decurrent leajlels, which are broadly ovate, 

 lobed and crenated. Flowers in long-stalked umbels, yellow, rather small. 

 Pod long, somewhat turgid. 



5. AcT.EA. Lijin. Bane-berry. 



1. A. spicdfa, L. {Bane-herry, or herb Cliristopher); raceme 

 simple elongated, petals as long as the stamens, pedicels of the 

 fruit slender. E. Bot. t. 918. 



Bushy places, especially in limestone tracts in Yorkshire ; near Hali- 

 fax. Fl. May. If. — 1 — 2 feet high. Leat.-es petiolate, 3-ternate ; leaf- 

 lets ovate, deeply cut and serrated. 



6. Heli ANTHEM UM.i Toum. Rock-rose. 



1. H. cdnttm, Dun. {hoary dwarf Roch-rose); shrubby without 

 stipules, leaves opposite ovate or oblong petiolate flat hoary be- 

 neath, racemes terminal bracteated, cal. -leaves 5, the inner with 

 4 ribs, style twisted at the base reflexed, at the apex indexed, 

 seeds blackish. Benth. — Lindl. Syn. p. 36. — Cistus canus, Jacq. 

 — C. Anglicus, L. — C marifolius, E. Ret. ^..396. {not L.?) Hook. 

 in FL Lond. N. S.t.171. 



Kare : alpine rocks in the north of England, Lancashire, Westmore- 

 land ; on Cronkley Fell, Yorkshire ; and in Wales. Fl. May, June.l/. — 

 A low shrubby plant, with hoary leaves, and rather small ye\\o\\ Jloicers. 



2. H. guttdtiim, Miller, {spotted annval Rock-rose')', annual 

 erect without stipules, leaves oblongo-lanceolate or linear, the 

 lower opposite, the upper alternate, racemes without bracteas, 

 cal. -leaves 5, style straight verj short, stigma capitate. Benth. 

 •^Lindl. Syn. p. 37. — Cistus guUatus, L. — E. Bot. t. 544- 



Very rare. Jersey. Holyhead mountain. Fl. June, July. 0". 



3. li.*ledif6Uiim, Willd. {Led am -leaved Rock-rose) ; herbace- 

 ous slightly downy with stipules, leaves lanceolate, flowerstalks 

 solitary erect,"opposite to the leaves shorter than the calyx, styles 

 straight, capsule polished. Lindl. Syn. p. 37. — Cistus ledifolius, 

 (and Niloticus). L.—E. Bot. t. 2414. 



Very rare. On Brean downs, Somersetshire, Hiids. Fl. June, July. 

 If. — 1 have never seen British specimens of this plant. It is certainly 



' I am very liappy to be able to avail m)'self of the specific chaivcters of 

 most of the l^ritish species of this difficult genus, given by INIr l!et)tha:n in 

 Lindley's Synopsis. 



