760 HELIANTHEMUM. fcLASS Xlll. ORDEE 1. 



Shrub ; flowering iu May and June. 



This pretty little hardy shrub is more frequent in the alpine districts 

 of the Southern parts of Europe than with us, and is found to vary 

 considerably in the greater or less pubescence of the leaves, according 

 to the various situations in which it has grown. 



1. H. gutta'tum, Miller. (Fig. 863.) Spotted Annual Rock-rose. 

 Stem herbaceous, erect; leaves sessile, oblong lanceolate, three nerved, 

 the lower opposite, without stipules, the upper alternate, with stipules; 

 racemes without bractea ; calyx of five pieces, erect on the elongated 

 spreading pedicles when in fruit; style straight, very short; stigma 

 capitate. 



Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 213. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 

 37. — Cislus guttatus, Linn. — English Botany, t. 644. — English Flora, 

 Tol. iii. p. 24. 



Root tapering, with branched fibres. Stem erect, from six to twelve 

 inches high, simple or branched, herbaceous, clothed like the rest of 

 the plant with soft spreading hairs, and more or less glutinous. Leaves 

 a dark green, oblong, lanceolate, sessile, three ribbed, the lower oppo- 

 site, without stipules, the upper mostly alternate, and with linear 

 stipules at the base. Fioivers in terminal racemes, mostly numerous, 

 each on a slender pedicle, elongated after blooming, and spreading or 

 reflexed. Cahjx hairy, of five unequal pieces. Petals a bright yellow, 

 ovate, wedge-shaped, with or without a dark crimson spot at the base, 

 and the margin entire, or more or less toothed, very fugacious, con- 

 tinuing only four or five hours. Style very short, or wanting. Capsule 

 ovate, cone-shape, finely downy towards the apex, three valved, three 

 celled. Seeds small, numerous, pale, most beautifully dotted with 

 white shining elevated spots. 



Habitat. — Very rare ; Jersey, Holyhead mountain. 



Annual ; flowering in June and July. 



This elegant little plant is very frequent in dry elevated and alpine 

 districts on the Continent, and especially in the Southern parts of 

 Europe. Varieties of it are found having the petals yellow and 

 toothed on the margin, which is the C. serratus, Desf, and when the 

 petals are spotted at the base and the margin toothed it is the C. 

 serratus, Cav. 



** Leaves with stipules. 



3. H. ledifo'lium, Willd. (Fig. 864.) Ledum-leaved Rock-rose. Stem 

 herbaceous, erect, slightly downy ; leaves petiolated, oblong lanceolate, 

 opposite, smooth, with stipules ; flowers solitary, opposite, the upper 

 leaves, and shorter than the calyx ; style straight, very short ; stigma 

 capitate. 



Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 213. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 

 37. — Cistus ledifolius, Linn. — English Botany, t. 2414. — English 

 Flora, vol. iii. p. 213. 



