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from Mexico. — H. glaucum. A pretty species, a native of the south of 

 Europe, from the collection at Bury Hill. — Cistus creticus. A handsome' 

 upright, dwarf, bushy shrub, with bluntly rounded leaves, and large reddish 

 purple flowers , a native of Greece, requiring protection in winter. 



In the preface to the volume which accompanies this number, the author 

 states that he has brought the work to a conclusion, not so much for want 

 of other species and varieties to figure and describe, as because he "believes 

 it will be more agreeable to the greater part of his subscribers." Much 

 less attention, he observes, has been paid to this beautiful natural order 

 than it deserves, " which, we hope, will not be the case in future, as a very 

 little protection is sufficient for the whole of them ; and nothing produces a 

 more brilliant effect than a collection of them planted in rockwork, or even 

 grown in small pots, and placed together in a clump, where the different 

 colours may all be intermixed, or kept separate, according to the taste or 

 fancy of the possessor." 



A description of the Natural Order is given, and the species arranged 

 under the genera Cistus, Helianthemum, Hudsdm'a, and Lechea, with the 

 following sections : — 



Cl'sTUS. 



Sect. 1. Erythrocistus (erythros, red, and Cistus). — C. complicatus, seri- 

 ceus, and hybridus. 



Sect. 2. "Leddnia (having the habitat of C. iedon). — C. iedon, tfideritis, 

 and parvifolius. 



Helia'nthemum. 



Sect. 1. Halimium (having the habit of H. Aalimifolium). — H. iibanotis, 

 «lyssb'ides, otriplicifdlium, lasianthum, and involucratum. 



Sect. 2. Leckebkles (Lechea, and eidos, like ; habitat). — H. corymbosum, 

 rosmarinifolium, ramuliflorum, obcordatum, tripetalum, and astylum. 



Sect. 3. Tuberdria (having the habit of H. Tuberaria). — H. globularia?- 

 folium, iupleurifolium, heterodoxum, jolantagineum, guttatum, and incon- 

 spicuum. 



Sect. 4. Maculdria (inacula, a spot ; base of petals). — H. lunulatum and 

 petiolatum. 



Sect. 5. Brachypetalum (brachys, short, petalon, petal). — H. villosum, 

 niloticum, procumbens, intermedium, denticulatum, sanguineum, and aegyp- 

 tiacum. 



Sect. 6. Eriocarjmm (erion, wool, karpos, fruit). — H. Lippw, sessiliflorum, 

 ruficomum lanuginosum, micranthum, kahlricum, confertum, canariense, 

 mucronatum, distachyum. 



Sect. 7. Fumdna (having the habit of H. Fumana). — H. mcoides, laeVe, 

 viride^'uniperinum, Barrelien, and syrticum. 



Sect. 8. Pseudocishts (piseudos, false,, and Cistus). — H. piloselloides, 

 molle, origanifolium, cUchotomum, penicillatum, obovatum, italicum, Serr^, 

 wjarifolium, rotundifblium, rubellum, crassifolium, paniculatum, polyanthon, 

 cinereum, and squamatum. 



Sect. 9. Eiihelianthemum (eiis, fine, and Helianthemum). — H. lavandu- 

 lsefolium, Broussonetw, stcechadifolium, nudicaule, acuminatum, ovatum, 

 lucidum, angustifolium, obtusifolium, Lagasc<^, t;iolaceum, farinosum, stric- 

 tum, hispidum, fce'tidum, ciliatum, asperum, majorance£6\ixxm, hirsutum, and 

 oligophyllum. 



Hudso'n/^ (the English botanist Hudson). 

 H. Nuttallw, montana, and australis. 



Leche^ (G. Leche, a Swedish botanist, died in 1764). 

 L. villosa, minor, racemulosa, rtiymif olia, tenuifolia, and verticillata. 

 Amateurs who wish for a small collection may order such species of 

 each of the four genera as can conveniently be got ; those who wish for 



