24 POLYANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Cistus. 



** Herbaceous, mithout stipulas. 



2. C. guttatus. Spotted Annual Cistus. 



Stem herbaceous. Stipulas and bracteas none. Leaves 

 opposite, lanceolate, three-ribbed. 



C. guttatus. Linn. Sp. PL 74 1 . Willd. z). 2. 1 1 98. Fl. Br. 573. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 8. t. 544. Fl. Grcec. t. 498. Curt. Lond.fasc. 6. 

 t. 33. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 9. 7. Davies Welsh Bolanol. 53. 



C. serratus. Cavan. Ic. v. 2. 57. 1. 175./. 1. Willd.v. 2. 1 198. 



C. flore pallido, punicante macula insignito. Rati Syn. 342. 



C. annuus, flore maculato. Ger. Em. 1281./. 



C. annuus, flore guttato. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 14./. 



Helianthemum flore maculoso. Column. Ecphr. v. 2. 78. t. 77./. 1. 



In sandy pastures, very uncommon. 



In Jersey. Sherard. In Angksea, vvhere it was foun^. by Mr. 



Brewer, and not in the isle of Man*^ Rev. H. Davies. i i'^A^^^i^, /n/ 



Annual. June^Juhj. -i*'v«t*<t < /vC"*? / /Cvv-t, ^ii^ ^e~^0>t^ Mtt*. 



Root small, tapering. Herb deep green, hairy, glutinous, and ra- 

 ther fragrant, in every part ; the hairs spreading. Stem solitary, 

 not above a span high, except in a cultivated state, erect, slightly 

 branched, leafy. Leaves opposite, sessile, 1 j or 2 inches long, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, with 3 strong ribs. Clusters one or more, 

 terminal, erect, simple, hairy, of several Jloicers, without brac- 

 teas, though now and then leafy about the lower part. Fl. erect, 

 yellow, with a blood-red spot near the base of each petal. Cat. 

 very hairy. The petals are sometimes notched, as in Engl. Bot. 

 when the plant becomes C. serratus, a most trifling variety. 

 They expand very early in a morning and fall in 4 or 5 hours. 

 Style elongated after the flowering, bent downwards. Caps. 

 drooping, small, of 3 cells. 



*** Herbaceous, with stipulas. 



3. C. led'ifolius. Ledum-leaved Cistus. 

 Herbaceous, downy, with stipulas. Leaves lanceolate. 



Flovi'er-stalks solitary, erect, opposite to the leaves, 

 shorter than the calvx. 



C. ledifolius. Linn. Sp. PI. 742. M'illd. v. 2. 1 1 99. H. Br. 574. 



Engl. Bot. V. 34. t.24\4. 

 C. salicifolius. Huds. 233. With. 49 1 . 

 C. ledi folio. Bauh. Pin. 465. 



C. annuus, folio ledi. Z,o6. Jc.d. 2. 118./. 06s. 552./ 

 C. annuus longifolius Lobelii. Ger. Em. 1280./. 

 C. annuus, folio ledi, flore luteo. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 14./ 

 C. annuus alter Lobelii. Dalech. Hist. 229. f. 



On sandy ground in the south, extremely rare. 



On Brent downs, Somersetshire. Huds. Found there likewise 



by the Rev. Mr. Lightfoot, and the late Mr. Dickson. 

 Annual. June, July. 



