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ber, Haller, Willdenow, and even Lamarck, follow him. 

 If however the genus were allowed, which is a matter of 

 opinion, the name is altogether inadmissible. It is the 

 same as HeliantJms, in meaning and derivation, the ter- 

 mination only being varied. 



* Dwaif shrubs, "mthout stipulas. 



1 . C. mar'ifolius. Hoary Dwarf Cistus. 



Stem shrubby, dwarf. Stipulas none. Leaves opposite, 

 stalked, oblong, flat ; downy and hoary beneath. 



C. marifolius. Unn. Sp. PL 74 1 . fVilld. r. 2. 1 ] 93. Fl. Br. 572. 



Engl. Bot. V. 6. t. 396. Berk. Outl. v. 2. 150. Sym. Syn, 126. 



Davies Welsh Botanol. 53. Hook. Land. i. 171. 

 C. hirsutus. Huds. 232. 



C. anglicus. Linn. Mani. 245. With.490. Berk. Syn. v. 2.163. 

 C. canus. Jac({. Austr. t.277. 

 Helianthemum alpinurrij folio Pilosellse minoris Fuchsii. Rail Syn. 



342. Bauh. Hist.v.2.\8.f.} 

 H. serpilli folio incano, flora minore luteo inodoro. Dill. Elth. 



v.1.177. t. 145./. 173. 

 Chamaecistus luteus, thymi durioris folio. Barrel. Ic. t. 441. 



On alpine rocks, but rare. 



On some rocks near Kendal, Westmoreland, and about Cartmel- 

 wells, Lancashire, plentifully. Ray. At Gloddaeth, near Con- • 

 way, Carnarvonshire. Mr. Light/oat's herbarium. On Diserth 

 castle hill, Flintshire, plentifully. Bingley's Tour in North Wales, 

 ed. 2.V. l.9\. On the steeper sides of Arthur's Round Table, 

 Carnarvonshire. Rev. H. Davies. On Cronkley Fell, York- 

 shire. Mr. Wm. Robertson. 



Shrub. May, June. 



Root strong and woody. Steins woody ; subdivided and decumbent 

 at the base, with several hoary, round, leafy, ascending branches, 

 3 or 4 inches high, each terminating in 3 or 4 small, corymbose, 

 bright-yellow flowers, sometimes formed of 4 petals only. Leaves 

 ovate, acute, entire, flat, varying from ^ to |^ of an inch in length, 

 on broadish hoary footstalks ; clothed on both sides with close 

 hairs ; the upper green ; lower hoary with dense entangled pu- 

 bescence. Stipulas entirely wanting. Flower-stalks reddish, 

 downy. Bracteas lanceolate, fringed. Cal. hairy, of 5 leaves. 

 Pet. obovate, slightly waved. Germen ovate, smooth, with 3 

 or 4 hairy lines. Style bent in the middle. I have never seen 

 the capsule. 



The above synonyms are I believe correct j but C. canus of Liti- 

 nseus is a difi'erent plant ; and marifolius of Cavanilles, Ic. v. 2. 

 34. t. 143, does not well answer in its leaves to ours. 



