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The flowers ftand fingly upon flender twigs 
rifing from the tops of the ftalks: they are large, 
and of a gold yellow, and are compofed of very 
narrow petals. “ : 
The feed-veffel is roundith, and the feeds are 
fmall. ‘ 
It is a native of our heaths, particularly of 
Surry; and flowers in Auguft. + 
Ray calls it Helianthemum vulgare petalis florum 
peranguftis: it retains this difference when raifed 
from feed. 
3. Hoary Dwarf Ciftus. 
Ciftus pumilus pubefcens. 
The root is long, brown, flender, and di- 
vided. 
The ftalks are numerous, firm, woody, and 
fhort: fome of them trail upon the ground, and 
others rife up; but they are rarely more than 
three or four inches high: they are of a whitifh 
colour, and fomewhat hairy. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and they are ob- 
long, broad, and of a greyifh colour, whiter on 
the under part than the upper, and covered with 
a rough hoarynefs. 
The flowers are large and yellow: they ftand 
at the tops of the upright ftalks, and their bright 
colour, with the contraft of the white of the 
ftalks and leaves, has a very pretty effect. 
The feed-veffel is oblong, and fomewhat 
broad; and the feeds are numerous and fmall. 
It is found in many parts of the northern 
counties, and flowers in July. 
' J. Bauhine calls it Helanthemum alpinum folio 
pilofelle minoris Fuchfii. 
4. Dwarf Ciftus with poleymountain Jeaves. 
Ciftus humilis polit foliis, 
The root is long, flender, divided into feveral 
parts, and hung with tough fibres. 
The ftalks are many, firm, erect, woody, and 
very much branched. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and they are very 
numerous; the young fhoots are fo covered with 
them that no part of the ftalk isto be feen; on 
the other and larger ftalks they are placed at 
fomewhat greater diftances. 
They are long, narrow, and have no foot 
ftalks: they are undivided at the edges, pointed 
at the ends, and of a pale greyifh colour. 
The flowers ftand on flender twigs rifing from 
the upper parts of branches ;' and they are large, 
_and of a gold yellow. 
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1. White Ciftus with narrow leaves. 
 Ciftus albus foliis angupiis fubtus bifulcatis incanis. 
' The root is long, flender, brown, and fur- 
nifhed with many long, and tough fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, woody, flender, and 
branched. 
They partly lie upon the ground, and partly 
taife themfelves up: they are from eight inches 
The feed-vetiel is roundifh and fmall; and the 
feeds are very fmall. 
It is found on fome of our heaths, but is not 
common. 
Ray calls it Chamecifus montanus polti folio. 
5+ Ciftus with fpotted fowers, 
Ciftus flore guttato. 
The root is fmall, flender, hard, oblong. un- 
Civided, and furnithed with a few fibres. ; 
The firft leaves are fhore, broad, of a faint 
green, fomewhat hairy, and not at all divided at 
the edges. 
The ftalk is round, upright, of a pale green 
lightly hairy, and not at all branched, till neat 
the top, where there rife feveral fhoots from the 
bofoms of the leaves for the fupport of the 
flowers, 
The leaves are hort, oblong, confiderably 
broad, and of a dufky green: they ftand in 
pairs: they are undivided at the edges, and 
pointed at the end, anda little hairy. 
The flowers are very large and beautiful + they 
ftand on long footftalks, and are of a pale yel- 
low; but there is on each petal a fine fpot,. of a 
blood red. 
The feed-veffel is fhort and fwelled : the feeds 
are numerous and {mall. 
It is a native of Scotland, but not com- 
mon. It flowers in July, 
C. Bauhine calls it Cifus fore pallido punicante 
macula infignito. 
It is an annual plant, and feldom rifes to more 
than a foot in height, often it is not above eight 
inches. 2 
The feveral fpecies of Englith ciftus have all 
the fame virtues; but the moft common. kind, 
here firft defcribed, poflefes them in the greateft 
degree. As the plant refembles the Jychnis in its 
characters, it does alfo in its qualities, but it 
poffeffes them in a more eminent manner, 
The roots of the common ciflus, dried and 
powdered, are an excellent aftringent: they may 
be given in diarrhzeas attended with bloody ftools, 
a fcruple for a dofe, with great fafety and fuccefs. 
The expreffed juice of the leaves bruifed with. 
red Port-wine is good againft {pitting of blood. 
The Germans efteem it one of the moft ermi- 
nent of their wound-herbs, and call it golden 
confound. ; 
A‘decoétion made with equal parts of the ciffus ° 
roots and comfrey, and taken for a continuance of 
time, has been found excellent in the fuor albus. 
PrOitRcKel Gin -SsPabiGsrumis: 
to more than a foot in length, and are very thick 
fet with leaves, 
Thefe ftand in pairs, and are oblong, very nar- 
row, furrowed doubly on the lower fide, and a 
little hoary. : 
The flowers ftand, in the manner of thofe of 
our common Ci/lus, on weak, flender twigs, and 
they are large and white. 2 
The feed-vefiel is roundith, and the feeds are 
numerous, fmall, and brown. 
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