472 , The BRITISH HER BAL 
It is a native of France, and flowers in June 
C. Bauhine calls it Chameciftus folits thymi in- 
canis but this is not a good name, for the leaves 
are longer and narrower than thofe of thyme. 
2. Short-leaved white Ciftus. 
Ciftus flore albo foliis lanceolatis. 
The root is long, tough, fpreading, and full 
of thick fibres. 
The ftalks. are numerous, firm, woody, and 
molt of them ftand erect. 
The leaves are not fo numerous as on the com- 
mon kinds: they {tand in pairs at diftances, and 
are fmall, fhort, of a figure approaching to oval, 
and fharp-pointed: their colour is a yellowith 
green, and they are a little hairy. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, 
and are large and white. ; 
The feed-veffel is roundifh, and the feeds are 
numerous, and of a dufky colour. 
This is common in many parts of Germany, 
and flowers in July, 
Tabernamontanus calls it He%anthemum album 
Germanicum; and moft of the later writers have 
copied from him in this refpeét. 
3 Broad-leaved fhrub Ciftus. 
Ciftus frutefcens foliis latis. 
The root is large and fpreading. 
The ftem is woody, and covered with a brown 
bark: it grows to the height of three or four 
feet, and is very much branched. . 
The leaves are numerous, large, and beautiful: 
they ftand in pairs, and they have long foot- 
ftalks: they are of a dead green in fummer, 
and toward autumn they commonly grow redifh; 
they are of a firm fubftance, and of a glofly fur- 
face: their fhape is like that of a heart, but that 
they run out into a longer point. 
The flowers ftand in little clufters on ftalks 
rifing from the bofoms of the upper leaves: they 
are large, beautiful, and white. 
The feed-veffel is fmal] and pointed; and the 
feeds are numerous and minute. ‘ 
It is a native of Spain and Portugal; and 
- flowers in Augutft. 
The tops of the young fhoots have a fine fra- 
grant aromatick fmell: but this goes off when 
the leaves harden. 
‘C. Bauhine calls it Citas ledon foliis populi nigre 
major. — Clufius, Ciftus ledum latifolium Jecundum 
* majus. 
4. Narrow-leaved tree Ciftus, 
Giftus arborefcens anguftifolius. 
This is a very elegant {pecies. / 
The root is large and fpreading : the ftem is 
thick, woody, and branched: it grows to five 
or fix feet in height, and ufually with a beautiful 
regularity. 
The leaves are very numerous : they ftand in 
pairs, and are long, narrow, and fharp- pointed : 
they are at firlt of a pale green, afterwards of a 
deeper green, and ufually toward the end of 
fummer purplifh, 
The flowers grow on the tops of the branches, 
and are very large and beautiful: they arevas big 
as our wild rofe, and white; but the buttons on 
the numerous threads in. the centre are yellow ; 
and every petal has a dark, large fpot toward the 
bafe. 
The feed-veffel is large, but the feeds are {mall : 
they are roundifh, and of a dufky brown. 
The young fhoots of this plant are for the moft 
part of fummer covered with a purple, refinous, 
and fragrant juice, and may be fmelt at a great 
diftance. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ciflus ladanifera hifpanica 
incana, Clufius, Ciffus ledan primus anguftifolius. 
The. leaves are fometimes hoary, fometimes 
fmooth ; and they are not unfrequently curled at 
the edges: hence, fome have idly made diftinc- 
tions of three different f{pecies of it. 
5, Narrow-leaved, {mall-Aowered,. fhrub Ciftus: 
Ciftus anguftifolius floribus minoribus. 
The root is long, thick, {preading, woody, 
and covered with a brown bark. 
The ftem is thick, firm, woody, and four feet 
high: its bark is purplith, and itis divided into 
numerous branches. f 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and they are long 
and very narrow, a little hairy, of a pale green 
colour, and marked with three large ribs. 
The flowers ftand on long, flender footftalks, 
at the tops of the branches. 
‘They are called fmall, in comparifon of thofe 
of the former fpecies; but they are large enough, 
and very beautiful: they are of a pure white, and 
they have gold yellow buttons on their nume- 
rous threads in the centre. 
The feed-veflels are fimall, 
in a hairy cup. 
The young fhoots of this kind are very fra- 
grant. 
It is a native of the fouth of France; and 
flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cifus ladanifera Monspeliz 
enfium. Clufius calls it Cifus ledon Quintus; and 
others diftinguifh it by his name, 
and are preferved 
6. Common finall Ciftus. 
Ciftus arboreus foliis ovatis hirfutus, 
The root is laree, woody, fpreading, and di- 
vided: the ftem is thick, woody, upright, 
branched, and three feet high: the bark is 3 a 
deep purple, and the twigs are flender: fome- 
times the whole plant is erect; fometimes the 
greateft part of the ftalks lie upon the ground. 
The leaves are thore, broad, and of an oval 
figure: they ftand in pairs: they have long foot- 
ftalks ; and they are of a pale greyith green, and 
uae on the upper and underfide. 
€ towers are very laroe and iful : 
ftand on long footitalks rifing ro ee 
of the leaves; and they are white, fometimes 
with veins of yellowith, and fometimes with a 
tinge of yellow throughout. aoe 
The feed-vefel is roundith 
and a little flatted; and. th 
It is a native of Italy, 
of Europe, 
» large, pointed, 
¢ feeds are large. 
and other warmer parts 
C, Bau- 
