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1. Helian'themttm Oaert. Eock-rose. 



1. H. gttttdtum (Mill.^ ; erect lierbaceoms, L oblong-laiioeolate 

 or linear, lower 1. opposite without stipules, upper! alternate, 

 racemes without bracts, stigma suhs^aile. — Upper 1. usually with 

 small stipules. Fruitstalks patent. Pubescence of long simple 

 and short stellate bairs. Fl. yellow, usuallywitha deep-red 

 spot at the base of each petal. — Very rare. Three-Castle Head, 

 Cork. Jersey. A. VI.— VIII. ' I. 



2. H. JBrewM, (Planchon) ; erect herbaceous, I. ohovate blunt 

 rosulate without stip., upper 1. linear, racemes mth bracts. — 

 Loud. Journ. of Bot.iii. 618. t. 21. Curt. i^. 102. — St. mostly 

 simple or branching froni the base. Pet. narrow, yellow, mostly 

 not spotted. FruitstaJis er^ct-patent, — Very rare. Holyhead 

 Mountain and near Amlwch, Anglesea. A. VI. — VIII. E. 



3. H. cdnum (Dun.) ; shrubby, without stipules, 1. opposite 

 ovate or oblong stalked flat, hoary beneath, racemes terminal 

 with bracts, " style twisted at the base reflexed but at the apex 

 inflexed."^ — Cistus 'tnarifoUus Sm. — St. decumbent. L. hoaiy 

 beneath, hairy. above. ' Fl. yellow, small. "Anth; emarginate 

 ait both ends. Style longer than the stigma." — On limestone 

 rocks, rare. P. V.— VII. E. I. 



\_II. ledif ilium (WiUd.) ; herbaceous, with stipules, downy, L 

 lanceolate opposite, vipper 1. alternate subsessUe pubescent, ^erf. 

 solitary opposite the 1. Shorter than the cal., Uyks straight, — 

 E. B: 2414. — Brean Down, Somerset, not found for many years 

 and probably an error. A. VI. VII.] E. 



4. S. vulgdre (Gtaert.),; procumbent, sAraJiy, luith stijrules, L 

 oval or linear-oblong opposite nearly flat green above hoary be- 

 neath, raceme with. br:act^, style longer than the germen bent at 

 the base, sep. subglab.rous inner ones blunt apiculate. — Cistus L. — - 

 Fruitstalks contorted and deflexed. Varying much ,in the size 

 and shape of its leaves and the amount of hoariness and pubesr 

 cence. ,Fl. yellow. — C. tomentosus E, B. 2208. does not diflfer 

 essentially from this plant. C. surrejanus E. B. 2207. (from Mr. 

 Dickson's garden) is not the Croydon plant (Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 

 145) which was again found there by the late Mr. Christy and 

 is a monstrosity oi H. rndgarcir^Oam-aion on dry hilly placei 

 P. VII. — ^IX. Common Rock-rose. E. S. 



5. SI /lofe/tJ&'MOT (Pers.) ; shrubliy, prdcumbeht, hoary, with 

 stipules, I. opposite ovate-oblong or oblong-linear inore or leas 

 revolute at the edges, racenies with bracts, style bent at the base 

 longer than the germen, se^. tomentose inner ones blunt. — Fl. 

 white. — Very rare. Brean Downs, Sbni. ; Torquay, Devon. 

 P. VII. VIII. E. 



