40 8. CISTACEiE. 



Order VIII. CISTACE^. 



Sep. 6, two outer smaller sometimes wanting, 3 inner twisted 

 in the bud. Pet. 5, crumpled and twisted in the hud the con- 

 trary way to the sepals. Stam. many. Ovary 1, 1- or many- 

 celled. Style simple. Stigmas 3. Capsule 3-, 5-, or 10-valved. 

 Embryo spiral or curved, in the albumen. — Stip. small or 0. 



1. Hblianthemtjm. Oal. of 6 sepals, 2 outer smaller. Pet- 

 6, deciduous. Stam. many. Caps. 3-valved. 



1. Helian'themum Oaerf. Eock-rose. 



1. S. gtittdtum (Mi\l.) ; erect herbaceous, 1. oblong-lanceolate 

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

 stipulate, stigma suhsessik. — St. mostly simple or branching from 

 the base. Fruitstalks patent. Pubescence of long simple, and 

 short stellate hairs. Fl. yellow, usually with a deep-red spot 

 at the base of each petal. — a. ; racemes without bracts. E. B. 

 544. — ^. H. JBreweri (Planch.) ; racemes with or without bracts 

 on the same plant. Curt. ii. 102. J. of i?. iii. 21. Sy. E. B. 

 J 66. — Very rare. a. Three-Castle Head, Co. Cork, Jersey. /3. 

 Holyhead Mountain and Amlwch, Anglesea. A. V. — VIII. 



E.I. 



2. 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." — Cisius marif alius Sm. E. B. 396. — St. decumbent. 

 L. hoary beneath, hairy above. Fl. yellow, small. " Anth. 

 emarginate at both ends. Style longer than the stigma." The 

 Teesdale plant, H. vineale (Pers.), has rather fewer hairs on the 

 upperside of the leaves — On limestone rocks, rare. P. Y. 

 —VII. ■ E. I. 



[^R. ledifdlium _{^\M..) ; herbaceous, with stipxiles, ped. soli- 

 tary, styles straight. — E. B. 2414. — Brean Down, Somerset. 

 Probably an error. A. VI. VII.] 



3. H. ■mlgdre (Gaert.) ; ;procumbent, shruibp, with stipules, 1. 

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

 neath, racemes with bracts, style longer than the germen bent at 

 the base, Sep. subglabrous inner ones blunt apiculate. — Cistus L. 

 E. B. 1321. — Fruitstalks contorted and deflexed. Varying 

 much in the size and shape of its leaves and the amount of 

 hoariness and pubescence. Fl. yellow. — C. tomeniosus E. B. 

 2208. scarcely differs. C. surrejanus E. B. 2207. is a garden 

 form. H. vulg. pet. jl. perangustis (DiU. H, Elth. 145) was 



