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TAMAlilCVCK.K CISTACE-K 



TAMARICACE^. 

 The Ta^[arix Family. 



|(^ Tamarix africana. Poir. 



On the sea shore. 

 Medit. region. 



April. 



CISTACE.E. 

 The Cistus Famii>y. 



No Cistus was originally wild on Sir Thomas Hanbury's 

 property, hut for a long time now the following have been 

 established : 



Cistus albidus. L. with, tomentose white foliage and large 

 pink flowers. B. t. 6 B. 



Cistus salvifolius. L. with green, rugose leaves and white 



flowtr.-J. 



Cistus monspeliensis. L. with linear leaves and numerous- 

 small white flowers. B. t. 6 A. 



These three speois are common along the Riviera. 



Cistus incanus. L. from Corsica, with whitish tomentose, 

 rugose leaves and large pink flowers. 



3| Helianthemum Chamsecistus. Mill. 



(H. vulgare. Gartn.). 

 Var. roseum. Burnat. 



Common on dry banks, in the wood etc. 



Nearly all the year. 



