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@ 6. C. Lapani’rerus L. The Ladanum-bearing Gum Cistus, or Rock Rose. 
ddentification, Lin. Sp. 737. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p- 300. 
Synonymes. Ciste ladanifére, Fr.; Ladanum Cisten Rose, Ger.; Ladano, 
tal. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves almost sessile, connate at the 
base, lmear-lanceolate, 3-nerved, upper surface gla- 
brous, under surface tomentose. Capsule 10-celled. 
Petals imbricate. (Don’s Mill.) A sub-evergreen 
shrub. Spain and Portugal, on hills. Height 4 ft. to 
5 ft. Introduced in 1629, Flowers large, white, 1 in. 
to 2in. broad; June and July. Capsule brown; ripe 
in September. 
Varieties. C. 1. 1 albiflorus Dec. Prod. i. p. 266., Swt. 
Cist. t. 94.; Lédon, i., Clus. Hist. i, p. 78. ic.; and 
C. 1. 2 maculatus Dec. Prod. 1. c. (Swt. Cist.; and 
our jig. 82.); C. 1. 3 plenifolius Ait. Hort. Kew. iti. 
p. 305.; are varieties of this species. 
82. C. ladanif. maculatus. 
The leaves are lanceolate, and nearly sessile, of a deep green; the flowers 
terminating the branches, solitary, white, and large. The variety C. ladanfferus 
maculatus, which our jig. 82. represents, is a plant of very great beauty, and 
no collection should be without it. 
= 7. C.(v.) cy’prius Lam. The Gum Cistus, or Cyprus Rock Rose. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 2. p. 16. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 300. 
Synonymes. C. ladaniferus Bol. Mag. t.112:; Cistus stenophfllus Link Enum. 2. p.74.?; C. salici- 
fodlius of some. 
Engravings. Swt. Cist., t. 39. ; and our jig. 83. R 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves stalked, oblong-lanceolate, 
upper surface glabrous, under surface clothed with 
hoary tomentum. Peduncles generally many- 
flowered. Petals spotted. Capsules 5-celled. (Don’s 
Mill.) A splendid sub-evergreen shrub. Island of 
Cyprus. Height 5ft.to 6 ft- Introduced in 1800. 
Flowers white, 2 in. to 3in. across, imbricated, each 
petal having a dark rich brownish crimson spot at 
the base; June and July. Capsule brown; ripe in 
September. 
One of the handsomest species of the genus, and so 
closely resembling C. ladaniferus, as, in our opinion, to ¥ 
be nothing more than a variety of that species. Young 
cuttings, Sweet observes, planted under hand-glasses 
in autumn, will strike root; but the best way is to raise them from layers 
orfrom seed. There was, in 1834, a plant of this species at Minard, in Ar- 
gyllshire, 7 ft. 9 in. high, with a head 12 ft. in diameter, which is clothed with 
flowers every year. 
83. Cistus cyprius. 
Other Species of Cistus are described in Sweet’s Cistinee, as nearly equally 
hardy with the above; but the experience of the winter of 1837-8 has induced 
us to omit them. Those who intend to treat them as garden plants, and can 
afford them a little protection during winter, will find 36 species, besides 
varieties, described in the first edition of this work, and several of them 
figured. Those who intend only to have a collection of showy species, with- 
out much regard to their names, will have recourse to the mode recommended 
in the concluding paragraph on the Heli4nthemum. (p. 61.) The following 
species or subspecies were found tolerably hardy in the Canterbury Nursery : 
C. heterophfllus, C. créticus, C. crispus, C. Cupanianus, C. birsitus, C. laxus, 
C. villésus, C. oblongifolius, C. undulatus, C. salvizefolius, C. longifolius, C. 
psilosépalus. 
