VII CISTA‘CEZ: HELIA/NTHEMUM. 59 
tals narrow, lanceolate, jagged. (Don’s Mill.) A procumbent, sub-ever- 
- green, suffruticose, undershrub. Britain, in Surrey, near Croydon. Height 
6 in. to 1 ft. Flowers yellow, with the petals distinct, and the calyxes pilose ; 
July to October. 
2 3. H. (v.) sERPYLLIFo‘LIum JJill. The Wild-Thyme-leaved Helianthe- 
mum, or Sun Rose. 
Identification. Mill. Dict. No. 8.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 31). 
Synonyme. Cistus serpyllifdlius Lin. Sp. 743. 
Engravings. Swt. Cist., t.60.; and our/fig. 86. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Stem suffruticose. Branches ascend- 
ent, glabrous at the base, and pilose at the apex. 
Leaves oblong-elliptical, with revolute margins ; under 
surface hoary-tomentose; upper surface intensely 
green, shining, at first rather pilose, afterwards almost 
smooth. Stipules and bracteas green, ciliated. Ca- 
lyxes canescent, with inconspicuous down, and with pe 
the nerves sparingly pilose. (Don’s Mill.) A trailing, 86. H. serpylifolium. 
sub-evergreen, suffruticose undershrub. Alps of Styria and Austria, and in 
Britain, in Somersetshire. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1731; dis- 
covered in England in 1826. Flowers large, yellow, with the petals distinct; 
May to September. 
2.4, H. (v.) GRaNDIFLo‘Rum Dec. The large-flowered Helianthemum, or 
Sun Rose. 
Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 821.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 311. 
Synonyme. Cistus grandifldrus Scop. Carn. ed. 2. No. 648. t. 25. 
Engravings. Swt. Cist., t. 69.; Scop. Carn., ed. 2.t. 25, ; and our fig. 87. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Stem suffruticose, ascending. Branches hairy. 
Upper leaves flattish, oblong, rather pilose; upper surface 
green, under surface sometimes pale cinereous. Stipules 
ciliated, rather longer than the footstalks of the leaves. 
Flowers large. Calyxes rather hairy. (Don’s Mill.) A neat, 
little, bushy, sub-evergreen, suffruticose undershrub, bearing a 
close resemblance to H. vulgare, but larger in all its parts. 
Pyrenees. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1800. 
Flewers large, pale yellow ; June to August. 
87. H. grandifldrum. 
2 5. H. (v.) rau’ricum Fisch, The Taurian Helianthemum, or Sun Rose. 
Identification. Fisch. MSS.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 312, 2 
Engravings. Swt. Cist., 105.; and our jig. 88. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem suffruticose, much branched, pro- 
cumbent. Branches procumbent, beset with long hairs. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, with rather revolute margins, 
pilose on both surfaces, green above, and paler beneath. 
Stipules lanceolate-linear, ciliated, longer than the petiole. 
Flowers large. Calyx shining, rather hairy. Petals imbri- 
cate. (Don’s Mill.) A procumbent, sub-evergreen, suffruti- 
cose undershrub. Tauria. Height 6 in. 
to 1ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 
large, pale yellow; May to October. 
SB tas setnican: Resembles H. grandifiorum; but differs 
from it in the branches spreading flat on the ground, and 
extending to a great distance. 
2. 6. H. (v) apennrnum Dec. The Apennine Helianthe- 
mum, or Sun Rose. 
Identification. Dec. FI. Fr., 4. p. 824; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 313. : 
fas Cistus apenninus Lin. Sp. 744.2, Dill. Lith. 170. ; Cistus his- 
pidus 8 Lam. Dict. 2. p. 26.; Erba bottoncina, Ital. 
Engravings. Swt. Cist., t. 62.; and our fig. 89. 89. IL. apenatcum. 
