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PBACTIGAL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS 



CISTUS 



C. albidus. — A native of S.W. Europe, 

 2 5 ft. high, with stalkless, oblong elliptic, 

 hoary or woolly leaves, somewhat 3- 

 nerved. Flowers in June, 2-3 in. across, 

 pale purple or rose, yellow at the base, 

 petals overlapping. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. candidissimus {Bhodocistus hertho- 

 letianus). — A shrub 4 ft. high, native of 

 the Grand Canary Islands. Leaves ovate, 

 elliptic, acute, covered with hoary wool, 

 3-uerved ; stalks short, sheathing at the 

 base, with hairy margins. Flowers in 

 June, pale rose. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Clusii. — A native of Spain and 

 Portugal, 2 ft. high. Leaves somewhat 

 8-nerved, linear, with revolute edges, hoary 

 beneath. Flowers in summer, white, in 

 heads, bracts hairy, broadly ovate, pointed, 

 ciliate, deciduous, rather longer than the 

 flower stalks. The true plant is rarely 

 seen in cultivation, that which bears its 

 name being usually C. monspeUensis. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. creticus. — A native of Crete, 2 ft. 

 high, with spoon-shaped, ovate leaves, 

 wrinkled, covered with hairy wool, waved 

 at the edges. Flowers in June, pale 

 purple, yellow at the base. Sepals hairy. 

 This is now regarded as a, variety of C. 

 villosus. 



Cultu/re dc. as above. 



C. crispus.— A native of S.W. Europe, 

 2 ft. high. Leaves stalkless, linear, lance- 

 shaped, waved and curled, 3-nerved, 

 wrinkled, downy. Flowers in June and 

 July, about 2^ in. across, almost stalkless, 

 reddish-purple. , 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. cupanianus. — A Sicilian plant, 2 ft. 

 high. Leaves stalked, heart-shaped, ovate, 

 wrinkled, net-veined, upper surface rough, 

 lower covered with fascicled hairs, mar- 

 gins fringed. Flowers in June, white, 

 with a spot of yellow at the base of each 

 imbricating petal. Sepals hairy. 



Culture do. as above. 



C. cyprius. — A native of Cyprus, 4-6 

 ft. high. Leaves stalked, oblong, lanoe- 

 ahaped, smooth above, covered with hoary 

 wool beneath. Flowers in June, about 

 8 in. across, white, with a dark spot at the 

 base of each petal. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. heterophyllus. — An Algerian plant 

 2 ft. high, with ovate, lance-shaped, short- 



stalked leaves, sheathing at the base, 

 margins revolute. Flowers in June, large, 

 red, yellow at the base, on hairy leafy 

 stalks. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. hirsutus. — ^A native of S.W. EuroB^, 

 2 ft. high, with unstalked, oblong, blunt, 

 hairy leaves. Flowers in June, about 



2 in. across, white, with a yellow mark at 

 the base of the petals. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. ladaniferus {Oum Cistus). — A 

 native of Spain, 4 ft. high. Leaves almost 

 stalkless, connate at the base, linear lance- 

 shaped, 3-nerved, clammy above, woolly 

 beneath and 4-5 in. long. Flowers in 

 June, about 3 in. across, white, terminal, 

 solitary. The variety maculatus has a 

 dark blood-red blotch at the base of each 

 of the white petals ; while alhiflorus has 

 only a yellow stain at the base of the 

 white petals. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. latifolius. — A native of Barbary 



3 ft. high. Leaves stalked, broadly heart- 

 shaped, acute, with curled, wavy, toothed 

 and ciliated margins. Flowers in May, 

 white, with a yellow spot at the base of 

 each petal. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. laurifolius. — A native of S.W. 

 Europe, 5-6 ft. high. Leaves stalked, ovate, 

 lance-shaped, 3-nerved, smooth above, 

 woolly beneath, stalks dilated and con- 

 nate at the base. Flowers from June to 

 August, about 8 in. across, white, with a 

 yeUow spot at the base of each petal, and 

 borne in umbel-like clusters. There is a 

 somewhat rare variety called maculatus, 

 recognised by the deep purple-crimson 

 blotch at the base of the white petals. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. laxus. — A native of S. Europe, 3 ft, 

 high. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate, lance- 

 shaped, pointed, with wavy, somewhat 

 toothed edges, upper ones hairy. Flowers 

 in July, white, with yellow spots at the 

 base. Flower stalks and sepals hairy. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. lonpfolius.— A native of Spain and 

 S, France. Leaves shortly stalked, oblong, 

 lance-shaped, with waved and downy 

 edges, veined beneath. Flowers in June, 

 white, spotted with yellow at the base. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. lusitanicus. — Probably a hybrid 

 between C. ladaniferus and C. mons- 



